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1、倒數(shù)第12天(5月25日)
(2020·江西卷)One might expect that the ever-growing demands of the tourist trade would bring nothing but good for the countries that receive the holiday-makers.Indeed,a rosy picture is painted for the long-term future of the holiday industry.Every month sees the building of a new hotel
2、 somewhere,and every month another rock-bound Pacific island is advertised as the ‘last paradise(天堂) on earth’.
However,the scale and speed of this growth seem set to destroy the very things tourists want to enjoy.In those countries where there was a rush to make quick money out of sea-side holiday
3、s,over-crowded beaches and the concrete jungles of endless hotels have begun to lose their appeal.
Those countries with little experience of tourism can suffer most.In recent years,Nepal set out to attract foreign visitors to fund developments in health and education.Its forests,full of wildlife an
4、d rare flowers,were offered to tourists as one more untouched paradise.In fact,the nature all too soon felt the effects of thousands of holiday-makers traveling through the forest land.Ancient tracks became major routes for the walkers,with the consequent exploitation of precious trees and plants.
5、Not only can the environment of a country suffer from the sudden growth of tourism.The people as well rapidly feel its effects.Farmland makes way for hotels,roads and airports;the old way of life goes.The one-time farmer is now the servant of some multi-national organization;he is no longer his own
6、master.Once it was his back that bore the pain;now it is his smile that is exploited.No doubt he wonders whether he wasn't happier in his village working his own land.
Thankfully,the tourist industry is waking up to the responsibilities it has towards those countries that receive its customers.The
7、protection of wildlife and the creation of national parks go hand in hand with tourist development and in fact obtain financial support from tourist companies.At the same time,tourists are being encouraged to respect not only the countryside they visit but also its people.
The way tourism is handle
8、d in the next ten years will decide its fate and that of the countries we all want to visit.Their needs and problems are more important than those of the tourist companies.Increased understanding in planning world-wide tourism can preserve the market for these companies.If not,in a few years' time t
9、he very things that attract tourists now may well have been destroyed.
1.What does the author indicate in the last sentence of Paragraph 1?
A.The Pacific island is a paradise.
B.The Pacific island is worth visiting.
C.The advertisement is not convincing.
D.The advertisement is not impressive.
10、解析 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。第一段最后一句的意思是:每個月都會有新的旅館建起,每個月都會有太平洋上的小島嶼被廣告宣傳為地球上最后的天堂。由此可知,廣告不具有可信度。
答案 C
2.The example of Nepal is used to suggest ________.
A.its natural resources are untouched
B.its forests are exploited for farmland
C.it develops well in health and education
D.it suffers from the heavy flow of t
11、ourists
解析 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。本段的首句“Those countries with little experience of tourism can suffer most.”是這一段的主旨句。以下的內(nèi)容是為了解釋說明這一中心內(nèi)容的。
答案 D
3.What can we learn about the farmers from Paragraph 4?
A.They are happy to work their own lands.
B.They have to please the tourists for a living.
C.They have to struggl
12、e for their independence.
D.They are proud of working in multi-national organizations.
解析 推理判斷題。農(nóng)田被占據(jù)建成了旅館,農(nóng)民失去了賴以生存的土地。而“Once it was his back that bore the pain;now it is his smile that is exploited.”一句說明,過去他們要靠自己的汗水謀生,現(xiàn)如今卻靠微笑迎客來謀生。由此可知,B符合題意。
答案 B
4.Which of the following determines the future
13、 of tourism?
A.The number of tourists.
B.The improvement of services.
C.The promotion of new products.
D.The management of tourism.
解析 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章最后一段中的“The way tourism is handled in the next ten years will decide its fate and that of the countries we all want to visit.”一句可知,對旅游業(yè)的管理決定它的前途和命運。
答案 D
5.The author's attitude towards the development of the tourist industry is ________.
A.optimistic B.doubtful
C.objective D.negative
解析 作者態(tài)度題。通觀全文,作者在客觀地陳述旅游業(yè)給一個國家?guī)淼牟涣加绊戇@一事實。
答案 C