单选题 Questions 15～18
单选题 A. A tour whose price includes tickets, meals and accommodation.
B. A travel arrangement that takes people to more than one place.
C. A trip that covers a distance of more than 50 miles.
D. A tourist group that consists of at least 80 people.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 15-18
According to the United Nations, a tourist is someone who travels at least 50 miles, or 80 kilometers, for recreation. In the United States, people love to take trips. They spend more on vacation than anyone else in the world. Many of them take package tours. However, the first vacation package was attributed to an Englishman named Thomas Cook. In 1841, he took 500 travelers to a nearby town. The price of the tour included a train ticket and a meal along the way. In 1845, Thomas Cook sold the first vacation package tour to Europe, and 1866, his company was organizing trips to the US.
Today, tourism is a big business. And the tourist industry is crucial to many countries' economy. It is estimated that eight percent of jobs in the world—that's more than 200 million people-depend on tourism. Some local governments, like the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean, are almost totally dependent on visitors. About 95% of the islands' income comes from tourism. For other places in the world, tourism is ever growing. It is estimated that, by the year 2015, people worldwide will spend some US$ 5000 billion for vacation abroad. Regions in Asia, the Pacific, the Middle East and Africa will see the greatest growth.
15. What is a package tour?
单选题 A. An American. B. An Englishman.
C. An Asian official. D. A travel agent in the Caribbean.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析]
According to the talk, who first introduced the package tour?
单选题 A. It has a population of two million people.
B. Its tourist industry accounts for 8% of its GDP.
C. Most of its residents are of British origin.
D. Most of its income comes from tourism.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析]
Which of the following is TRUE about the British Virgin Islands?
单选题 A. Some US $50 million. B. About US $500 million.
C. Some US $500 billion. D. About US $5000 billion.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析]
How much will be spent by people worldwide on vacationing abroad by the year 2015?