 This post contains a reading of about 200 words aimed at intermediate to upper-intermediate students with activities such as reading comprehension, expressing the main ideas, lexicon and vocabulary. |
Today, millions of travellers are using the Web to learn about destinations, find last-minute bargains, locate hotels, and plan their adventures. Travel agents can still be tremendously helpful, particularly for complex international journeys. However, the Internet puts the tools for trip planning into the hands of average computer users, enabling them to plan their own trips, at any time of the day or night.
After choosing a destination, travellers can use the Net to find schedules and fares for airlines, hotels, and rental cars. Then, if they so choose, they can book online. The most important booking websites let travellers compare rates among hundreds of airlines, hotel chains, or car rental companies.
While the Web offers remarkable tools for finding bargains and making bookings, it's much more than a one-way medium. Its inherent beauty is its interactive aspect -- in other words, through the Net travellers can find others with similar interests and get advice from them.
The Net is an efficient tool for trip planning, and, under the right circumstances, an excellent way to save money. Yet the benefits extend far beyond finding good deals and some people are finding that planning a trip can be almost as enjoyable as the excursion itself.
ACTIVITIES
1. READING COMPREHENSION. Add TRUE or FALSE and copy the evidence from the text to support your answer.
a. People must be expert computer users to plan their trips on the Internet.
b. It is possible to compare hotel prices on the Web before making a reservation.
c. The Internet is an interactive medium which offers more than good deals.
d. Planning a trip on the Net is a boring activity for everybody.
2. EXPRESSING THE MAIN IDEAS. Answer the following questions according to the information given in the text. Where possible, use your own words.
a. Can you mention some travelling-related activities people can do using the Net?
b. Who on the Internet can give people advice about their trip?
3. LEXICON. Find words or phrases in the text that mean the same as these given.
a. The places that someone is going to.
b. Lists that show the times when planes leave or arrive at a particular place.
c. Almost the same.
d. To use less money so that you do not waste any.
4. PHONETICS.
a. Write two words from the text that include the same diphthong sound as "take" /ei/.
b. Is the “–s” pronounced voiced /z/ or voiceless /s/ in “travellers”?
Write a word from the text that includes the same consonant sound as “composition" /∫/.
After choosing a destination, travellers can use the Net to find schedules and fares for airlines, hotels, and rental cars. Then, if they so choose, they can book online. The most important booking websites let travellers compare rates among hundreds of airlines, hotel chains, or car rental companies.
While the Web offers remarkable tools for finding bargains and making bookings, it's much more than a one-way medium. Its inherent beauty is its interactive aspect -- in other words, through the Net travellers can find others with similar interests and get advice from them.
The Net is an efficient tool for trip planning, and, under the right circumstances, an excellent way to save money. Yet the benefits extend far beyond finding good deals and some people are finding that planning a trip can be almost as enjoyable as the excursion itself.
ACTIVITIES
1. READING COMPREHENSION. Add TRUE or FALSE and copy the evidence from the text to support your answer.
a. People must be expert computer users to plan their trips on the Internet.
b. It is possible to compare hotel prices on the Web before making a reservation.
c. The Internet is an interactive medium which offers more than good deals.
d. Planning a trip on the Net is a boring activity for everybody.
2. EXPRESSING THE MAIN IDEAS. Answer the following questions according to the information given in the text. Where possible, use your own words.
a. Can you mention some travelling-related activities people can do using the Net?
b. Who on the Internet can give people advice about their trip?
3. LEXICON. Find words or phrases in the text that mean the same as these given.
a. The places that someone is going to.
b. Lists that show the times when planes leave or arrive at a particular place.
c. Almost the same.
d. To use less money so that you do not waste any.
4. PHONETICS.
a. Write two words from the text that include the same diphthong sound as "take" /ei/.
b. Is the “–s” pronounced voiced /z/ or voiceless /s/ in “travellers”?
Write a word from the text that includes the same consonant sound as “composition" /∫/.
(The text as well as the activities were featured on the university entrance examination in the autonomous community of Catilla-La Mancha - Spain).
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