Question

Tourism probably started in Roman times. Rich Romans visited friends and family who were working in another part of the Roman empire. But when the empire broke down, this kind of tourism stopped.

　　In the early 17th century, the idea of the“Grand Tour”was born. Rich young English people sailed across the English Channel. They visited the most beautiful and important European cities of the time, including Paris in France, and Rome and Venice in Italy. Their tours lasted for two to four years, and the tourists stayed a few weeks or months in each city. The“Grand Tour”was an important part of young people’s education—but only for the rich.

　　In the 18th century, tourism began to change. For example, people in the UK started to visit some towns, such as Bath to“take the waters”.They believed that the water there was good for their health. So large and expensive hotels were built in these towns.

　　In the 19th century, travel became much more popular and faster. When the first railways were built in the 1820s,it was easier for people to travel between towns, so they started to go for holidays by the sea. And some started to have holidays in the countryside as cities became larger, noisier and dirtier.

　　Traveling by sea also became faster and safer when the first steamships were built. People began to travel more to far away countries.

　　The 20th century saw cars become more and more popular among ordinary people. Planes were made larger, so ticket prices dropped and more people used them.

　　Thus tourism grew. In 1949, Russian journalist Vladimir Raitz started a company called Horizon Holidays. The company organizes everything—plane tickets, hotel rooms, even food—and tourists pay for it all before they leave home. The package tour and modern tourist industry was born.

　　The first travel agency in China was set up as early as 1949.But tourism did not take off until 1978.In 2002,the industry was worth 500 billion Yuan and became an important part of China’s social development.

1.In the early times, the travelers ________.

A．a(chǎn)ll came from Roman                    B．were very young and strong

C．had lots of money                       D．traveled by boat

2.________ played the most important role in the tourism development.

A．Education         B．Money            C．Transportation      D．People’s ideas

3.Modern tourism was born ________.

A．in 1949                               B．in Roman times

C．in the early 17th century                  D．in the 19th century

4.The underlined phrase“take off”means ________.

A．a(chǎn) plane rising into the air                  B．develop very fast

C．remove hats and clothes                  D．bring down the prices

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.C

3.A

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：這篇文章主要講了旅游業(yè)是如何發(fā)展起來(lái)的。

1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“The ‘Grand Tour’ was an important part of young people’s education—but only for the rich.”可知。

2.文章提供這樣一個(gè)信息：鐵路的發(fā)展，飛機(jī)的容量擴(kuò)大都給旅游業(yè)起了促進(jìn)作用。3.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段的敘述可知。

4.該詞的前句：中國(guó)的旅行社是在1949年建立，但是旅游業(yè)直到1978年才興起。

考點(diǎn)：政治經(jīng)濟(jì)文化類短文閱讀理解

點(diǎn)評(píng)：要想答好題目，重在理解全文意思。這篇文章比較難，先看問(wèn)題，再帶著問(wèn)題讀短文，找出各段落的主旨句，理解全文內(nèi)容，總結(jié)全文中心，然后再回到問(wèn)題上來(lái)，很容易選出正確答案。多了解一些常識(shí)性知識(shí)有利于閱讀理解。如果對(duì)文章的相關(guān)背景有所了解，讀起文章一定既省時(shí)又省力。因此，在學(xué)習(xí)過(guò)程中，了解各方面的背景知識(shí)是十分重要的。