阅读理解。
There are two ways to save money traveling. The first way is to get the best deals on the specific (特
定的) things you want. There is a limitation to this type of approach though. If you find the lowest price
on the best hotel in Honolulu at the height of the season, you will save money, but still have a very
expensive vacation. Trying to get exactly what you want will generally be an expensive proposition(提议),
in travel and in life.
The other approach is to be a true opportunist. This will be difficult for some of you, and entirely
unacceptable to others. Nonetheless (尽管如此), the travelers who get to travel the most, go to the
widest variety of places, learn the most and do the most, are the opportunists. This will be true until you
are so wealthy that you have no monetary (货币的；钱的) limits.
The first time I went to Ecuador, I went there because it was cheap. If it wasn't, I would have had a
great time-somewhere else. The trip lasted a month, and cost $1045, which included air fare and even
the $130 fee for a guide to take me to the top or glacier (冰川) covered Mount Chimborazo.
I cut the cost by taking a bus from my home in Michigan to Miami, and back again when I returned
from Ecuador. The round-trip (双程) ticket cost $158. The round-trip flight to Quito from Miami was
only $256, because it was a courier (信使, 通讯员) flight, which meant I signed for some luggage(car
parts), and could only take carry-on luggage.
Never did I feel deprived, or bored. I had a great time, eating wherever it was cheap and clean, doing
all sorts of inexpensive, but interesting things, and traveling across the country to climb Chimborazo. I also met and fell in love with my wife Ana.
Being an opportunist means you'll have just as much variety, and probably almost everything you
want-eventually. You just have to stop trying to get exactly what you want exactly when you want it. If
the guide that took me up Chimborazo hadn't dropped his price from $200 to $130, I would have spent $2 for a bus and gone hiki
ng on EI Altar, another great Andean mountain. That would have left me with
enough money for several other minor adventures.
1. The underlined phrase "the best deals" in the first paragraph probably refers to ______.
A. the best service
B. the lowest price
C. the cheapest goods
D. the best approaches
2 . The last paragraph was to tell us how to ______.
A. save money for minor adventures
B. cut down traveling costs.
C. deal with different situations
D. become opportunist travelers
3. It's suggested that the author _____.
A. went hiking on El Altar
B. traveled with his wife in Ecuador
C. is an opportunist traveler
D. likes traveling around the world
4. Which of the following can serve as the best title of the passage?
A. Cheap Travel Secrets
B. Travel Secrets
C. A Travel Opportunist
D. Travel Tips
