单选题 What would happen to some countries if tourism stopped?

A、 Their economies would be ruined.
B、 It would keep their economies going.
C、 There would be no more environmental pollution there.
D、 People have no chance to travel there.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】解析：推理判断题。关于旅游业，原文说许多国家depend on what they earn from it to keep their economies going，由此可推断，如果没有了旅游业，这些国家的经济会崩溃。因此A项内容与原文意思相符，该项为正确答案。

单选题 A trip to the Himalayas is ______.

A、 comfortable but expensive
B、 hard but cheap
C、 comfortable and cheap
D、 hard and expensive

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】解析：事实细节的找寻和判断；根据题干专有名词可定位到原文相关信息People who like adventure will even try to visit countries where travel is difficult and costs are high．Companies regularly arrange trips．．．to Himalayas for whoever enjoys such trips可知有些公司专门为爱冒险的人安排去诸如喜马拉雅山之类的地方，游程辛苦，费用高昂。由此可见D项内容与原文意思相符，该项为正确答案。

单选题 Countries sometimes spoil their beauty spots because ______.

A、 they are too poor to build beautiful hotels on them
B、 they have to cut down trees to build hotels on them
C、 they have to sell them to borrow money from foreign banks
D、 they are lacking experience in building hotels

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】解析：因果关系的找寻和判断。根据原文What they spend on building has to be borrowed produces only chains of ugly hotels wherever there are beauty spots supposed to attract tourists可知一些风景优美的国家很穷，他们需要借钱盖旅馆吸引游客前来赏景，但结果却是丑陋的旅馆横亘景区。由此可判断，这些旅馆毁了那些国家的优美风景。因此A项的内容与原文意思相符，该项为正确答案。

单选题 The profits from some hotels unfortunately go ______.

A、 to the local government
B、 into the country in which they have been built
C、 abroad
D、 to the local inhabitants

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】解析：推理判断题。关于一些旅馆的利润，原文说越来越多的国际公司在世界各地修建旅店so that the profits from a hotel often do not stay in the country in which it has been built，由此可推断这些利润既然不属于旅店所在国的，就应属于这些国际公司的。因此C项说法与原文意思相符，该项为正确答案。

单选题 The local people sometimes kill tourists when ______.

A、 the tourists are much richer than themselves
B、 the tourists are robbed
C、 the tourists do not enjoy local customs and habits
D、 the tourists resist attempts to rob them

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】解析：因果关系的找寻和判断。根据原文Seeing tourists who seem to be much richer than themselves，the local inhabitants are often tempted to steal from them．Sometimes tourists resist and get killed…可知当地居民见游客比他们富得多便起歹心去偷去抢，有时若游客抗拒便遭杀害。由此可见D项说法与原文意思相符，该项为正确答案。