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【题目】 Bangkok has become the world's top tourist destination, with 15.98 million visitors projected to visit Thailand's capital city this year, according to the third annual Global Destination Cities Index released by MasterCard on Monday. Based on data MasterCard collected from governments, central banks, related public agencies and airlines to far this year, the projection for the entire year says Bangkok is surpassing London, the previous holder of the top place, by a very narrow margin.

Monday's report marked the first time an Asian city has been projected to be the top-ranked tourist destination. London came in second, with 15.96 million visitors expected in 2013, and Paris, third, with 13.92 million visitors. MasterCard looked at 132 cities.

Other Asian cities that made it to the Top-20 Global Destination Cities in 2013 include Singapore at number four, with 11.75 million visitors; Kuala Lumpur at number eight, with 9.2 million visitors; Hong Kong at number nine, with 8.72 million visitors; Seoul at number 11, with 8.19 million visitors; Shanghai at number 14, with 6.5 million visitors. Tokyo at number 16, with 5.8 million visitors, and Taipei, with 5.19 million visitors.

The study found that Bangkok is experiencing a large increase in its number of tourists in 2013, up 9.8% from 2009. That compares to New York's increase at 5.0% and London's at 3.8%. Paris, meanwhile, saw a small dip in its number of tourists (negative 0.7%).

Caroline Liedo, who was visiting Bangkok from France, said Thailand has many offerings. "We like culture and the people are so nice. We also love shopping here," Ms. Liedo said. MasterCard Worldwide's global economic adviser Yuwa Hedrick-Wong cited（引用）overall value for money spent for why Bangkok is attractive. That is true for Thailand overall as well.

【1】The word "surpassing" in paragraph 1 probably means _________.

A.being much better than it was expected to be

B.changing something slightly

C.joining or fasten to the object

D.stating that specific thing must be done

【2】From the passage we can know that _________.

A.Bangkok defeated London by a wide margin

B.there are 15.96 million visitors visiting London in 2013

C.Paris is experiencing an increase in its number of tourists

D.London topped List of World's Tourist Destinations in 2012

【3】How many Asian cities have made it to the Top-20 Global Destination Cities in 2013?

A.Seven.B.Eight

C.NineD.Ten

【4】What attracts visitors to Thailand?

A.People and buildings.B.Shopping and environment.

C.Culture, people and shoppingD.Culture and natural scenery.

【5】What can we know about MasterCard?

A.MasterCard surveyed 131 cities.B.Caroline Liedo was MasterCard's adviser.

C.MasterCard collected date from private agencies.D.It is the third time that MasterCard has released the Index.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】B

【4】C

【5】D

【解析】

本文是新闻报道。万事达卡在调查了132个城市的基础上，发布第三次年度全球旅游目的地城市指数。泰国首都曼谷成为世界头号旅游目的地。往年高居榜首的伦敦位居第二 。

【1】

词义猜测题。文章第一段提到“Bangkok has become the world's top tourist destination, with 15.98 million visitors projected to visit Thailand's capital city this year,” 泰国首都曼谷已成为世界头号旅游目的地，今年预计将接待1598万游客；根据第二段中“London came in second, with 15.96 million visitors expected in 2013”，伦敦位居第二，预计2013年游客人数将达到1596万。比较预计的游客人数，曼谷1598万，伦敦1596万，可以看出，曼谷的预计游客人数以微弱的优势超过伦敦。因此可以推断surpass意思为“超过，胜过，比预期的好”。 故选A项。

【2】

细节理解题。文章第一段提到“Bangkok is surpassing London, the previous holder of the top place”，句中the previous holder of the top place是London的同位语。由此可知，伦敦曾经位居榜首；第二段提到“London came in second, with 15.96 million visitors expected in 2013”，按预估游客人数，伦敦位居第二。 因此可以推知，2012年伦敦位居全球旅游目的地之首。故选D项。

【3】

细节理解题。根据第三段中“Other Asian cities that made it to the Top-20 Global Destination Cities in 2013 include Singapore at number four… Kuala Lumpur at number eight…Hong Kong at number nine…Seoul at number 11…Shanghai at number 14… Tokyo at number 16.and Taipei”可知，2013年跻身全球旅游目的地前20名的其他亚洲城市有7个，包括新加坡（排名第4），吉隆坡（排名第8），香港（排名第9）；首尔（排名第11），上海（排名第14），东京（排名16）和台北；第一段中提到“Bangkok has become the world's top tourist destination,”泰国首都曼谷是世界头号旅游目的地。因此跻身全球旅游目的地前20名的亚洲城市一共有8个城市。故选B项。

【4】

细节理解题。根据第五段中“Caroline Liedo, … said Thailand has many offerings. "We like culture and the people are so nice. We also love shopping here,"”可知，泰国旅游吸引游客的是泰国的文化、友好的人们、以及购物。 故选C项。

【5】

细节理解题。根据第一段中“Bangkok has become the world's top tourist destination, … according to the third annual Global Destination Cities Index released by MasterCard on Monday.（根据万事达卡周一发布的第三次年度全球旅游目的地城市指数，泰国首都曼谷已成为世界头号旅游目的地）”可知，这是万事达卡第三次发布全球旅游目的地城市指数。故选D项。