Booking Online and Saving the Environment
When you are looking to book a holiday, it is unlikely that you will think about how green your booking decision is, but it is something that you should think about. By "green" we mean the impact on the environment.
When looking to book a holiday, you will probably find that you are faced with two main decisions. The first is to go into a travel agency, pick up brochures（宣传册），read through them and go back with just one and book with the travel agents directly or over the phone. The second is to go onto the Internet.
The Internet holds many advantages over the travel agencies. The main one is convenience. You can go online to look at holidays at any time of the day. The travel agents, however, are usually very busy at times when people can actually go, i.e. lunch hours or at the weekend. You could use the telephone, but you wouldn’t be able to see the pictures or the details of the holidays, so you would probably be sent a brochure anyway.
There are websites on the Internet that make shopping for holiday deals much easier. These websites are known as price comparison websites. They search through lots of different tour operators, and the results are displayed on one page, from which you can choose.
Compared with the travel agencies, booking online is greener. The piles of brochures are definitely not green, and the amount of unnecessary paper used can’t be good for the environment. In the days of the Internet, there is really no need for such a large amount of paper to be wasted. So booking online will not only save you time and effort, it will do a little bit towards saving the environment, too!
1. When planning holidays, few people will think about being green. ( )
2. There are two main choices when people look to book their holidays. ( )
3. People go to travel agencies and make their decisions directly. ( )
4. The main advantage of booking online is saving money. ( )
5. Many people go to travel agencies at lunchtime. ( )
6. Booking holidays by telephone requires less communicative skills. ( )
7. There are limited choices at price comparison websites. ( )
8. Travel agencies make the best use of price comparison websites. ( )
9. Travelers collect brochures as a hobby. ( )
10. Booking online is a way to save the environment. ( )
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【文章大意】在线预订和保护环境
当你要预订假期时，你不太可能会考虑你的预订决定有多环保，但这是你应该考虑的事情。“绿色”是指对环境的影响。
在预订假期时，你可能会发现面临两个主要决定。第一种选择是去旅行社，拿一些宣传册，把它们都通读一遍，然后回去时只拿一本，直接去到旅行社预定或者通过电话向旅行社预订。二是上网。
与旅行社相比，互联网具有许多优势。主要是方便。你可以在一天中的任何时间上网查看假期。然而，旅行社通常在人们真正可以去的时候（比如午餐时间或周末）非常忙碌。你可以使用电话，但无法看到假期的照片或详细信息，因此还是会收到一本小册子。
互联网上有一些网站可以让你更轻松地购买假日优惠。这些网站被称为价格比较网站。他们搜索了许多不同的旅行社，结果显示在一页上，你可以从中进行选择。
与旅行社相比，网上预订更环保。成堆的宣传册肯定不是绿色环保的，不必要的纸张使用量对环境也没有好处。在互联网时代，真的没有必要浪费这么多的纸张。因此，在线预订不仅可以节省您的时间和精力，还可以为保护环境做出一点贡献！
【原文考查】事实细节题
【题目释义】在计划假期时，很少有人会考虑环保。
【解题思路】根据第一段第一句"When you are looking to book a holiday, it is unlikely that you will think about how green your booking decision is, but it is something that you should think about. "当你打算预定假期出行的时候，你不太可能会考虑你的预订决定有多环保，但这是你应该要考虑的事情。根据关键信息unlikely可知，应该是很少人会考虑环保，题干表述与原文相符。故本题说法正确。
第2题:
【原文考查】事实细节题
【题目释义】当人们在预订假期出行的时候，有两种主要的选择。
【解题思路】根据第二段第一句"When looking to book a holiday, you will probably find that you are faced with two main decisions."当你打算预订假期出行的时候，你可能会发现自己正面临着两个主要的决定。由此可知，题干表述与原文一致。故本题说法正确。
第3题:
【原文考查】事实细节题
【题目释义】人们去到旅行社直接做决定。
【解题思路】根据第二段的第二句"The first is to go into a travel agency, pick up brochures, read through them and go back with just one and book with the travel agents directly or over the phone. "第一种选择是去旅行社，拿一些宣传册，把它们都通读一遍，然后回去时只拿一本，直接去到旅行社预定或者通过电话向旅行社预订。”原文并没有提及人们去到旅行社直接做决定。故本题说法未提及。
第4题:
【原文考查】事实细节题
【题目释义】网上预订最大的优势在于省钱。
【解题思路】根据第三段第一、二句"The Internet holds many advantages over the travel agencies. The main one is convenience."网络相对于旅行社来说有很多优势。最主要的是方便。由此可知，题干表述与原文不符。故本题说法错误。
第5题:
【原文考查】事实细节题
【题目释义】许多人在午餐时间去旅行社。
【解题思路】根据第三段第四句"The travel agents, hwever, are usually very busy at times when people can actually go, i.e. lunch hours or at the weekend."然而，旅行社通常在人们真正可以去的时候（比如午餐时间或周末）非常忙碌。由此可知，人们大多在午餐时间或者周末去旅行社，题干与原文表述相符。故本题说法正确。
第6题:
【原文考查】事实细节题
【题目释义】打电话预订假期出行不需要太多沟通技巧。
【解题思路】根据第三段最后一句"You could use the telephone, but you wouldn’t be able to see the pictures or the details of the holidays, so you would probably be sent a brochure anyway."提及打电话预定假期出行无法看到图片和出行细节，并没有提到沟通技巧的问题。故本题说法未提及。
第7题:
【原文考查】事实细节题
【题目释义】价格比较网站上的选择是有限的。
【解题思路】根据题干关键词"price comparison websites"定位到第四段的内容，本段提及"They search through lots of different tour operators……"他们会在不同的旅行社中搜索。由此可知，价格比较网站上的选择非常多，题干与原文表述不符。故本题说法错误。
第8题:
【原文考查】事实细节题
【题目释义】旅行社充分利用价格比较网站。
【解题思路】根据第四段最后一句"They search through lots of different tour operators, and the results are displayed on one page, from which you can choose."可知，他们（价格比较网站）会在不同的旅行社中搜索……，因此，应该是价格比较网站充分利用旅行社，题干表述恰好与原文相反，所以不正确。故本题说法错误。
第9题:
【原文考查】事实细节题
【题目释义】旅行者将收集宣传册作为一种爱好。
【解题思路】根据关键词"brochures"可定位到第二段和第四段，原文只是提及游客选择一些宣传册来做比较，以及成堆的宣传册不环保，并没有提及收集宣传册是游客们的一种爱好。故本题说法未提及。
第10题:
【原文考查】事实细节题
【题目释义】网上预订是保护环境的一种方式。
【解题思路】根据最后一段最后一句"So booking online will not only save you time and effort, it will do a little bit towards saving the environment, too! "可知，网上预订不仅可以节省你的时间和精力，还可以为保护环境做点贡献。由此可知，题干表述与原文相符。故本题说法正确。
