填空题Directions:In this section, there is a passage with ten
blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of
choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through
carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a
letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer
Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. {{U}}You may not
use any of the words in the bank more than once.{{/U}} Tourism was one of the fastest growing social and economic
phenomena of the last century, and there is no sign of slowdown in the {{U}}
{{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}century. The number of tourists will continue
to increase, and they will come from wider socio-economic groups and a wider
geographic spread than at {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}.
{{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}leisure time, cheaper travel
and rising curiosity about other lands {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}}
{{/U}}a bright future for the tourism industry. For developing countries, tourism
offers the {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}of economic stability and
a better future for their citizens. Compared {{U}}
{{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}other industries, tourism is thought of as a
"smokeless industry". Its positive impacts are self-evident. To begin with, the
economic effects of tourism can be {{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}}
{{/U}}into four groups: the effects on income, on employment, on investment, and
development. The evidence can be summarized in this way: {{U}} {{U}}
8 {{/U}} {{/U}}tourism to an area increases, rapid success and expansion
may lead to yet more investment in both tourism and other industries in that
area. {{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}from its
economic effects, tourism is also valuable in personal and social aspects
because it satisfies the objectives of direct contact between people. Last but
{{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}least, the greatest social value of
tourism lies in cross-cultural exchange. A. categorized
I)
not B. promise
J) current C.
now
K) bring D. if
L) hope E. more
M)
present F. at
N) sort
G. with
O) apart H) besides