Do you know how to get inexpensive airline and train tickets?

On a recent flight, Laura was talking happily with the woman in the next seat �until the conversation turned to fares.� The woman, who bought her ticket two months in advance, paid a full fare of $109.� Laura paid the full fare of $457.� She decided that next time she would find out how to travel for less.�

�Here are some ways to travel for less:

Cheap airline tickets.� To fly for less money, you can buy non-refundable plane tickets two or three months before your trip.� The cheapest way to fly is as a courier. In return for delivering a package for a courier company, you get a plane ticket that costs as little as one-quarter of the regular fare � or even less if the company needs someone at the last minute.� Recently, a courier flew round trip from Los Angeles to Tokyo for $100; a regular ticket costs around $1,800.

Train passes.� If you�re going to do a lot of traveling by train, a train pass will save you money.� Buying a single pass gives you unlimited travel for a period of time.� Train passes can be especially useful in India, which has the world�s largest rail system; in Japan where trains are fast and convenient; and in Europe where trains go to over 30,000 cities.�

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1)������� The main idea of the reading is to let people know about __.

• places they can visit when traveling

• ways to get cheaper tickets

• the high price of tickets

• how to travel to Tokyo

�2)������� A way of getting plane tickets at a lower cost is by ____.

• paying $1,800 to the airline

• buying the ticket at the last minute

• traveling from Los Angeles to Tokyo

• buying a ticket you can not return, some months before

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3)������� When traveling by train, you can save money ____.

• buying a train pass

• going to many different cities

• visiting different places in India

• traveling on the largest rail system

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4)������� Laura learned she can __.

• fly everywhere buying the tickets in the courier company

• buy some plane tickets for a cheaper price

• pay more money to travel in a better seat

• find out about full fare tickets next time

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5)������� The least expensive flight tickets are __.

• those used in round trips

• those used in regular flights

• the ones bought in Los Angeles and Tokyo

• the ones acquired by couriers at the last moment

� 6)������� The text says that __.

• a single train pass can be used many times within a fixed period.

• in India, the rail system is not well-developed.

• traveling by train is a new system in Europe.

• the less develop rail system is in Japan.

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