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【题目】 Without proper planning, tourism can cause problems. For example, too many tourists can crowd public places that are also enjoyed by the inhabitants of the country. If tourists create too much traffic, the inhabitants become annoyed and unhappy. They begin to dislike tourists and to treat them impolitely. They forget how much tourism can help the country’s economy. It is important to think about the people of a destination(旅游目的地) country and how tourism affects them. Tourism should help a country keep the customs and beauty that attract tourists. Tourism should also advance the wealth and happiness of local inhabitants.

Too much tourism can be a problem. If tourism grows too quickly, people must leave other jobs to work in the tourism industry. This means that other parts of the country’s economy can suffer.

On the other hand, if there is not enough tourism. People can lose jobs. Businesses can also lose money. It casts a great deal of money to build large hotels, airports, first-class roads, and other support facilities(配套设施) needed by tourist attractions. For example, a major international class tourism hotel can cost as much as 50 thousand dollars per room to build. If this room is not used most of the time, the owners of the hotel will lose money.

Building a hotel is just a beginning. There must be many other support facilities as well, including roads to get to the hotel, electricity, sewers(下水道)to handle waste, and water. All of these support facilities cost money. If they are not used because there are not enough tourists, jobs and money are lost.

【1】Which of the following do you think has been discussed in the part before this selection?

It is extremely important to develop tourism.

Building roads and hotels is important.

Support facilities are highly necessary.

Planning is of great importance to tourism.

【2】The underlined word “inhabitants” (in Paragraph 1) probably means “_____”.

tourists

passengers

population

natives

【3】Too much tourism can cause all these problems EXCEPT _____.

a bad effect on other industries

a change of tourists’ customs

over-crowdedness of places of interest

pressure on traffic

【4】It can be inferred from the text that _____.

the author doesn’t like tourism developing so fast

local people will benefit from tourist attractions

other parts of a country’s economy won’t benefit from tourism much

we can’t build too many support facilities

Answer 1

【答案】【1】D

【2】D

【3】B

【4】B

【解析】【1】 推理判断题。本文一开始便讲如果没有适当的计划，旅游业会带来各种问题，可见前文叙述计划得当的好处，从正反两方面来阐述这一点。

【2】 词义猜测题。文中提到太多游客来到该国inhabitants居住的地方，可见inhabitants指本国本土的居民。

【3】 细节理解题。本文提到在旅游业过于兴旺会带来的各种后果中有A、C、D三项，但没有说会改变游客的风俗习惯。

【4】 推理判断题。从文中的讲述可以推知，旅游业会使当地人获益。