Question

Without proper planning, tourism can cause problems. For example, too many tourists can crowd public places that are also enjoyed by the inhabitants of a country. If tourists create too much traffic, the inhabitants become annoyed and unhappy. They begin to dislike tourists and to treat them impolitely. They forget how much tourism can help the country’s economy. It is important to think about the people of a destination country and how tourism affects them. Tourism should help a country keep the customs and beauty that attract tourists. Tourism should also advance the well-being (health and happiness) of local inhabitants.
Too much tourism can be a problem. If tourism grows too quickly people must leave other jobs to work in the tourism industry. This means that other parts of the country’s economy can suffer.
On the other hand, if there is not enough tourism, people can lose jobs. Businesses can also lose money. It costs a great deal of money to build large hotels, airports, air terminals, first-class roads and other support facilities needed by tourist attractions. For example, a major international-class tourism hotel can cost as much as 50 thousand dollars per room to build. If this room is not used most of the time, the owners of the hotel will lose money.
Building a hotel is just a beginning. There must be many support facilities as well, including roads to get to the hotel, electricity, sewers to handle waste, and water. All of these support facilities cost money. If they are not used because there are not enough tourists, jobs and money are lost.
【小题1】 Which of the following has most probably been discussed in the paragraph that goes before the passage?

A．It is extremely important to develop tourism.

B．Building roads and hotels is essential.

C．Support facilities are highly necessary.

D．Planning is of great importance to tourism.

【小题2】Too much tourism can cause all these problems EXCEPT        .

A．a bad impact on other industries

B．a change of tourists’ customs

C．over crowded of places of interest

D．pressure on traffic

【小题3】 Not enough tourism can lead to         .

A．an increase of unemployment

B．a decrease in tourist attractions

C．the higher cost of support facilities

D．a rise in price and a fall in pay

【小题4】 The word “handle” in the last paragraph most probably means       .

A．carry away

B．pick up

C．get in

D．take down

Answer 1

【小题1】D
【小题2】B
【小题3】A
【小题4】A

解析试题分析：本文介绍了旅游业可以使当地人受益但也带来很多负面影响，所以要做好旅游计划。
【小题1】推理题。根据文章第一段第一句Without proper planning, tourism can cause problems．可以推理上一段是在介绍对于旅游业来说，有好的计划是很重要的。故D正确。
【小题2】细节题。根据第二段最后一句This means that other parts of the country’s economy can suffer.说明A是影响之一；根据第一段too many tourists can crowd public places说明C也是影响之一；根据第一段If tourists create too much traffic说明D也是影响之一。文章中没有提及B。
【小题3】细节题。根据第三段第一行if there is not enough tourism，people can lose jobs.，说明没有旅游业，会有很多人失业，故A正确。
【小题4】推理题。根据本句．There must be many support facilities as well，including roads to get to the hotel, electricity, sewers to handle waste, and water.说明这些污水管道是起排污的作用的。故carry away带走，A正确。
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点评：文章介绍了旅游业的利弊。本文要求考生抓住问题的两个方面利弊来进行。抓住每一段的观点。文章对于推理题考查较为集中，要狠抓细节的理解，合理推测。做题时要注意文章的首段和每一段的首句或尾句，因为它们往往就是文章的主题句。阅读中要注意要点之间的关系。然后带着问题，再读全文，找出答题所需要的依据，完成阅读任务。