10.When Americans in the manufacturing sector (制造业) cried out,"The Chinese are coming,"some years ago,they expressed a restless concern and warning about a possible loss of job opportunities.Now Americans in the tourism industry issued the same cry on June 17-but this time,it was a welcome call to greet the first organized group of Chinese tourists to the United States.U.S.tourism officials have high expectations that well-off Chinese visitors,who are ready and willing to spend loads of yuan,will give a big help to their industry.
"We're very excited,"said Helen N.Marano,Director of the Office of Travel and Tourism Industries under the U.S.Department of Commerce.Before she talked to Beijing Review on June 17,Marano and her colleagues had been waiting for more than two hours at Washington Dulles International Airport to give a warm welcome to the first organized group of Chinese tourists to visit the United States.
The first group consisted of 250 tourists,who left from Beijing,Shanghai and Guangdong on June 17,the day when newly appointed Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan and U.S.Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson started the fourth round of the China-U.S.Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) in Annapolis,Maryland.Each was backed by a big group of heavyweight ministerial officials.
Coincidence (巧合) could not provide a satisfactory explanation to the two events taking place on the same day.As a perfect example of one of the concrete results of the high-level dialogue between the two countries started by Chinese President Hu Jintao and U.S.President George W.Bush in 2006,the first Chinese tourist group's arrival in the United States was widely reported by the Chinese media.
At the previous SED meeting last December,Chairman of the Chinese National Tourism Administration Shao Qiwei and U.S.Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez signed an agreement between China and the United States to advance tourist group travel from China to the United States.Under this agreement,China agreed to give an"approved destination status"to the United States,allowing Chinese travel agencies to market tourism to American destinations and permitting U.S.destinations to advertise directly to the Chinese public.
The agreement"is estimated to bring up to 100 million Chinese travelers to the United States over the next 15 years,"Paulson said.
But what people in the U.S.tourism industry care more about is how they can get a big slice of the pie.
"I'm getting calls already from people saying things like,‘How do we get to do this?'and‘How do we attract Chinese tourists to our area?'"Marano told Beijing Review.Marano said she had been waiting for this market to be open for more than five years and that she was so excited now to see it finally happen.
63.When,a few years ago,some Americans shouted"the Chinese are coming",they
D.
A.were worried that the Chinese language would take the place of English
B.were concerned that the number of the Chinese tourists would be bigger than the locals
C.wanted to warn that the U.S.economy would suffer heavy losses
D.feared that large numbers of Chinese moving into the U.S.would make many Americans jobless
64.Helen N.Marano was excited becauseB.
A.large numbers of Chinese touring the U.S.would tip her and her colleagues
B.the Chinese touring in the U.S.would help improve its industry
C.the Chinese are usually well organized when travelling
D.Wang Qishan and Henry Paulson started the fourth round of the China-U.S.SED
65.We can infer from the passage thatC.
A.Chinese tourist agencies could organize groups of Chinese to go to the U.S.without the agreement
B.Marano and her colleagues waited at the airport to see how well organized the Chinese were
C.many Americans take a positive attitude toward Chinese tourists
D.about 100 million Americans will travel to China in the next 15 years
66.Which of the following is the best title for this passage?A
A.The Chinese are coming
B.The fourth-round China-U.S.SED
C.More Chinese,more job opportunities
D.How can we attract more Chinese to our area.
分析 文章主要讲了随着中美间各项协议的达成,越来越多的中国游客未来会到美国旅游,为美国旅游业的发展带来各种好处,因此文章的一个主要内容就是中国人将越来越多地前往美国.
解答 63:D细节题.由第一段第一句"they expressed a restless concern and warning about a possible loss of job opportunities."可知正确答案为D.
64:B细节题.由第一段最后一句"but this time,it was a welcome call to greet the first organized group of Chinese tourists to the United States.U.S.tourism officials have high expectations that well-off Chinese visitors,who are ready and willing to spend loads of yuan,will give a big help to their industry."可知 Marano 激动的原因是中国游客的到来能促进旅游业的发展,故正确答案为B.
65:C细节题.由第二段第一句"'We're very excited,'said Helen N.Marano,"和第五段"'The agreement is estimated to bring up to 100 million Chinese travelers to the United States over the next 15 years,'Paulson said."等内容可知许多人都欢迎中国游客的到来,所以C项正确.而A、B、D项在文中均没有相关内容,所以A、B、D项错误.故正确答案为C.
66:A推断题.文章主要讲了随着中美间各项协议的达成,越来越多的中国游客未来会到美国旅游,为美国旅游业的发展带来各种好处,因此文章的一个主要内容就是中国人将越来越多地前往美国,由此可知A项符合文意.而B、C、D项均没有谈到中国游客将大量赴美,只是讲到第四轮 China-U.S.SED、中国人越多工作机会越多或者如何吸引中国人,所以B、C、D项错误.故正确答案为A.
点评 本文讲述了随着中美间各项协议的达成,越来越多的中国游客未来会到美国旅游,为美国旅游业的发展带来各种好处,因此文章的一个主要内容就是中国人将越来越多地前往美国的一个故事,题目涉及多道细节理解题,做题时结合原文和题目有针对性的找出相关语句进行仔细分析,结合选项选出正确答案.推理判断题也是要在抓住关键句子的基础上合理的分析才能得出正确答案,切忌胡乱猜测,一定要做到有理有据.