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45_____________________Part 3: Read the text and decide which is the best word A, B, C, or D to complete the gap 46-53. An example is given (0).I have learned, often the hard (0) way, that there are a few simple rules about how to make life easier both before and after the journey. First of all, you must always check and double-check departure times. This is absolutely essential. It is amazing how few people do this really carefully. Once I arrived at the airport few minutes before ten. My secretary had got the ticket for me and I thought she had said that the plane left at 10.50. I walked calmly to the departure gate, thinking I (46) _________had a little time to spare. I hadn’t bothered to take a good look at the ticket. The clerk at the desk told me politely but firmly that the departure time was 10.15 and that, (47)_________to international regulations, the flight was ‘now closed’.Secondly, you should remember that even in this (48)_______of credits cards, it is still important to have at least a little of the local currency with you when you arrive in a country. This can be absolutely essential if you are flying to a place few tourists normally visit. A few years ago, I was sent to Tulsa, Oklahoma. I flew there from London via Dallas with very little time to (49)_________planes in between. I arrived there at midnight and the bank at the airport was closed. The only (50)________to get to the hotel was by taxi and, since I had no American dollars, I offered to pay in British pounds instead.‘Listen, buddy. I only take real money!’ the driver said angrily. Luckily, I was able to (51)_______a few dollars from a clerk at the hotel, but it was very embarrassing.The third and the last rule is to find out as much as you can about the weather at your (52)______before you leave. It may be very different from the weather at home. I feel sorry for some of my colleagues who travel in heavy suits and raincoats in March or April, when it is still fairly cool in places like London, Berlin or New York, to places like Athens, Rome or Madrid, where it is already beginning to get quite warm during the day. Few people understand just how important it is to have a right sort of clothes with you in these days of rapid air (53)________0. A. path B. road C. way D. street