单选题 We're found that eating habits vary(变化)so much that it does not make sense to include meals in the price of our tours. We want to give you the freedom of choosing restaurants and ordering food that suits your taste and budget(预算).
As our hotels offer anything from coffee and toast to a full American breakfast at very reasonable prices, it will never be a problem for you to start the day in the way you like best. At lunch stops, your tour guide will show you where you can find salads, soups, and sandwiches.
Diner time is your chance to try some local food. Sometimes the tour guide will let you have dinner at a restaurant of your own choice. At other times he or she will recommend a restaurant at your hotel．Years of research have taught US which restaurants reliably serve a good choice of delightful dishes atdown-to-earth prices．
In Mexico，Alaska, and the Yukon，where your restaurant choice may be limited, we include some meals. The meals provided are clearly stated on the tour pages．

单选题 According to the passage，most meals are not included in the price of tours mainly because ______.
A．meals make up a large part of the tour budget
B．meal prices vary a lot from place to place
C．people dislike the menus offered by tour guides
D．people have different eating habits
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 第一段第一句话“eating habits vary(变化)so much that it does not make sense to include meals in the price of our tours”，可知选D。
单选题 We can learn from the passage that ______.
A．the hotels where you stay will offer you free breakfast
B．dining information can be obtained from your tour guides
C．you can have a complete choice of local dishes at the hotel
D．a full list of local restaurants can be found on the tour pages
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 只有B正确，由第二段最后一句话“At lunch stops, your tour guide will show you where you can find salads, soups, and sandwiches”可知。
单选题 Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A．Tour guides are supposed to arrange dinner outside the hotel．
B．Tour guides' recommendations on food are unreliable．
C．Tourists must have lunch in the hotels they stay in．
D．Tourists may taste local dishes during dinner time．
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 只有D正确，由第三段第一句话“Diner time is your chance to try some local food”可知。
单选题 The word “down-to-earth”(Line 4, Para. 3 most probably means ______．
A．changeable B．expensive C．reasonable D．fixed
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 从句子推断出“down-to-earth“的意思是“reasonable”。此句意为：经过多年的调查，我们知道哪些饭店能够以实际合理的价格提供美味的菜肴。
单选题 Meals are included in the tour price in some places where ______．
A．restaurant choice may be limited
B．there are many nearby restaurants
C．delightful dishes are not served
D．food may be too expensive
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 从最后一段第一句话“In Mexico, Alaska, and the Yukon, where your restaurant choice may be limited, we include some meals”推出。