单选题 .  One country that is certain of the effect of films on tourism is Australia. The Tourist Office of Queensland say that Crocodile Dundee,     21    Paul Hogan, made Australia the popular     22    it is today. In the three years after Crocodile Dundee was     23    , visitor numbers doubled.     24    what makes people want to visit the place where a movie was filmed? In many cases the reason is     25    the film makes audiences     26    of the existence of a place.     27    the James Bond movie The Man with the Golden Gun was filmed in Phuket, Thailand, most Westerners had never heard of it. Today it is a major destination. Leonardo DiCaprio's film The Beach has     28    tourism in another part of Thailand. The film is about the discovery of the most idyllic beach in the world. As a result the Thai authorities are     29    a tourist boom in the film's     30    , Koh Phi Phi.
    Some people are influenced by a movie's     31    as much as its location, especially if it is a romance. Four Weddings and a Funeral has     32    that "The Crown" hotel in Amersham has been busy ever     33    the movie was first shown. In fact the bedroom where the     34    played by Hugh Grant and Andie McDowell spend their first night together is     35    for years ahead. "We've     36    the number of marriage proposals that have been made there," say the hotel     37    .
    It is not just the tourist boards who are happy     38    the influence of films on a destination. Residents of a rather run down area of London have seen house prices almost double     39    Julia Roberts' romance with Hugh Grant in Notting Hill. Film stars, such as Madonna, who had previously thought of Notting Hill as a good place for a party, have now bought     40    there. Perhaps they hope to revive their romances.21. 
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】 本题考核的知识点是:动词辨析。四词均有“扮演,表演”的意思。act、play、perform后跟所演的角色,如:He acted his part well. 他扮演的那个角色很成功。只有star后跟演员的名字,意为“由……担任主角”,D为最佳选择。从文章可以看出,此处要判断的是《鳄鱼邓迪》和Paul Hogan两者之间的关系,很明显后者为演员,能连接演员名字的单词是D。