Question

    People travel for a lot of reasons. Some tourists go to see battlefields(战场) or other Historic remains (历史遗址). Others are looking for culture, or simply want to have their pictures taken in front of famous places. Most European tourists are looking for a sunny beach to lie on.

Northern Europeans are willing to pay a lot of money for the sun because they have so little of it. People of cities like London, Copenhagen (哥本哈根) and Amsterdam (阿姆斯特丹) spend much of their winter in the dark because the days are so short, and much of the rest of the year in the rain. This is the reason why the Mediterranean(地中海) has always attracted(吸引) them. Every summer many people travel to Mediterranean resorts (度假胜地) and beaches for their vacations. They all come for the same reason: sun!

The huge crowds mean lots of money for the economics (经济) of Mediterranean countries. Italy's 30,000 hotels are booked without a break every summer. And 13 million people camp out on French beaches, parks, and roadsides. Spain's long sandy coastline attracts more people than anywhere else, 37 million tourists there yearly, or one tourist for each person living in Spain.

But there are signs that the area is getting more tourists than it can deal with. The Mediterranean is already one of the most polluted seas on earth. None of these, however, is ruining (毁灭) anyone's fun. Obviously (显然地)，they don' go there for clean water. They allow traffic jams and seem to like crowded beaches. They don't even mind the pollution No matter how dirty the water is, the coastline sill less beautiful. And as long as the sun shines, it's still better than sitting in the cold rain in Berlin, London, or Oslo (奥斯陆).

1.The writer seems to imply (暗示) that Europeans travel mostly for the reason that_______.

A.they want to see historic remains

B.they wish to escape from cold, dark and rainy days

C.they would like to take pictures in front of famous places

D.they are interested in different cultural and social customs

2.According to the passage, which of the following countries attracts more tourists than the others?

A.Italy. B.Greece. C.France. D.Spain.

3.The underlined part in the last sentence in Paragraph 3 “one tourist for each person living in Spain” means____________.

A.all the 37 million people living in Spain are tourists

B.every person living in Spain has to take care of a tourist

C.every year almost as many tourists visit Spain as there are people living in that country

D.every family in Spain is visited by a tourist every year

4.According to the passage, which of the following might ruin (毁坏) the tourists’ fun at Mediterranean resorts and beaches?

A.Polluted water. B.Crowded buses. C.Rainy weather. D.Traffic jams.

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.C

【解析】

本文讲述了人们旅行有很多原因。大多数欧洲游客都在寻找阳光充足的海滩躺下休息。每年夏天很多人去地中海度假胜地和海滩度假。西班牙漫长的沙滩海岸线吸引了比其他任何地方都多的游客，每年有3700万游客，但有迹象表明，该地区接待的游客数量超出了它的承受能力。地中海已经是地球上污染最严重的海域之一。但是也给当地带来了坏境污染，交通堵塞。

1.细节理解题。A. they want to see historic remains他们想看看历史遗迹；B. they wish to escape from cold, dark and rainy days他们希望逃避寒冷、黑暗和雨天；C. they would like to take pictures in front of famous places他们喜欢在著名的地方前面拍照；D. they are interested in different cultural and social customs他们对不同的文化和社会习俗感兴趣；根据“ Most European tourists are looking for a sunny beach to lie on… because the days are so short, and much of the rest of the year in the rain. ”大多数欧洲游客都在寻找阳光充足的海滩躺下休息，他们希望逃避寒冷、黑暗和雨天。故选B。

2.细节理解题。根据“ Spain's long sandy coastline attracts more people than anywhere else, 37 million tourists there yearly, or one tourist for each person living in Spain.”西班牙漫长的沙滩海岸线吸引了比其他任何地方都多的游客，每年有3700万游客，或者说每一个生活在西班牙的人就有一个游客。故选D。

3.词句猜测题。A. all the 37 million people living in Spain are tourists所有生活在西班牙的3700万人都是游客；B. every person living in Spain has to take care of a tourist每个住在西班牙的人都要照顾一个游客；C. every year almost as many tourists visit Spain as there are people living in that country每年到西班牙旅游的游客几乎和那个国家的人口一样多在西班牙；D. every family in Spain is visited by a tourist every year每一个家庭每年都有一位游客来访；根据“ Spain's long sandy coastline attracts more people than anywhere else, 37 million tourists there yearly, or one tourist for each person living in Spain.”西班牙漫长的沙滩海岸线吸引了比其他任何地方都多的游客，每年有3700万游客，所以此处是每年到西班牙旅游的游客几乎和那个国家的人口一样多在西班牙，故选C。

4.细节理解题。根据第二段This is the reason the Mediterranean has always attracted them．Every summer, more than 25million people travel to Mediterranean resorts and beaches for their vacation. They all come for the same reason：sun!可知游客来旅游主要是为了享受阳光，A、B、D中提到的东西游客都可以忍受，但是不能没有阳光，所以雨天会破坏游客的乐趣。故选C。