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If you don’t think Technology can improve your trip, meet Judy Williams. When she and her
husband recently checked into Blu Hotel in Zurich, a clerk asked them to sign the dotted line on a
room rate hundreds of dollars higher than their online offer.
“It was not a cheap stay,” says Williams, a lawyer from Billings, Mont. But it became more of
one after her husband fired up the app he’d used to book their room on his smartphone.
“As soon as we showed him the cost, he honored it,” Williams says.
Technology may create challenges for travelers but it can also solve them. It’s more than
making sure of a hotel cost. The latest can help users select hotels by location, make a
secure booking and view the confirmed (已确认的) cost so they never need to re-discuss their hotel
price.
Another pain point for travelers is traffic that eats away precious vacation time. There’s a new app called Commute which is aimed at users who have to make the same trip every day. But if you’re headed to Los Angeles or Honolulu, where visitors can easily get stuck in hours of heavy
traffic, Commute can help.
Just input basic information about your destination and expected leaving time, and the app
will start sending you traffic information 15 minutes before you leave. Testing Commute proved to
be a challenge for me, because my home address is about 900 miles from my place of work. But if
you have only a short distance to travel through a heavily populated area, you can use Commute to
avoid traffic jams.
Another source of travel-related problems is money. That’s particularly true when you’re
dealing with a foreign currency. The latest Travel Money Tracker helps travelers prevent currency
mix-ups. It immediately changes a country’s native currency to yours, so you know exactly how
much that Espresso (浓咖啡) in Milan costs in dollars. It can also warn you when you’re
overspending, which can sometimes be a problem when you’re on vacation. The only catch, of
course, is that you have to remember to record all your purchases.
Taken together, these apps solve some of the most common travel problems. But not all of
them. Some things, no smartphone can fix, which means I get to keep my job – for now at least.
12. What does the writer want to tell through the example of Judy Williams?
A. The cost of Blu Hotel was higher than that of others.
B. The clerk was very friendly and patient.
C. The smartphones have many functions.
D. Technology can make our trips better.
13. Commute is not suitable for those who_______________.
A. have a long journey
B. go on the same trip every day
C. can easily get stuck in traffic jams
D. travel a short distance downtown
14. What is the function of Travel Money Tracker?
A. It tells people how much Espresso costs.
B. It warns people when they are shopping.
C. It changes the native currency to yours.
D. It records all people’s purchases.
15. What is the purpose of this passage?
A. To encourage people to travel.
B. To introduce some new apps.
C. To help people with technology problems.
D. To provide people with traveling information.
【回答】
DACB
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