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14．Britain is a popular tourist place．But tours of the countryhave pros and cons．
Good news
Free museums．No charge for outstanding collections of art and antiquiti es．
Pop music．Britain is the only country to match the US on this score．
Black cabs．London taxi drivers know where they are going even if there are never enough of them at weekends or night．
Choice of food．Visitors can find everything from Ethiopian to Swedish restaurants．
Bad news
Poor service．"It's part of the image of the place．People can dine out on the rudeness they have experienced，"says Professor Tony Seaton，of London University's International Tourism Research Center．
Lack of languages．Speaking slowly and clearly may not get many foreign visitors very far，even in the tourist traps（圈套）．
Rain．Still in the number one complaint（抱怨）．
No air-conditioning．So that even splendidly hot summers become as unbearable as the downpours．
Overpriced hotels．The only European country with a higher rate of tax on hotel rooms is Denmark．
32．The underlined part"pros and cons"can be best replaced﹙替代﹚by"A"．
A．advantages and disadvantages            
B．success and failure
C．right and wrong                       
D．likes and dislikes
33．What do tourists complain most？C
A．Poor service．
B．Poor public transport．
C．Rain．
D．Overpriced hotels．
34．What do we learn about pop music in Britain and the US from this passage？B
A．Pop music in Britain is better than that in the US．
B．Pop music in Britain is almost as good as that in the US．
C．Pop music in Britain is worse than that in the US．
D．Pop music in Britain is quite different from that in the US．
35．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？D
A．You have to pay to visit the museums．
B．It's very cheap to travel by taxi there．
C．You cannot find Chinese food there．
D．The public transport is poor there．

Answer 1

分析 本文属于说明文阅读，作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了英国是一个受欢迎的旅游地点，但对于旅游的人们也有优点和缺点．

解答 32．A．词义猜测题．根据文章中good news，bad news可以推断出该词的含义应该为"赞成与反对"或"优点与缺点"；故选A．
33．C．细节理解题．根据文章Rain．Still in the number one complaint可知游客最抱怨的是英国多雨的天气；故选C．
34．B．细节理解题．根据文章Pop music．Britain is the only country to match the US on this score可知英国的流行音乐几乎和美国的一样好；故选B．
35．D．推理判断题．根据文章No air-conditioning．So that even splendidly hot summers become as unbearable as the downpours．"这段话描述了没有空调的公交系统给人们带来的痛苦；故选D．

点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力，做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句，和题干进行比较，再做出正确的选择．在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实，要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断．