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(目的地)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(设施) needed by tourist attractions. For example, a major international-class tourist 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 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(阴沟) 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.
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 necessary.
C. Support facilities are highly necessary. D. Planning is of great importance to tourism.
2. Too much tourism can cause all these problems EXCEPT_______.
A. a had impact on other industries B. a change of tourists’ customs
C. over crowdedness of places of interest D. pressure on traffic
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
4. The word “handle” in the last paragraph most probably means
A. carry away B. pick up C. get in D. take down
【答案与解析】过多的游客去某地旅游会引起很多麻烦。但话说又回来，如果没有足够的旅游，又会造成许多损失。所以，旅游也要有个“度”。
1. D。语义理解题。本文主要谈论的是不正确的计划或无计划会给旅游带来许多麻烦，所以上文只有谈到旅游计划的重要性才能与之衔接，故选D。
2. B。判断题。从文章第1段倒数第2句话可以做出正确判断。
3. A。语义理解题。命题依据是第3段第1句话…if there is not enough tourism, people can lose jobs。
4. A。词义猜测题。从sewers(阴沟) to handle waste, and water 短语中的sewers 和water两字应该不难联想到handle的含义。
