Question

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 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 holidays, 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 and 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.

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 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 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 handled 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 the 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.

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 tourists

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 struggle for their independence.

D．They are proud of working in multi?national organizations.

4.Which of the following determines the future of tourism?

A．The number of tourists.

B．The improvement of services.

C．The promotion of new products.

D．The management of tourism.

5.The author's attitude towards the development of the tourist industry is ________.

A．optimistic B．doubtful

C．objective D．negative

 

Answer 1

1.V

2.D

3.B

4.D

5.C

【解析】本文為議論文，題材是世界和環境類。眾所周知旅游業可以給當地經濟發展帶來無限商機，尤其是一些欠發達國家和地區。但是盲目無序地發展旅游業也會給當地環境帶來危害，甚至是致命危害。那我們該怎樣平衡旅游業和環保之間的關系呢？

1.答案：C　推理判斷題。第一段中作者描述：每個月都會看到某個地方在建一座新賓館，每個月都會看到太平洋中的某個小島打出廣告“這兒是世上最后一處天堂。”由作者的語氣我們可以推斷出這樣的廣告已經沒有什么說服力了，故選C項。

2.2】答案：D　推理判斷題。第三段作者引用了尼泊爾發展旅游業為例，其初衷是為當地的教育和衛生事業提供資金，但是很快這兒的人們、自然環境就受到了旅游業影響。現在這個國家正經受著旅游業帶來的痛苦，故選D項。

3.3】答案：B　推理判斷題。根據第四段中的Once it was his back that bore the pain；now it is his smile that is exploited.“過去是他的脊背在承受痛苦，現在是人們開發利用他的微笑”推斷出現在他們為了謀生不得不用自己的微笑來取悅游客，故選B項。

4.4】答案：D　推理判斷題。倒數第二段第二句“野生生物的保護，國家公園的創建要和旅游業的發展同時進行”，又根據倒數第一段第一句，“未來十年，如何管理旅游業將決定旅游業和我們要去參觀的國家的命運。”由此可推斷出D項符合題意。

5.5】答案：C　觀點態度題。綜觀全文可知作者的態度是客觀的。A：樂觀的；B：懷疑的；C：客觀的；D：消極的。故選C項。

疑難詞匯解讀

exploit v．利用、開發(資源)

exploit oil reserves，water power and solar energy開發石油資源，水利資源和太陽能資源

長難句子分析

The way tourism is handled in the next ten years will decide its fate and that of the countries we all want to visit.

句意：旅游業在未來10年里的運行模式將決定該行業本身的命運，并且也將決定那些我們都想去參觀的國家的命運。

該句的主語是the way，tourism is handled in the next ten years是定語從句，修飾the way。代詞that代替的是the fate，we all want to visit也是定語從句，修飾先行詞countries。