Unit 3 Travel journal reading课时作业

第一节(共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分)

　　阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　A

　　GO. STOP. GO. STOP. The travel ideas in my head were fighting. "Are you sure you want to head to Greece this November with Kathleen? The weather could be unpleasant，" my husband warned. "You must go! Sunsets are among the most beautiful in the world and the island is a paradise (天堂)！" my friend Laura raved about her trip in Santorini last year. With her encouraging words, I bought our tickets to Athens, Santorini and Crete.

　　A sunny Saturday afternoon welcomed us in Athens. During the first few days, Kathleen and I tried a lot of unknown­to­us foods. And then came Tuesday. The moment we landed in Santorini, a big storm broke out. Santorini, normally a beautiful and popular tourist destination (目的地), was freezing, rainy and empty. With rain beating our faces, Kathleen and I headed for our hotel.

　　"This isn't how I want to spend my vacation, Mom，" Kathleen said sadly. "Maybe Crete isn't experiencing the same storm. Can we fly out later today？" My daughter thought up a clever idea. But we couldn't leave. We'd just arrived. Payments for the hotel would be lost and the last­minute air tickets would be expensive. "Let's not decide right now，" I suggested.

　　During the next few days, we drove around though it rained hard. On the night at a restaurant named Poseidon, we waited and waited for dinner. "Your dinner will be out shortly. The cook is busy studying something beautiful，" a man who looked like a waiter said. When he saw our puzzled look, he explained, "He went out for a smoke, saw two beautiful ladies and began to chat..." We suddenly started laughing.

I realized some change had been happening since our arrival. "You know, Mom, you can't live a positive life with a n