They’dlike____thankthefollowingpeople_____theirhelpandsupport.
A、to;toC
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______theyaretwinsisters,theydon’tlooklikeeachother.
Thetouristtradeisbooming.Withallthiscomingandgoing,you'dexpectgreaterunderstandingodevelopbetweenthenationsoftheworld.Notabitofit!Superbsystemsofcommunicationbyair,seaandlandmakeitpossibleforustovisiteachother'scountriesatamoderatecost.Whatwasoncethe'grandtour',reservedforonlytheveryrich,isnowwithineverybody'sgrasp?
Thepackagetourandcharteredflightsarenottobesneeredat.Moderntravelersenjoyalevelofcomfortwhichthelordsandladiesongrandtoursintheolddayscouldn'thavedreamedof.Butwhat'sthesenseofthismassexchangeofpopulationsifthenationsoftheworldremainbasicallyignorantofeachother?
Manytouristorganizationsaredirectlyresponsibleforthisstateofaffairs.Theydeliberatelysetouttoprotecttheirclientsfromtoomuchcontactwiththelocalpopulation.Themoderntouristleadsacosseted,shelteredlife.Helivesatinternationalhotels,whereheeatshisinternationalfoodandsipshisinternationaldrinkwhilehegazesatthenativesfromadistance.Conductedtourstoplacesofinterestarecarefullycensored.Thetouristisallowedtoseeonlywhattheorganizerswanthimtoseeandnomore.Astrictschedulemakesitimpossibleforthetouristtowanderoffonhisown;andanyway,languageisalwaysabarrier,soheisonlytoohappytobeprotectedinthisway.Atitsveryworst,thisleadstoanewandhideouskindofcolonization.
Thesummerquartersoftheinhabitantsoftheciteuniversitaire:aretemporarilyreestablishedontheislandofCorfu.BlackpoolisrecreatedatTorremolinoswherethetravelergoesnottoeatpaella,butfishandchips.Thesadthingaboutthissituationisthatitleadstothepersistenceofnationalstereotypes.Wedon'tseethepeopleofothernationsastheyreallyare,butaswehavebeenbroughtuptobelievetheyare.Youcantestthisforyourself.Takefivenationalities,say,F(xiàn)rench,German,English,AmericanandItalian.Nowinyourmind,matchthemwiththesefiveadjectives:musical,amorous,cold,pedantic,native.Farfromprovidinguswithanyinsightintothenationalcharacteristicsofthepeoplesjustmentioned,theseadjectivesactuallyactasbarriers.Sowhenyousetoutonyourtravels,theonlycharacteristicsyounoticearethosewhichconfirmyourpreconceptions.Youcomeawaywiththehighlyunoriginalandinaccurateimpressionthat,say,'Anglo-Saxonsarehypocrites'ofthat'Latinpeoplesshoutalot'.Youonlyhavetomakeafewforeignfriendstounderstandhowabsurdandharmfulnationalstereotypesare.Buthowcanyoumakeforeignfriendswhenthetouristtradedoesitsbesttopreventyou?Carriedtoanextreme,stereotypescanbepositivelydangerous.Wildgeneralizationsstirupracialhatredandblindustothebasicfact〞howtriteitsounds!每Thatallpeoplearehuman.Weareallsimilartoeachotherandatthesametimeallunique.
1.Thebesttitleforthispassageis
[A]Tourismcontributesnothingtoincreasingunderstandingbetweennations.
[B]Tourismistiresome.
[C]Conductedtourisdull.
[D]Tourismreallydoessomethingtoone'scountry.
2.Whatistheauthor'sattitudetowardtourism?
[A]apprehensive.[B]negative.[C]critical.[D]appreciative.
3.WhichwordinthefollowingisthebesttosummarizeLatinpeopleshoutalot?
[A]silent.[B]noisy.[C]lively.[D]active.
4.Thepurposeoftheauthor'scriticismistopointout
[A]conductedtourisdisappointing.
[B]thewayoftouringshouldbechanged.
[C]whentraveling,younoticecharacteristicswhichconfirmpreconception.
[D]nationalstereotypesshouldbechanged.
5.Whatis'grandtour'now?
[A]moderatecost.
[B]localsight-seeingisinvestigatedbythetouristorganization.
[C]peopleenjoythefirst-ratecomforts.
[D]everybodycanenjoythe'grandtour'
I______thatIwereabird.
漢譯英:流逝,表現(xiàn)了南國人對時間最早的感覺。“子在川上曰,逝者如斯夫。”他們發(fā)現(xiàn)無論是潺潺小溪,還是浩蕩大河,都一去不復(fù)返,流逝之際青年變成了老翁而綠草轉(zhuǎn)眼就枯黃,很自然有錯陰的緊迫感。流逝也許是緩慢的,但無論如何緩慢,對流逝的恐懼使人們必須用“流逝”這個詞來時時警戒后人,必須急匆匆地行動,給這個詞灌注一種緊張感。
Sometimesabus____getsonthebustocheckthetickets.