One might expect that the ever-growing demands of the tourist trade would bring

One might expect that the ever-growing demands of the tourist trade would bring

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One might expect that the ever-growing demands of the tourist trade would bring nothing but good for the countries that receive the holiday-makers. Indeed, a rosy picture is painted for the long-term future of the holiday industry. Every month sees the building of a new hotel somewhere, and every month another rock-bound Pacific island is advertised as the "last paradise(天堂) on earth".
However, the scale and speed of this growth seem set to destroy the very things tourists want to enjoy. In those countries where there was a rush to make quick money out of sea-side holidays, over-crowded beaches and the concrete jungles of endless hotels have begun to lose their appeal.
Those countries with little experience of tourism can suffer most. In recent years, Nepal set out to attract foreign visitors to fund developments in health and education. Its forests, full of wildlife and rare flowers, were offered to tourists as one more untouched paradise. In fact, the nature all too soon felt the effects of thousands of holiday-makers traveling through the forest land. Ancient tacks became major routes for the walkers, with the consequent exploitation of precious trees and plants.
Not only can the environment of a country suffer from the sudden growth of tourism. The people as well rapidly feel its effects. Farmland makes way for hotels, roads and airports; the old way of life goes. The one-time farmer is now the servant of some multi-national organization; he is no longer his own master. Once it was his back that bore the pain; now it is his smile that is exploited. No doubt he wonders whether he wasn"t happier in his village working his own land.
Thankfully, the tourist industry is waking up to the responsibilities it has towards those countries that receive its customers. The protection of wildlife and the creation of national parks go hand in hand with tourist development and in fact obtain financial support from tourist companies. At the same time, tourists are being encouraged to respect not only the countryside they visit but also its people.
The way tourism is handled in the next ten years will decide its fate and that of the countries we all want to visit. Their needs and problems are more important than those of the tourist companies. Increased understanding in planning world-wide tourism can preserve the market for these companies. If not, in a few years’ time the very things that attract tourists now may well have been destroyed.
小题1:What does the author indicate in the last sentence of Paragraph 1?
A.The Pacific Island is a paradise.B.The Pacific Island is worth visiting.
C.The advertisement is not convincing.D.The advertisement is not impressive
小题2:The example of Nepal is used to suggest _________.
A.its natural resources are untouched
B.its forests are exploited for farmland
C.it develops well in health and education
D.it suffers from the heavy flow of tourists.
小题3:What can we learn about the farmers from Paragraph 4?
A.They are happy to work their own lands.
B.They have to please the tourists for a living.
C.They have to struggle for their independence.
D.They are proud of working in multi-national organizations.
小题4:Which of the following determines the future of tourism?
A.The number of touristsB.The improvement of services.
C.The promotion of new products.D.The management of tourism
小题5:The author’s attitude towards the development of the tourist industry is __________.
A.optimisticB.doubtfulC.objectiveD.negative

答案

小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:D
小题5:C
解析

【文章大意】旅游业的狂热真的能够给我们带来无尽的受益?不!自然环境的破坏,人文环境的摧毁使旅游失去了很多亮点。好在旅游行业有了负责任的做法:环境的保护与旅游区的开发相提并论。旅游区和旅游业的前途需要理性的思考。
小题1:细节理解题 最后一句描绘的是 a rosy picture is painted for the long-term future of the holiday industry.(假日旅游业长期发展的绚丽蓝图)。但第二段中…over-crowded beaches and the concrete jungles of endless hotels have begun to lose their appeal.(人头攒动的沙滩以及密林般看不到头的旅馆已经使景点失去了它的魅力。)这句可以看出文章作者对旅游业发展及其广告产生怀疑的想法。C 选项符合此意。
小题2:细节理解题 从第三段可知,尼泊尔新兴旅游业,本想能带动保健和教育的发展,可实际上… Ancient tacks became major routes for the walkers, with the consequent exploitation of precious trees and plants.(古代遗留的小径成了旅游者主要的踏青路;珍贵的林木及其它植物惨遭蹂躏。)。作者举此例说明大批游客的到来毁坏了尼泊尔的环境。D 选项符合此意。B.选项its forests are exploited for farmland中for farmland是不对的。
小题3:推理判断题该段中心句为The people as well rapidly feel its effects.(旅游狂热区的人们也遭受苦难。)后文写到The one-time farmer is now the servant of some multi-national organization; he is no longer his own master. (昔日的主人变仆人)Once it was his back that bore the pain ; now it is his smile that is exploited. (以前是身体受累,现在是心理遭罪---笑不起来了)。通过这些句子,我们可以推测:狂热区的人们为了谋生,强作欢颜。B选项符合此意。C选项中… for their independence.是不符合原文的。
小题4:细节理解题由最后一段首句The way tourism is handled in the next ten years will decide its fate …(十年后旅游业的管理方式决定了它的命运。)得知 D 选项符合此意。
小题5:作者态度题 文章前4段谈及了旅游业狂热带来的危害;第5段列举了旅游行业负责任的做法;最后一段提出了理性发展旅游业的关键。全文透露出作者尊重客观的态度。无怀疑,否定和乐观之意。
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Your glasses may someday replace your smartphone, and some New Yorkers are ready for the switch. Some in the city can"t wait to try them on and use the maps and GPS that the futuristic eyewear is likely to include.
" I"d use it if I were hanging out with friends at 3 a. m. and going to the bar and wanted to see what was open," said Walter Choo, 40, of Fort Greene.
The smartphone-like glasses will likely come out this year and cost between $250 and $600, the Times said, possibly including a variation of augmented(增强的) reality, a technology already available on smartphones and tablets (平板电脑) that overlays information onto the screen about one"s surroundings. So, for example, if you were walking down a street, indicators would pop up showing you the nearest coffee shop or directions could be plotted out and come into view right on the sidewalk in front of you.
" As far as a mainstream consumer product, this just isn"t something anybody needs," said Sam Biddle, who writes for Gizmodo.com. " We"re accustomed to having one thing in our pocket to do all these things," he added, "and the average consumer isn"t gonna be able to afford another device (装置) that"s hundreds and hundreds of dollars. "
9to5Google publisher Seth Weintraub, who has been reporting on the smartphone-like glasses since late last year, said he is confident that this type of wearable device will eventually be as common as smartphones.
"It"s just like smartphones 10 years ago," Weintraub said. "A few people started getting emails on their phones, and people thought that was crazy. Same kind of thing. We see people bending their heads to look at their smartphones, and it"s unnatural," he said. " There"s gonna be improvements to that, and this a step there. "
小题1:One of the possible functions of the smartphone-like glasses is to ____.
A. program the opening hours of a bar
B. supply you with a picture of the future
C. provide information about your surroundings
D. update the maps and GPS in your smartphones
小题2:The underlined phrase "pop up" in the third paragraph probably means " ____".
A.develop rapidlyB.get round quickly
C.appear immediatelyD.go over automatically
小题3:According to Sam Biddle, the smartphone-like glasses are ____.
A.necessary for teenagers
B.attractive to New Yorkers
C.available to people worldwide
D.expensive for average consumers
小题4:We can learn from the last two paragraphs that the smartphone-like glasses ____.
A.may have a potential market
B.are as common as smartphones
C.are popular among young adults
D.will be improved by a new technology

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While Jennifer was at home taking an online exam for her business law class, a monitor(监控器)a few hundred miles away was watching her every move.
Using a web camera equipped in Jennifer’s Los Angeles apartment, the monitor in Phoenix tracked how frequently her eyes moved from the computer screen and listened for the secret sounds of a possible helper in the room. Her Internet access was locked - remotely - to prevent Internet searches , and her typing style was analyzed to make sure she was who she said she was: Did she enter her student number at the same speed as she had in the past? Or was she slowing down?
In the battle against cheating, this is the cutting edge and a key to encourage honesty in the booming field of online education. The technology gives trust to the entire system, to the institution and to online education in general. Only with solid measures against cheating, experts say, can Internet universities show that their exams and diplomas are valid - that students haven’t just searched the Internet to get the right answers.
Although online classes have existed for more than a decade, the concern over cheating has become sharper in the last year with the growth of "open online courses." Private colleges, public universities and corporations are jumping into the online education field, spending millions of dollars to attract potential students, while also taking steps to help guarantee honesty at a distance.
Aside from the web cameras, a number of other high-tech methods are becoming increasingly popular. Among them are programs that check students’ identities using personal information, such as the telephone number they once used.
Other programs can produce unique exam by drawing on a large list of questions and can recognize possible cheaters by analyzing whether difficult test question are answered at the same speed as easy ones. As in many university classes, term papers are scanned against some large Internet data banks for cheating.
小题1:Why was Jennifer watched in an online exam?
A.To correct her typing mistakes.
B.To find her secrets in the room.
C.To prevent her from slowing down.
D.To keep her from dishonest behaviors.
小题2:The underlined expression cutting edge in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to______.
A.advanced techniqueB.sharpening tool
C.effective ruleD.dividing line
小题3: For Internet universities, exams and diplomas will be valid if _____.
A.they can attract potential studentsB.they can defeat academic cheating
C.they offer students online helpD.they offer many online courses
小题4:Some programs can find out possible cheaters by _____.
A.checking the question answering speed
B.producing a large number of question
C.scanning the Internet test question
D.giving difficult test question
小题5: Which of the following is the best title of this passage?
A.The Advantages of Online Exams
B.The High-tech Methods in Online Courses
C.The Fight against Cheating in Online Education
D.The War against the Booming of Online Education

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Here is an astonishing and signficant fact:Mental work alone can’t make us tired. It sounds absurd. But a few years ago, scientists tried to find out how long the human could labor without reaching a stage of fatigue(疲劳). To the amazement of these scientists, they discovered thett blood passing through the brain, when it is active, shows no fatigue at all! If we took a drop of blood from a day labourer, we could find it full of fatigue toxins(毒素) and fatigue products. But if we took blood from the brain of Albert Einstein, it would show no fatigue toxing at the end of the day.
So far as the brain is concerned, it can work as well and swiftly at the end of eight or even twelve hours f efforts as at the beginning. The brain is totally tireless. So what makes us tired.
Some scientists declare that most of our fatigue come from our mental and emotional(情感的) attitudes. One of England’s most outstanding scientists. J. A. Hadfield,says,“The greater part of the fatigue from which we suffer is of mental origin. In fact,fatigue of purely physical origin is rare.” Dr. Brill, a famous American scientist, goes even further. He declares,“One hundred percent of the fatigue of a sitting worker in good health is due to emotional problems.”
What kinds of emotions make sitting workers tired?Joy?Satifaction?No!A feeling of being bored,anger,anxiety,tenseness,worry,a feeling of nt being appreciated---those are emotions that tire sitting workers.Hard work by itself seldom causes fatigue.We get tired because our emotions produce nervousness in the body.
小题1:What surprised the scientists a few years ago?
A.Fatigue toxinscould hardly be found in a labour’s blood.
B.Albert Eistein didn’t feel worn out after a day’s work.
C.The brain could wrk for many hours without fatigue.
D.A mental worker’s blood was filled with fatigue toxins.
小题2:According to the authour,which of the following can make sitting worker tired?
A.Challenge mental work.
B.Unpleasant emotions.
C.Endless tasks.
D.Physical labor.
小题3:What’s the authour’s attitude towards the scientists’ ideas?
A.He agrees with them.
B.He doubts them
C.He argues against them.
D.He hesitates to accept them.
小题4:We can infer from the passage that in order to stay energic, sitting workers need to ______.
A.have some good blood
B.enjoy their work
C.exercise regularly
D.discover fatigue toxin

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For some people, music is no fun at all. About four percent of the population is what scientists call “amusic.” People who are amusic are born without the ability to recognize or reproduce musical notes (音调). Amusic people often cannot tell the difference between two songs. Amusics can only hear the difference between two notes if they are very far apart on the musical scale.
As a result, songs sound like noise to an amusic. Many amusics compare the sound of music to pieces of metal hitting each other. Life can be hard for amusics. Their inability to enjoy music set them apart from others. It can be difficult for other people to identify with their condition. In fact, most people cannot begin to grasp what it feels like to be amusic. Just going to a restaurant or a shopping mall can be uncomfortable or even painful. That is why many amusics intentionally stay away from places where there is music. However, this can result in withdrawal and social isolation. “I used to hate parties,” says Margaret, a seventy-year-old woman who only recently discovered that she was amusic. By studying people like Margaret, scientists are finally learning how to identify this unusual condition.
Scientists say that the brains of amusics are different from the brains of people who can appreciate music. The difference is complex, and it doesn’t involve defective hearing. Amusics can understand other nonmusical sounds well. They also have no problems understanding ordinary speech. Scientists compare amusics to people who just can’t see certain colors.
Many amusics are happy when their condition is finally diagnosed (诊断). For years, Margaret felt embarrassed about her problem with music. Now she knows that she is not alone. There is a name for her condition. That makes it easier for her to explain. “When people invite me to a concert, I just say, ‘No thanks, I’m amusic,’” says Margaret. “I just wish I had learned to say that when I was seventeen and not seventy.”                                                                                                                       (335 words)
小题1:Which of the following is true of amusics?
A.Listening to music is far from enjoyable for them.
B.They love places where they are likely to hear music.
C.They can easily tell two different songs apart.
D.Their situation is well understood by musicians.
小题2:According to paragraph 3, a person with “defective hearing” is probably one who __________.
A.dislikes listening to speeches
B.can hear anything nonmusical
C.has a hearing problem
D.lacks a complex hearing system
小题3:In the last paragraph, Margaret expressed her wish that __________.
A.her problem with music had been diagnosed earlier
B.she were seventeen years old rather than seventy
C.her problem could be easily explained
D.she were able to meet other amusics
小题4:What is the passage mainly concerned with?
A.Amusics’ strange behaviours.
B.Some people’s inability to enjoy music.
C.Musical talent and brain structure.
D.Identification and treatment of amusics.

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小题1:According to Warranty Limitations, a product can be under warranty if __________.
A. shipped from a Canadian factory                   B. rented for home use
C. repaired by the user himself                          D. used in the U.S.A.
小题2:According to Owner’s Responsibilities, an owner has to pay for __________.
A.the loss of the sales receiptB.a servicer’s overtime work
C.the product installationD.a mechanic’s transportation
小题3:Which of the following is true according to the warranty?
A.Consequential damages are excluded across America.
B.A product damaged in a natural disaster is covered by the warranty.
C.A faulty cabinet due to rust can be replaced free in the second year.
D.Free repair is available for a product used improperly in the first year.

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