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China Daily: As China comes down from a travel rush during the seven-day holiday for National Day, people called for a return of the Labor Day Golden Week holiday as a way to ease(緩解) the travel peak.

By Friday, 79 million passengers were expected to have used the railways up about 8 percent over last year. Waterways had shipped around 2 million, a rise of about 17 percent on last year, www. cntv. cn, the website of China Central Television, said on Saturday.

As large numbers of tourists swarmed scenic spots around China, it caused huge crowds and many complaints.

The Forbidden City in Beijing has long been a big draw for travelers. On Tuesday alone, the museum reported, it received more than 180,000 visitors, about six times higher than a regular day.

According to China Central Television, restless visitors demanded their money back from the tourism committee, and police were sent to help deal with the problem.

The Beijing-HongKong-Macao expressway, the Shanghai-Kunming expressway and the route from Beijing to Kunming saw large increases in traffic on Saturday, according to www. cntv. cn.

“As there are only two long holidays in the country and paid leave is not well carried out by employers（雇主）, people have limited chances for travel”, Dai Bin, the director of China Tourism Academy, said in a report by Beijing Times on Saturday.

“The travel rush during the ‘Golden Week’ holidays happens because people do not take long journeys during shorter holidays”, said Liu Simin, a researcher with the China Academy of Social Sciences, in a report by Beijing Times on Saturday.

Liu said that now the most important task is to ease the pressure from the huge numbers of tourists. When the Labor Day Golden Week holiday came to an end in 2007, a chance to travel was reduced.

In 2008, the government shortened the Labor Day Golden Week holiday, usually lasting from May 1 to May 7, to three days and added three other short vacations to the list.

1.The Labor Day Golden Week holiday was shortened to __________________.

A. one day        B. two days        C. three days             D. four days

2.The underlined word “swarmed” in the third paragraph probably means “_______”.

A. crowded into        B. left        C. escaped from                 D. planned to go to

3.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. People called for a return of the Labor Day Golden Week holiday.

B. The museum reported it received more than 180,000 visitors during the holiday.

C. Now the most important task is to ease the pressure from the huge numbers of tourists.

D. There are only two long holidays in the country.

4.What is the passage mainly about?

A. Seven-day Golden Week Holiday sees huge crowds on popular tourists spots

B. The problem during the seven-day Golden Week Holiday.

C. Travel complaints.

D. The pressure from the huge numbers of tourists.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.A

【解析】

試題分析：

【文章大意】本文是一篇新聞報(bào)道。文章主要講述了黃金周長假帶來的問題。各種交通壓力增大，大批的游客云集景點(diǎn)。所以要取消黃金周，將假期減少到3天。

1.C考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)最后一段中的the government shortened the Labor Day Golden Week holiday, usually lasting from May 1 to May 7, to three days可知，勞動(dòng)節(jié)黃金周縮短到3天。故選C。

2.A考查猜測詞義。根據(jù)后文的it caused huge crowds and many complaints.可知，這導(dǎo)致了巨大的擁擠人群和許多抱怨。這說明許多游客聚集到景點(diǎn)。故選A。

3.B考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)文章On Tuesday alone, the museum reported, it received more than 180,000 visitors, about six times higher than a regular day.可知，文章中指的是一天接待的游客總數(shù)。故選B。

4.A考查文章的主旨和要義。根據(jù)文章第三段中的As large numbers of tourists swarmed scenic spots around China, it caused huge crowds and many complaints.可知，這篇報(bào)道的主題就是：大批的游客云集景點(diǎn)。所以勞動(dòng)節(jié)要減少到3天。故選A。

考點(diǎn)：考查新聞報(bào)道體裁的閱讀。