题目

Tourism may well have positive effects in urban areas and contribute to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals. Revenues from tourism and the motivation to attract more tourists can trigger the willingness of local authorities to invest in urban infrastructure, benefitting both tourists and residents. It may play a role in promoting green urban planning, urban conservation and the protection of local heritage. Investments in entertainment, recreation and leisure facilities may become viable once they cater to a combination of local and tourist demand.Tourism may contribute to building more resilient communities if it helps to activate social and cultural capital, e.g. by empowering women or by promoting local crafts, if it helps protect local environments and commons and if it provides economic gains for local communities, e.g. by supporting local entrepreneurship. Cities are locations of creativity, innovation and change which can benefit from the dynamics that tourism may bring through meaningful host-guest interaction, including opportunities to foster tolerance of cultural diversity.However, there is a flipside to the urban tourism coin. The proliferation of low-frills flight connections has been a major driver of city tourism. At the same time, aircrafts are a major source of carbon emissions, contributing significantly to climate change. The aviation trap and the carbon footprint of travel to and from a destination cannot be excluded from the sustainability considerations of urban tourism. Failure to address tourism-related climate change will undermine the achievement of many other SDGs.As cities become attractive destinations, they run the risk of suffering from “overtourism” in urban centres which aggravates many of the challenges they are facing. The touristification of residential areas often plays a role in gentrification processes, leading to the displacement and exclusion of weaker and vulnerable sections of society. Tourism increases the burden on local infrastructure and transport systems, contributes to traffic congestion and causes significant levels of air and noise pollution. It puts strains on urban sights, increases the demand for energy and water and adds to the volume of waste and sewage generated in a locality. The jobs provided in the tourism sector, though potentially numerous, are often precarious.1. In what way may tourism help the development of cities?A) Tourism brings money. B) Tourism makes cities famous.C) Tourism benefits the authorities.D) Tourism develops transportation.2. Which of the following best describes paragraph two?A) Benefits of tourism to communities. B) The reason why tourism should be developed.C) Why people are in need of tourism.D) Tips for people who have a tour.3. According to the passage, what is the most important motivation of city tourism?A) The policy of the government.B) The support from the public.C) The fund from the banks.D) The low-costing flights. 4. What is the author’s attitude towards the increase in flights?A) Positive.B) Negative.C) Indifferent.D) Complicated. 5. The last paragraph mainly deals with ________.A) the author’s worries about the development of tourism B) the benefit to the city life brought by tourismC) the significance of developing tourismD) the blueprint for sustainable tourism

Tourism may well have positive effects in urban areas and contribute to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals. Revenues from tourism and the motivation to attract more tourists can trigger the willingness of local authorities to invest in urban infrastructure, benefitting both tourists and residents. It may play a role in promoting green urban planning, urban conservation and the protection of local heritage. Investments in entertainment, recreation and leisure facilities may become viable once they cater to a combination of local and tourist demand. Tourism may contribute to building more resilient communities if it helps to activate social and cultural capital, e.g. by empowering women or by promoting local crafts, if it helps protect local environments and commons and if it provides economic gains for local communities, e.g. by supporting local entrepreneurship. Cities are locations of creativity, innovation and change which can benefit from the dynamics that tourism may bring through meaningful host-guest interaction, including opportunities to foster tolerance of cultural diversity. However, there is a flipside to the urban tourism coin. The proliferation of low-frills flight connections has been a major driver of city tourism. At the same time, aircrafts are a major source of carbon emissions, contributing significantly to climate change. The aviation trap and the carbon footprint of travel to and from a destination cannot be excluded from the sustainability considerations of urban tourism. Failure to address tourism-related climate change will undermine the achievement of many other SDGs. As cities become attractive destinations, they run the risk of suffering from “overtourism” in urban centres which aggravates many of the challenges they are facing. The touristification of residential areas often plays a role in gentrification processes, leading to the displacement and exclusion of weaker and vulnerable sections of society. Tourism increases the burden on local infrastructure and transport systems, contributes to traffic congestion and causes significant levels of air and noise pollution. It puts strains on urban sights, increases the demand for energy and water and adds to the volume of waste and sewage generated in a locality. The jobs provided in the tourism sector, though potentially numerous, are often precarious.1. In what way may tourism help the development of cities?A)  Tourism brings money. B)  Tourism makes cities famous.C)  Tourism benefits the authorities.D)  Tourism develops transportation.2. Which of the following best describes paragraph two?A)  Benefits of tourism to communities. B)  The reason why tourism should be developed.C)  Why people are in need of tourism.D)  Tips for people who have a tour.3. According to the passage, what is the most important motivation of city tourism?A)  The policy of the government.B)  The support from the public.C)  The fund from the banks.D)  The low-costing flights. 4. What is the author’s attitude towards the increase in flights?A)  Positive.B)  Negative.C)  Indifferent.D)  Complicated. 5. The last paragraph mainly deals with ________.A)  the author’s worries about the development of tourism B)  the benefit to the city life brought by tourismC)  the significance of developing tourismD)  the blueprint for sustainable tourism

题目解答

答案

1、答案：A2、答案：A3、答案：D4、答案：D5、答案：A

解析

本题主要考查对文章内容的理解和分析能力，解题思路是仔细阅读文章，根据题目要求在文中找到对应的关键信息进行判断和推理。

第1题

本题问旅游业可能通过什么方式帮助城市发展。

  • 文章提到“Revenues from tourism and the motivation to attract more tourists can trigger the willingness of local authorities to invest in urban infrastructure”，意思是旅游业的收入和吸引更多游客的动力能促使地方当局投资城市基础设施。
  • 选项A“Tourism brings money”（旅游业带来资金），与文中提到的旅游业收入促使投资相符合，所以A选项正确。
  • 选项B“Tourism makes cities famous”（旅游业使城市出名），文中未提及，排除。
  • 选项C“Tourism benefits the authorities”（旅游业使当局受益），文章强调的是旅游业收入促使当局投资，并非直接说使当局受益，排除。
  • 选项D“Tourism develops transportation”（旅游业发展交通），文中只是说投资基础设施，未明确指出是发展交通，排除。

第2题

本题问以下哪个选项最能描述第二段。

  • 第二段提到“Tourism may contribute to building more resilient communities if it helps to activate social and cultural capital... if it helps protect local environments and commons and if it provides economic gains for local communities”，说明旅游业对社区有诸多好处，如激活社会和文化资本、保护当地环境和公共资源、为社区带来经济收益等。
  • 选项A“Benefits of tourism to communities”（旅游业对社区的好处），与第二段内容相符，所以A选项正确。
  • 选项B“The reason why tourism should be developed”（应该发展旅游业的原因），第二段重点是旅游业对社区的好处，而非发展旅游业的原因，排除。
  • 选项C“Why people are in need of tourism”（人们为什么需要旅游业），文中未提及，排除。
  • 选项D“Tips for people who have a tour”（游客的小贴士），与第二段内容无关，排除。

第3题

本题问根据文章，城市旅游业最重要的动力是什么。

  • 文章提到“The proliferation of low - frills flight connections has been a major driver of city tourism”，即低成本航班的增多是城市旅游业的主要驱动力。
  • 选项D“The low - costing flights”（低成本航班），与文中内容一致，所以D选项正确。
  • 选项A“The policy of the government”（政府的政策），文中未提及，排除。
  • 选项B“The support from the public”（公众的支持），文中未提及，排除。
  • 选项C“The fund from the banks”（银行的资金），文中未提及，排除。

第4题

本题问作者对航班增加的态度是什么。

  • 文章一方面提到低成本航班的增多是城市旅游业的主要驱动力，说明有积极的一面；另一方面又提到“aircrafts are a major source of carbon emissions, contributing significantly to climate change”，即飞机是碳排放的主要来源，对气候变化有很大影响，说明有消极的一面。
  • 选项D“Complicated”（复杂的），能准确描述作者对航班增加的态度，所以D选项正确。
  • 选项A“Positive”（积极的），只看到了积极的一面，不全面，排除。
  • 选项B“Negative”（消极的），只看到了消极的一面，不全面，排除。
  • 选项C“Indifferent”（冷漠的），作者对航班增加带来的影响有明确的阐述，并非冷漠，排除。

第5题

本题问最后一段主要讨论的是什么。

  • 最后一段提到“As cities become attractive destinations, they run the risk of suffering from ‘overtourism’... The touristification of residential areas often plays a role in gentrification processes... Tourism increases the burden on local infrastructure and transport systems... The jobs provided in the tourism sector, though potentially numerous, are often precarious”，说明城市旅游业发展可能带来“过度旅游”、居民区旅游化导致社会阶层变化、增加基础设施和交通负担、工作不稳定等问题，体现了作者对旅游业发展的担忧。
  • 选项A“the author’s worries about the development of tourism”（作者对旅游业发展的担忧），与最后一段内容相符，所以A选项正确。
  • 选项B“the benefit to the city life brought by tourism”（旅游业给城市生活带来的好处），最后一段主要说的是问题，而非好处，排除。
  • 选项C“the significance of developing tourism”（发展旅游业的意义），最后一段未提及，排除。
  • 选项D“the blueprint for sustainable tourism”（可持续旅游业的蓝图），最后一段未提及，排除。