旅游英语选读2016年10月真题试题及答案解析（00837）

With the increase in the number of tourists to resort areas, the demand for accommodation was on the rise, especially in peak seasons. Increasingly, people found it difficult to make reservations from year to year obtain space in a popular hotel at a certain time of the year. In order to be guaranteed space, guests began prepaying for rooms for a specified time of the year ahead to ensure they would obtain the space they wanted all the hotel of their choice. As the concept of repayment of hotel room grew, organizations were established to handle the coordination of this between the guests and the hotels.

Along with the numerous opportunities, however, China will continue to encounter strong challenges. China’s tourist industry is not as effective as it could be in the face of powerful international competition. Asia as a whole sees Europe and North America as its main toruist-generating markets. All of the tourist destinations in the region vie with each other for the same markets with similar products. Although China had many advantages in its diversity of tourist resources, these may not be brought into full play due to inadequate facilities, tight transportation, inflexible business operations, ineffective promotion, and undesirable service. Other Asian countries and areas are more competitive in this region owing to their successful economies, well-developed tourism infrastructure, quick access to information, flexible business operations, wide international connections, and effective promotion with the help of powerful regional tourist associations.

通货膨胀率

烹饪艺术

视觉污染

人口稠密的城市

保险范围

蓬勃发展的旅游业

口碑

住宿和其他辅助设施

临时短期移民

nature preserves

出境证明

all-inclusive package tours

a net deficit

tourism boom

terminal facilities

economic recession

price inelastic

august bodies

baggage checks

international excursionist

One of the primary responsibilities of a manager is to assemble a team to running the hotel.

China, a variety of tourism resources, witnesses an astonishing growth of tourism over the last decade.

To improve their national economy, the governments of many developing countries the development of international tourism in their strategic tourism planning recently.

The increased popularity of the automobile a more random pattern of travel movements, opened up new destinations and spurred the development of networks of new automobile-oriented facilities and services.

Operators must also establish a policy for their brochure distribution to the agents. If equal equal supplies of brochures ___ every agent, many copies will be wasted.

In a “frequent flyer” programs, passengers purchasing airline tickets extra free travel, according to the mileage covered.

The United States Travel and Tourism Administration is the prime government agency in the United Stated the promotion of tourism.

The idea of self-esteem such ideas as the need o exhibit strength, achievement, mastery, competence, and independence.

As a network of travel agents was in place, the airlines___ setting up their own chain of direct sales offices in favor of appointing agents to handle their sales.

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As a new global practice of flexible production, the travel and leisure industry and rapidly outpaced the manufacturing sector in adopting flexible production.

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It is always interesting to visit another country, especially for those who have never traveled abroad.Foreign26can be educational for anyone27he is interested enough to make preparations beforehand.Learning the language of a new country would be28for the traveler., but the benefits(好处)of such an effort would become clear at once29his arrival. It may not seem30to him when he comfortably stays at home, but knowing31to order a meal or rent a room is necessary for the stranger place. Without knowing the language, it is very difficult for the stranger to32the people of the new country and their customs. Of course, in our small world,33is often possible to34someone who understands our own language,35this is only second--best for the traveler. To be sure, he can36places and things without the use of a language, but places and things are not he37of any country. To get the greatest benefit38a trip to another country, it is39important for the visitor to have an understanding of the40.

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According to the author, when buying a house along the south coast of England, people should _____ .

The erosion of the white cliffs in the south of England _____ .

The experts’ study on the problem of erosion can _____ .

It is not feasible to build sea defenses to protect against erosion because _____ .

The firm’s claim is that their program is improved by _____ .

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People living on parts of the south coast of England face a serous problem. In 1993, the owners of a large hotel and of several houses discovered, to their horror, that their gardens had disappeared overnight. The sea had eaten into the soft limestone cliffs on which they had been built. While experts were studying the problem, the hotel and several houses disappeared altogether, sliding down the cliff and into the sea.

Erosion of the white cliffs along the south coast of England has always been a problem but it had become more serious in recent years. Dozens of homes have had to be abandoned as the sea has crept farther and farther inland.Experts have studied the areas most affected and have drawn up a map for local people, forecasting the year in which their homes will be swallowed up by the hungry sea.

Their brochure would be more attractive to read, they say, if _____ .

The program of tours to the United States appears to be _____ .

The “Independent Centers” were personally inspected _____ .

Domestic tourism grows in response to a country’s economic development and _____ .

Travel and tourism has become a _____ industry in China’s development toward a “socialist market economy”.

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Thoughtless tourists contribute to _____ by littering in areas such as picnic sites.

The entire tourism industry rests on a base of _____ .

The twenty-first United Nations General Assembly designated ______ as the International Tourist year.

_____ has the largest staff to supervise.

_____ played an important role in the early history of hospitality.

Even the smallest travel agents can today benefit from _____ to handle their back office and front office functions.

Tourism is a(n) _____ product which customers are obliged to purchase without having the opportunity to inspect it.

_____ do not operate according to published timetable, nor are they advertised or promoted by the airlines themselves.

The World Tourism Organization is located in _____ .

It is the task of the people in marketing to transform _____ by making the individual aware of his or her need deficiencies.

Business travel requires _____ arrangements and thus involves high cost.

Standardization and _____ are very clear characteristics of package tours offered on a large scale.

WTO defines Tourism as “tourism comprises the activities of persons traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than _____ for leisure, business and other purpose”.