旅游英语阅读题(2道)

1、【题型：阅读】【分数：10分】 得分：10分1Most people do not know very much about Canada. Mention the country and usually one of the two images will spring up to mind. On the one hand, you might picture a sparsely populated, frozen country where people live in igloos, eat fish, hunt bears and constantly endure snow an

2、d cold. On the other hand, you might think Canada is a country that is "just like America". Even Americans are inclined to think of Canada as the 51st state, a part of America that through some quirk of history is not one of the United States' states.It is easy to understand how such m

3、isleading impressions of Canada have been engraved. It is true that most of Canada lies very far north. Large tracts of the country are wild, virtually unpopulated Arctic tundra, full of dangerous animals and freezing temperatures. But most Canadians live in the south of the country, along the 49th

4、parallel: about 90 percent of the population is estimated to live in within a few hundred kilometers of the Canadian-American border, in a climate that is much less extreme.Canadians and Americans are friendly neighbors, and Canadians frequently visit the US to do such mundane things as buy cigarett

5、es and alcoholic drinks and gas for their cars-these things are less expensive in the US, where government taxes are lower. Most Canadians speak American-sounding English, eat hamburgers, wear jeans, play baseball and enjoy American television show. And nowadays, many "American" TV shows a

6、nd movies are actually filmed on location in Canadian cities and towns, which can look just like the US, but where labor costs are lower. It is no surprise that people often assume that Canadians are just like Americans.1. Canadians often fill gas in the US because _.A. Gas is cheaper in the US than

7、 in CanadaB. It is more convenient for Canadians to fill gas in the USC. The quality of gas in the US is betterD. They can also buy cigar答案：ACDDD【题型：阅读】【分数：10分】 得分：10分2People in different parts of the world have very different ideas about what is good to eat. If you were an Eskimo near the North Pol

8、e, you would enjoy the raw meat from seals. If you were a nomad in the desert, you would prefer the roasted meat of sheep and goats. American cook the meat of many different animals, but perhaps their favorite meat is steak.Even when people in different parts of the world eat the same food, they oft

9、en prepare it very differently. If you were in Germany, you would find soup that is thick and heavy. If you were in China, you would find soup that is thin and clear. Many people like butter that is fresh and firm, but Indians like butter when it is melted into an oil. If you asked some Americans ho

10、w they liked their steak cooked, you would get a variety of answers. Some like their steak well-done, whereas others like it rare. Many prefer their steak medium. Although people in many countries consider raw meat a delicacy, an American rarely eats any meat that is uncooked. The Irish like plain b

11、oiled potatoes, whereas most Americans prefer their potatoes prepared in other waysfried, baked, or boiled and then mashed and served with gravy.People living in different regions of the same country often prepare foods differently. The United States has it regional specialties. And there are nation

12、al foods, too. For example, there are two deserts you would probably find anywhere in the United States. One is ice cream and the other is apple pie. Moreover, all American children like hot dogs and hamburgers. But some people eat their hamburgers “plain” with nothing on them. Others like theirs “w

13、ith everything”with onions, lettuce, fresh tomatoes, and sauces.On holidays most of us eat special foods. Year after year, even if many other things change, the food is always the same. One important holiday in the US is Thanksgiving Day. People in the US usually sit down to have a答案：C|D|D|A|C【题型：阅读

14、】【分数：10分】 得分：10分3The Great Wall of China is the longest structure ever built. Its length is about 4,000 miles(6,400 kilometers), and it was erected entirely by hand. The wall crosses northern China between the east coast and north-central China. Over the centuries, various rulers built walls to prot

15、ect theri northern border against invaders. Some of the walls stood on or near the site of the Great Wall. Most of what is now called the Great Wall dates from the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Parts of the Great Wall have crumbled through the years. However, much of it remains, and some sections have b

16、een restored. The main part of the wall is about 2,150 miles (3,460 kilometers) long. Additional branches make up the rest of its length. One of the highest sections of the Great Wall, on Mount Badaling, near Beijing, rises to about 35 feet (11 meters) high. This section is about 25 feet (7.6 meters

17、) wide at its base and nearly 20 feet (6 meters) at the top. Watchtowers stand about 100 to 200 yards (91 to 180 meters) apart along the wall. The towers, about 40 feet (12 meters) high, once served as lookout posts. Written records indicate that the Chinese built walls along their borders as early

18、as the 600's B.C. Emperor Shi Huangdi of the Qin dynasty (221-206B.C.) is traditionally regarded as the first ruler to conceive of, and build, a Great Wall. Most of the Qin wall was north of the present-day wall. Shi Huangdi had the wall built by connecting new walls with older ones. Building co

19、ntinued during later dynasties, including the Han (202 B.C. - 220 A.D.) and the Sui (581-618). By the time the Ming dynasty begain in 1368, much of the wall had fallen into ruin. In response to the growing threat of a Mongol invasion, the Ming government began building a major wall in the late 1400&

20、#39;s. This wall included most of what remains today. Like earlier ones, it protected China from minor attacks but provided little defense against a major invasion. Through the centur答案：ADCDB【题型：阅读】【分数：10分】 得分：10分4In recent years, we have seen great progress in house buildings. The type of houses fo

21、und in a certain part of the world depends to a certain extent on the building materials available there. Countries where stone is abundant tend to have more stone houses than a place where there is plenty of timber for example. However, climatic conditions affect the houses built to a greater exten

22、t.In equatorial countries like Singapore and Malaysia, two main factors are responsible for the type of houses built: the heat of the sun and the fierceness of rainstorms. Our houses are light and airy but have steep roofs. In some places, houses are built on stilts because they may be in low-lying

23、areas which get flooded easily.In a hot and dry country such as Arabia, the houses are often box-shaped. They have thick stone walls which are painted white. White surface radiate heat while dark surfaces absorb it. The houses have no windows, only gaps with shutters over them. Even the door opening

24、s are very small and narrow; it is cool inside such houses. The roofs are also flat, so that when the sun goes down; one can sit on the roof and catch any cool breeze that is blowing. Sometimes, a water tank may be placed on the roof to catch the little rain that falls.In cold regions, where there i

25、s heavy snow, the roofs of the houses slope steeply so that the snow can slide off easily. If the roofs were flat, the snow would build up and the roofs might cave in under the weight. The houses also have thick stone walls so that the cold is kept out.Some countries are more likely to be affected b

26、y earthquakes. In such places, the houses are made of light building materials. If the houses collapse in an earthquake, few people will get hurt and less damage is caused.In some parts of the world, people take their homes along with them as they travel. These people are called nomads. The Bedouins

27、 of Arab lands wander over the desert, setting up tents wherever t答案：DBDCC【题型：阅读】【分数：10分】 得分：10分5Some seven or eight hundred years ago, Hangzhou, known as Lingan then, was the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty. At that time, watching the tidal bore was already a grand occasion in town when the wh

28、ole population would turn out for the spectacle. The best time to do this was from the 15th to the 18th of the eighth month of each year. But beginning from about the tenth day of the month, that part of the river bank that offered the best vantage point for tide watching would already be a busy gat

29、hering place for little open-air booths and stalls where vendors piled colorful wares on their carts or boxes. There would be all kinds of snacks and cooked meats in shining pots and pans. The taverns and restaurants would put up multi-colored lanterns and flags or pennants, displaying meanwhile an

30、attractive array of meat and vegetable dishes with a lot more exotic delicacies on the menu. In the tea-houses would be hung painting scrolls and calligraphy scrolls by famous artists while the antique vases would be filled with fresh flowers. In addition, there would be vendors displaying plasters

31、and medicinal herbs for sale on the ground, roving artists with their monkeys for variety shows or folk artists ready to entertain the crowds. Even before the days of the tidal bore, these people would be gathered on the river bank doing whatever they could to attract pleasure-seekers. Meanwhile, te

32、ns of thousands of people, visitors from other towns as well as local residents of Lingan, would be hustling and bustling about, clogging up the way and making traffic impossible. In the large riverside mansions that lined the banks, there would be opulently dressed men and women, some leaning again

33、st the windows or the balconies looking into the distance and some looking down gazing fixedly at something going on down below.1.In the Southern Song Dynasty, people _ to watch the tidal bo答案：DBACA【题型：阅读】【分数：10分】 得分：10分6Has it ever struck you that what thetourist considers most picturesque about a

34、country the local resident oftenthinks shameful and unprogressive? The average visitor to the Middle East finds camels fascinating: either they attract him strongly orthey repel him strongly, he finds them romantic and full of local color. If,however, he talks enthusiastically about camels to a loca

35、l acquaintance, hopingto gain favor in his sight thereby, he will almost always be disappointed. Hewill be with blank incomprehension of his viewpoint or even hostility to it.It seems to be a fact that familiaritybreeds contempt, and that those who seek excitement and romance cannot see itat home, u

36、nder their noses, but only in distant lands. The Middle Easterner travelingabroad enjoys seeing cowboys and Indians in America,old castles and cathedrals in France,and Gypsies in Spain.It is not because they are unprogressive that he enjoys these sights; hispleasure is not mixed with feelings of sup

37、eriority, just as the European orAmerican visitor to the Middle East is fascinated by camels and veiled womenand ancient buildings, not because they make him feel how rich or clever he isby contrast, but because they are strange and remote and mysterious, arousinghim feelings of curiosity which are

38、deeply rooted in mans nature.1.The average visitor to the Middle East finds camels fascinating because _.A.they are usually regarded as ashame by the local residentB.they are strange and thereforearouse the visitors curiosityC.of their powers of enduranceD.they make him feel superior2.When a visitor

39、 to the Middle East talks enthusiastically to a localacquaintance about camels, he is _.A.impressing upon the localacquaintance his general knowledge of animalsB.inviting disappointmentC.anti答案：B|B|D|B|A【题型：阅读】【分数：10分】 得分：10分7Australia is located in the southern hemisphere between the Indian Ocean a

40、nd the South Pacific. It is the oldest continent in the sense that it has altered relatively little since life appeared on earth. Thousands of years before the explorers Abel Tasman and James Cook sailed into the South Pacific, the aborigines had crossed the land bridge from Asia formed by the Malay

41、 Archipelago and had spread throughout the mainland the Tasmania. When Capt. Arthur Philip of the British Royal Navy landed with the First Fleet at Botany in 1788, the event that marks the true beginning of modern Australia, there were probably not more than 300,000 Aborigines altogether. The most s

42、triking characteristics of the vast 3,000,000 square-mile landmass are its isolation, its low relief, and the aridity of its surface. Its isolation from other continents explains much of the strangeness of Australian plant and animal life; its low relief results from the long and extensive erosive a

43、ction of the forces of wind, rain and the heat of the sun during the great periods of geological time when the continental mass was elevated well above the sea level. A member of the Commonwealth of Nations, the commonwealth of Australia is a prosperous, independent nation under one government. Like

44、 Canada and the United States, contemporary Australia is a political federation with a central government (the Commonwealth) and, six constituent states (New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, and Tasmania), each of which has its own government enjoying a limited

45、sovereignty. There are also two internal territories: the Northern Territory was established as a self-governing territory in 1978, and the Australian Capital Territory, seat of the federal capital city Canberra, is administered directly by the Commonwealth, which also governs the external territori

46、es of Norfolk Island, Cocos Islands, Christmas Island, Ashmore and Cartier Island答案：ABDAC【题型：阅读】【分数：10分】 得分：10分8Has it ever struck you that what thetourist considers most picturesque about a country the local resident oftenthinks shameful and unprogressive? The average visitor to the Middle East finds camels fascinating: either they attract him strongly