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China Daily: As China comes down from a travel rush during the seven-day holiday for National Day, people called for a return of the Labor Day Golden Week holiday as a way to ease(缓解) the travel peak.

By Friday, 79 million passengers were expected to have used the railways up about 8 percent over last year. Waterways had shipped around 2 million, a rise of about 17 percent on last year, www. cntv. cn, the website of China Central Television, said on Saturday.

As large numbers of tourists swarmed scenic spots around China, it caused huge crowds and many complaints.

The Forbidden City in Beijing has long been a big draw for travelers. On Tuesday alone, the museum reported, it received more than 180,000 visitors, about six times higher than a regular day.

According to China Central Television, restless visitors demanded their money back from the tourism committee, and police were sent to help deal with the problem.

The Beijing-HongKong-Macao expressway, the Shanghai-Kunming expressway and the route from Beijing to Kunming saw large increases in traffic on Saturday, according to www. cntv. cn.

“As there are only two long holidays in the country and paid leave is not well carried out by employers（雇主）, people have limited chances for travel”, Dai Bin, the director of China Tourism Academy, said in a report by Beijing Times on Saturday.

“The travel rush during the ‘Golden Week’ holidays happens because people do not take long journeys during shorter holidays”, said Liu Simin, a researcher with the China Academy of Social Sciences, in a report by Beijing Times on Saturday.

Liu said that now the most important task is to ease the pressure from the huge numbers of tourists. When the Labor Day Golden Week holiday came to an end in 2007, a chance to travel was reduced.

In 2008, the government shortened the Labor Day Golden Week holiday, usually lasting from May 1 to May 7, to three days and added three other short vacations to the list.

1.The Labor Day Golden Week holiday was shortened to __________________.

A. one day        B. two days        C. three days             D. four days

2.The underlined word “swarmed” in the third paragraph probably means “_______”.

A. crowded into        B. left        C. escaped from                 D. planned to go to

3.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. People called for a return of the Labor Day Golden Week holiday.

B. The museum reported it received more than 180,000 visitors during the holiday.

C. Now the most important task is to ease the pressure from the huge numbers of tourists.

D. There are only two long holidays in the country.

4.What is the passage mainly about?

A. Seven-day Golden Week Holiday sees huge crowds on popular tourists spots

B. The problem during the seven-day Golden Week Holiday.

C. Travel complaints.

D. The pressure from the huge numbers of tourists.

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：

【文章大意】本文是一篇新闻报道。文章主要讲述了黄金周长假带来的问题。各种交通压力增大，大批的游客云集景点。所以要取消黄金周，将假期减少到3天。

1.C考查细节理解。根据最后一段中的the government shortened the Labor Day Golden Week holiday, usually lasting from May 1 to May 7, to three days可知，劳动节黄金周缩短到3天。故选C。

2.A考查猜测词义。根据后文的it caused huge crowds and many complaints.可知，这导致了巨大的拥挤人群和许多抱怨。这说明许多游客聚集到景点。故选A。

3.B考查细节理解。根据文章On Tuesday alone, the museum reported, it received more than 180,000 visitors, about six times higher than a regular day.可知，文章中指的是一天接待的游客总数。故选B。

4.A考查文章的主旨和要义。根据文章第三段中的As large numbers of tourists swarmed scenic spots around China, it caused huge crowds and many complaints.可知，这篇报道的主题就是：大批的游客云集景点。所以劳动节要减少到3天。故选A。

考点：考查新闻报道体裁的阅读。