Question

　　Britain is a popular tourist place．But tours of the country have the pros and cons.

Good News

　　Free museum. No charge for outstanding collections of art and antiquities（古董）.

　　Pop music. Britain is the only country to rival（与……匹敌）the US on the score.

　　Black cabs. London taxi drivers know where they are going even if there are never enough of them at weekends or nights.

　　Choice of food. Visitors can find everything from Ethiopian to Swedish restaurants.

　　Fashion. Not only do fashion junkies love deeply and respect highly brand names such as Vivienne Westood, Alexander Maqueen; street styles are justly loved, too.

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 Luton University’s International Tourism Research Center.

　　 Poor Public transport. Trains and buses are promised to defeat the keenest tourists, though the over-crowded London tube is inexplicably（无以言表的）popular.

　　Lack of languages. Speaking slowly and clearly may not get many foreign visitors very far, even in the tourist traps.

　　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.

Licensing（许可）hours. Alcohol is in short after 11 pm even in“24-hour cities”.

(1) What do tourists complain most?

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A．Poor service.

B．Poor public transport.

C．Rain.

D．Overpriced hotels.

(2) What do we learn about pop music in Britain and the USA through the passage?

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A．Pop music in Britain is better than that in the USA.

B．Pop music in Britain is as good as that in the USA.

C．Pop music in Britain is worse than that in the USA.

D．Pop music in Britain is quite different from that in the USA.

(3) When is alcohol not easy to get?

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A．At 9∶00 at night.

B．At 10∶00 at night.

C．At 10∶30 at night.

D．At 12∶00 at night.

(4) Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

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A．You have to pay to visit the museums.

B．It’s very cheap to live in a hotel there.

C．You can not find Chinese food there.

D．The public transport is poor there.

Answer 1

答案：C;B;D;D
解析：

(1) C 由“Rain．Still in the number one complaint（抱怨）.”一句可知。(2) B 由“Britain is the only country to rival（与……匹敌）the US on the score.”一句可知。(3) D 由“Alcohol is in short after 11 pm even in’24-hour cities’.”一句可知。(4) D 综合解读全文可知。