旅游英语选读2009年10月真题试题及答案解析（00837）

保护世界文化遗产

Tourism was brought sharply into international focus at the end of the Second World War.Within a mere 20 years of the industry’s take-off, international tourism displayed nearly all the characteristics of its manufacturing counterpart—it was mass，standardized and rigidly packaged.By the mid-1970s，tourism was being produced along assembly-line principles，similar to the automobile industry, with tourists consuming travel and leisure services in a similar robot-like and routine manner.Understanding the evolution of mass tourism，and the factors that created it，are key to understanding the industry’s transformation.

Travel，whether for business or pleasure，requires arrangements.The traveler usually faces a variety of choices regarding transportation and accommodations;and if the trip is for pleasure，there are a variety of choices regarding destinations，attractions，and activities.The traveler may gather information on prices，value，schedules，characteristics of the destination，and available activities directly, investing a considerable amount of time on the Internet or possibly money on long-distance telephone calls to complete the trip arrangements.Alternatively, the traveler may use the services of a travel agency, obtaining these arrangements.

永久移民

旅游保险

国家级“旅游度假区”

签约国

心理承受力

需求不足

旅游业对经济的影响

定期客运服务

重要的第三产业

give full exposure to China’s tourism resources

accommodations...left much to be desired

enjoy the spectacular scenery

Green Flag International

inadequate air conditioning

in the capacity of a diplomat

net discretionary incomes

air fare quotations

the modern service industry

Mr.Green ______________his good health ______________careful living.

cross trait charter flights

Television sets ______________widely ______________price and quality.

Both companies have ______________the agreement of technical cooperation.

Nothing can ______________me ______________doing what I think right.

The open-and-reform policy has______________ miraculous changes in our country.

His stories______________ popular tastes.

I always ______________this piece of music______________ Haweii folk dance.

This regulation ______________every hotel in this country.

A word from his teacher ______________a great ______________my son.

Education should______________ the children’s needs and abilities.

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The Great Exhibition held in London in 1851 was probably the first show to be called a world fair.Since then there have been 31 universal exhibitions and many cities26to have a world fair.In 1928 the International Bureau of Expositions was founded in Paris to co-ordinate these events and ensure that there is only one each year.There are various and interlinked objectives27holding a world fair.The stated objectives include encouraging trade，increasing the visibility of a city and country, developing tourism，28economic development and increasing employment，stimulating the re-use of land and29improvements，the celebration of a past event，and the entertainment of the masses，30the often unstated one of obtaining31funds from the higher levels of government.The32motive for holding a world fair is to33the city ,but as well as selling the city ,there is also the selling of ideas.Most expos are linked in some way to the notion of the progress of civilization or modernity.Not34，Expo 92 in Seville，Spain，had the35of discovery.Other themes include education and international understanding.The36city usually prepares a special site for the event37new buildings and structures of hoped-for architectural distinction and image changing ability are erected. Early examples38London’s Crystal Palace and Paris’s Eiffel Tower and a more recent one is Seattle’s Space Needle.These structures will remain a39legacy to the area,as will any general infrastructure put in place.The fair itself usually contains exhibitions of both arts and manufactures，with pavilions40also by foreign nations.World fairs usually last between five and seven months，but sometimes they last for a whole year.

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It can be seen that the writer’s attitude to the future of Concordes is ___________ .

The word“one-of-a-kind”in the last paragraph probably means“ ___________”.

British Airways has got prestige from its Concordes because ___________.

Concordes are expected to fly ___________8,500 times in the coming 14 or 15 years.

According to the article，some languages of American Indians are________.

What is implied in this passage is that the study of languages________.

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The Concorde，plane of the rich and famous，is also probably the world’s safest.The fireball outside Paris Tuesday was the supersonic jet’s first fatal accident ever in 24 years of regular operation.And Air France officials said their current fleet was fit to fly safely until 2007.

Yet the plane had been having mishaps—little things.In October a piece of tail fell off in mid-flight.Last January, within a span of 24 hours，two British Airways Concordes had to make emergency landings for technical reasons—one engine failure，one mysterious false alarm.A few months ago，small cracks，said to be“microscopic”in size，were detected in all seven British Concordes，a British Airways spokeswoman said Monday;one of them was grounded because the cracks had gotten wider.

Has the Concorde hit old age ahead of schedule? Only 20 of the supersonic passenger jets were ever built，of which 13 are still in service，operated by British Airways and Air France.They were all built between 1975 and 1980.Both companies hope to keep the planes flying for another 14 or 15 years，and in fact both have recently upped their estimate of the number of“cycles”—roughly one transatlantic flight—the plane could stand，to 8,500.By this calculation，the planes are cleared for takeoff until 2006 at least.This view is supported by the fact that although its flights are high-stress and its takeoff and landing more labored than other planes，the Concorde makes only about a fifth of the trips more popular.

We can infer that the author is________.

The languages of backward groups fall behind those of the West in terms of the________.

Tourism，________，has the potential to help bridge the psychological and cultural distances that separate people of diverse races，colors，religions and stages of social and economic development.

Ecotourism is one of the most rapidly growing form of specialized travel in the West，with central American countries，such as Costa Rica，________the principal destinations at present.

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Culture is the total sum of all the traditions，customs, beliefs，and ways of life of a given group of human beings.In this sense，every group has a culture, however savage，undeveloped，or uncivilized it may seem to be. 

To the professional anthropologist，there is no intrinsic superiority of one culture over another, just as to the professional linguist there is no intrinsic rank or hierarchy among languages.

People once thought of the languages of backward groups as savage，undeveloped forms of speech，consisting largely of grunts and groans.While it is possible that language in general began as a series of grunts and groans，it is a fact established by the study of“backward”languages that no spoken tongue answers that description today.

Most languages of uncivilized groups are，by our most severe standards，extremely complex，delicate，and ingenious pieces of machinery for the transfer of ideas.They fall behind our Western languages not in their sound pattern of grammatical structures，which usually are fully adequate for all language needs，but only in their vocabularies，which reflect the objects and activities known to their speakers.Even in this department，however, two things are to be noted.First，all languages seem to possess the machinery for vocabulary expansion，either by putting together words already in existence or by borrowing them from other languages and adapting them to their own system.Second，the objects and activities requiring names and distinctions in“backward”languages，while different from ours，are often surprisingly numerous and complicated. A Western language distinguishes merely between two degrees of remoteness(“this”and“that”);some languages of the American Indians distinguish between what is close to the speaker, or to the person addressed，or out of sight，or in the past，or in the future.

This study of language，in turn，casts a new light upon the claim of the anthropologists that all cultures are to be viewed independently, and without ideas of rank or hierarchy.

During the 1920s and 1930s，________was one of the fastest growing segments of the international tourism industry.

However, other travel agents have recognized that the technological revolution will affect their business to a greater extent than almost ________ .

Since China opened to the outside world in ________，the number of hotels has increased considerably.

The sum of all incomes in a country is called the________ .

Airlines will________ to allow for the high number of________ ，but must exercise caution.

The governments of many developing nations give priority in their strategic tourism planning to the development of________，because it generates badly-needed hard currency.

________is the most widely recognized international organizations in tourism today.

Wastage can be reduced by establishing standards ________which we can monitor the performance of travel agents.

Recent promotions by Amtrak have emphasized the ________benefits of taking the train.

Business travel is greatly influenced by business related attractions such as________.

As in any business，there must be one person called ________who is highly trained，capable of directing a complex successful hotel.

An international tourist is defined as anyone visiting a country, other than that which is his usual place of residence，for________ hours.

Local people usually see tourism as a cultural and________ factor.