Question

【題目】 A growing number of Chinese tourists are helping to save a dying town，after a like-known tourist attraction was featured on a number of Chinese travel blogs.

The residents of Sea Lake，a town of just 600 people，barely see travelers stop at their gas station while driving by，but the sudden influx of Chinese tourists is helping keep the town's economy alive.

The tourists come to see Lake Tyrrel—a shallow，salt crusted and often dry lake just out of town. According to a local teacher，Rachel Pearce，the extremely beautiful nightscape combined with the mysterious appearance of stars reflected on the salt lake gives people the impression of walking among the stars. Besides，the town is so far away that no light pollution ruins the particularly attractive views，and as it is situated in a barren（寸草不生的），dry part of the country，there are rarely any clouds to spoil the night sky.

The attraction's growing sought-after status has resulted in the town's motel rooms being full almost every night，and while local famers are suffering in a two-year drought，tourism is keeping the town's agricultural-based economy stable.

Despite the popularity of the town and its attraction，locals are still confused as to why their little town deserves so much attention. Sea Lake's population has fallen from around 1，200a decade ago to 600 today. “We're still unsure why Lake Tyrrel is such a big，big tourist attraction，”one local says. “It's quite a shock. ”

【1】Which of the following best explains "influx" underlined in paragraph 2？

A. Assistance.B. Adventure.

C. Arrival.D. Advertisement.

【2】Which of the following together make Lake Tyrrel pretty impressive？

A. Population，stars，clouds，cleanness and weather.

B. Nightscape，stars，salt，remoteness and clear sky.

C. Population，darkness，salt，remoteness and clear sky.

D. Nightscape，darkness，clouds，cleanness and weather.

【3】Which column of a magazine is this text most likely from？

A. Business.B. Education.

C. Lifestyle.D. Culture.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】C

【解析】

本文是一篇說(shuō)明文。主要內(nèi)容是介紹了一個(gè)叫Sea Lake的小鎮(zhèn)，旅游業(yè)的發(fā)展促進(jìn)了當(dāng)?shù)氐慕?jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展。

【1】詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)第一段的A growing number of Chinese tourists are helping to save a dying town，…和第二段的…but the sudden influx of Chinese tourists is helping keep the town's economy alive越來(lái)越多的中國(guó)游客正在幫助拯救垂死的小鎮(zhèn)，…但突然涌入的中國(guó)游客是幫助城市經(jīng)濟(jì)不斷發(fā)展。由此可知，Sea Lake小鎮(zhèn)隨著中國(guó)游客的涌入經(jīng)濟(jì)正在不斷發(fā)展，故influx與arrival（到達(dá)）的意思相近，A. Assistance.協(xié)助；B. Adventure.冒險(xiǎn)；D. Advertisement.廣告，與題意不符，故選C。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段的…the extremely beautiful nightscape combined with the mysterious appearance of stars…; the town is so far away that; there are rarely any clouds to spoil the night sky.由此可知，這個(gè)小鎮(zhèn)有非常美麗的夜景，以及神秘的星星，這個(gè)小鎮(zhèn)很遠(yuǎn)，所以光污染并沒(méi)有破壞迷人的景色，也很少有云彩破壞夜空，故選B。

【3】推理判斷題。通讀全文以及第三段描述的當(dāng)?shù)氐木吧�可知，本文主要介紹了Sea Lake的小鎮(zhèn)，旅游業(yè)的發(fā)展促進(jìn)了當(dāng)?shù)氐慕?jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展。故這篇文章可能來(lái)自雜志的“生活方式”這個(gè)專欄，故選C。