Question

BRITAIN is a popular tourist place．But tours of the country have advantages and disadvantages.
GOOD NEWS
Free museums．No charge for outstanding collections of art and antiquities（文物）.
Pop music．Britain is the only country to compare with the US on this score.
Black cabs．London taxi drivers know where they are going even if there are never
enough of them at weekends or night.
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 Westwood, Alexander McQueen; 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, although the overcrowded London tube is inexplicably (難以理解的) popular.
Rain．Still in the number one complaint.
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 hours．Alcohol (酒) is in short supply after 11 p.m. even in “24-hour cities”.
【小題1】What do tourists complain most?

A．Poor service．	B．Poor public transport.
C．Rain.	D．Overpriced hotels.

【小題2】What do we learn about pop music in Britain and the US through this passage?

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

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

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

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

【小題3】When are people not able to get alcohol?

A．At 12: 00 p.m.

B．At 10: 00 p.m.

C．At 11: 00 p.m.

D．At 9: 00 p.m.

【小題4】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．You have to pay to visit the museums．

B．It’s very cheap to travel by taxi there.

C．You cannot find Chinese food there．

D．The public transport is poor there.

Answer 1

【小題1】C
【小題2】B
【小題3】A
【小題4】D

解析試題分析：本文講述了在英國(guó)旅游的優(yōu)點(diǎn)和缺點(diǎn)。
【小題1】C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)Rain．Still in the number one complaint.說(shuō)明雨水仍然是人們抱怨最多的話題，故C正確。
【小題2】B 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)Pop music．Britain is the only country to compare with the US on this score.說(shuō)明在流行音樂(lè)方面只有美國(guó)能夠和英國(guó)相比。故B正確。
【小題3】A 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)最后2行Licensing hours．Alcohol (酒) is in short supply after 11 p.m. even in “24-hour cities”.說(shuō)明在11點(diǎn)以后酒的供應(yīng)就很少了，12點(diǎn)以后就不供應(yīng)了。故A正確。
【小題4】D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)Poor public transport．Trains and buses are promised to defeat the keenest tourists, although the overcrowded London tube is inexplicably (難以理解的) popular說(shuō)明英國(guó)的公共交通較差，故D正確。
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