She uses online travel communities Warm Showers and Couchsurfing to find a place to stay，and hosts guests herself at her home in Missoula，Montana．Warm Showers is exclusively(专门地)for touring cyclists while Couchsurfing is for any travelers wanting to meet new people or open their homes to others．By August 2016，MacDonald estimated that she’d stayed with 165 hosts and hosted around 200 guests of her own．“It saves a pile of money，”she admits．“But far beyond that，the real value is the people you meet，the inspiration you get from each other，the memories，the connections．”

　　She keeps a scrapbook(剪贴簿)filled with photos and notes from all the people she’s met at home and abroad，and keeps in touch with her friends worldwide through Facebook and email．When traveling，she particularly loves the“big cultural exchange”that comes with spending each night with a new host with a different perspective on the world．

　　For anyone who wants to follow in her footsteps．her advice is simple．“Just do it．”

　　24．What does the second paragraph mainly tell us?

　　A．The history of her tour cycling．

　　B．The reason for her taking up tour cycling．

　　C．The range of her tour cycling．

　　D．The equipment for her tour cycling．

　　25．What nationality is Ethel MacDonald?

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