Check your vocabulary for TOEFL
TRAVEL
Exercise 1
Look at the words and expressions in the box, then
answer questions 1 – 16. Some of these questions ask you to explain what a word
or expression means, and some of them ask you to complete a sentence with the
appropriate word(s) or expression(s).
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acclimatize alien all-inclusive business class check-in check in (to a hotel or for a
flight) check out (of a hotel)
coach class consulate cruise culture shock customs deport disembark displaced economic migrants ecotourism embark embassy emigrate emigration excursion expatriate first class flight gate green card illegal alien immigrant immigration independent traveler internally displaced journey long-haul luggage mass tourism migrant migrate package tour package tourist passport persona non grata refugee repatriate safari short-haul tour operator trafficking travel agency travel agent trip UNHCR visa voyage work permit
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1
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What does the expression persona non
grata mean?
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2
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Complete this sentence: _____________
is the nervous or confused feeling that people sometimes get when they arrive
in a place that is very different from the place they normally live.
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3
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What is the difference between a travel
agency and a tour operator?
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4
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Complete this sentence: An
_____________ is a short trip somewhere, usually for one day or part of a
day.
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5
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Complete this sentence: A _____________
seat is the cheapest type of seat on a plane or train. The most expensive
type of seat is called _____________. Between these two, there is _____________.
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6
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Would you be happy if the country that
you were staying in deported you?
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7
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Complete this sentence: _____________ refers
to the large numbers of people that travel for their vacation, usually over
long distances.
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8
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What is the difference between a package
tourist and an independent traveler?
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9
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Is a refugee the same as an expatriate?
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10
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What do you think the letters UNHCR stand
for?
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11
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Complete this sentence: _____________
is the business of creating and selling vacations that give people the chance
to learn about a natural environment, and which cause little damage to the environment
itself.
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12
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If someone has been repatriated,
what has happened to them?
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13
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What is a cruise? What is a safari?
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14
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Why might someone want a green card?
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15
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If someone is trafficking something,
are they doing something that is legal or something that is illegal?
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16
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Complete this sentence: A person who
has been _____________ has been forced to move from one part of their country
to another (often because of a war or other threatening situation).
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Exercise 2
Use your
dictionary to check the meanings of the other words and expressions in the box.
Exercise 3
Read this essay and complete the gaps with one of the
words or expressions from the box in Exercise 1. You may need to change the
form of some of the words.
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“There
are two types of traveler: those who do it because they want to, and
those who do it because they
have to. Discuss this statement, using specific examples”.
Most of us
have, at some point in our lives, experienced the joys of travel. We go to
the (1) _____________ to pick up our brochures. We book a two-week (2)
_____________ with flights and accommodations included, (or if we are (3)
_____________, we make our own way to the country and travel around from
place to place with a rucksack on our back). We make sure we have all the
right currency, our passport, and any (4) _____________ that are necessary to
get us into the country. We go to the airport and (5) _____________. We strap
ourselves into our tiny (6) _____________ aircraft seats and a few hours
later we (7) _____________ from the aircraft, strange new sights, smells, and
sounds greeting us. Nowadays, it seems, the whole world goes on vacation at
once: the age of (8) _____________ is in full swing!
But for the
great majority of people around the world, travel is done in the face of
great adversity and hardship. They never get to indulge in an (9)
_____________ vacation in a luxury hotel with all meals and drinks included.
They never get to explore the lush Amazon rain forest or the frozen wastes of
the Arctic on an (10) _____________ vacation. For them, travel is a matter of
life and death. I refer, of course, to all the (11) _____________ escaping
from their own countries, or the (12) _____________, moved from one part of their
country to another by an uncaring government, or (13) _____________ forced to
find a job and seek a living wherever they can.
Can you imagine
anything worse than the misery these people must face? Let's not confuse them
with those (14) _____________, who choose to live in another country and
often have nice houses and high salaries. These people are simply desperate
to survive. As well as losing their homes because of war or famine or other natural
disasters, they must come to terms with their new environment: for many, the
(15) _____________ can be too great. And while many countries with an open
policy on (16) _____________ will welcome them in with open arms, others will
simply turn them away. These people become (17) _____________, unwanted and unwelcome.
Even if they manage to get into a country, they will often be (18) _____________
or repatriated. Their future is uncertain.
Something to
think about, perhaps, the next time you are (19) _____________ to your
five-star hotel by a palm-fringed beach or sitting in a coach on an (20)
_____________to a pretty castle in the countryside.
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Exercise 4
Now try this essay. Use words and expressions from
the vocabulary box in Exercise 1, and any other words or expressions that you
think would be relevant.
What are the good things and bad things
about traveling? Use specific examples to explain youranswer.
ANSWER
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