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【題目】 Bangkok has become the world's top tourist destination, with 15.98 million visitors projected to visit Thailand's capital city this year, according to the third annual Global Destination Cities Index released by MasterCard on Monday. Based on data MasterCard collected from governments, central banks, related public agencies and airlines to far this year, the projection for the entire year says Bangkok is surpassing London, the previous holder of the top place, by a very narrow margin.

Monday's report marked the first time an Asian city has been projected to be the top-ranked tourist destination. London came in second, with 15.96 million visitors expected in 2013, and Paris, third, with 13.92 million visitors. MasterCard looked at 132 cities.

Other Asian cities that made it to the Top-20 Global Destination Cities in 2013 include Singapore at number four, with 11.75 million visitors; Kuala Lumpur at number eight, with 9.2 million visitors; Hong Kong at number nine, with 8.72 million visitors; Seoul at number 11, with 8.19 million visitors; Shanghai at number 14, with 6.5 million visitors. Tokyo at number 16, with 5.8 million visitors, and Taipei, with 5.19 million visitors.

The study found that Bangkok is experiencing a large increase in its number of tourists in 2013, up 9.8% from 2009. That compares to New York's increase at 5.0% and London's at 3.8%. Paris, meanwhile, saw a small dip in its number of tourists (negative 0.7%).

Caroline Liedo, who was visiting Bangkok from France, said Thailand has many offerings. "We like culture and the people are so nice. We also love shopping here," Ms. Liedo said. MasterCard Worldwide's global economic adviser Yuwa Hedrick-Wong cited（引用）overall value for money spent for why Bangkok is attractive. That is true for Thailand overall as well.

【1】The word "surpassing" in paragraph 1 probably means _________.

A.being much better than it was expected to be

B.changing something slightly

C.joining or fasten to the object

D.stating that specific thing must be done

【2】From the passage we can know that _________.

A.Bangkok defeated London by a wide margin

B.there are 15.96 million visitors visiting London in 2013

C.Paris is experiencing an increase in its number of tourists

D.London topped List of World's Tourist Destinations in 2012

【3】How many Asian cities have made it to the Top-20 Global Destination Cities in 2013?

A.Seven.B.Eight

C.NineD.Ten

【4】What attracts visitors to Thailand?

A.People and buildings.B.Shopping and environment.

C.Culture, people and shoppingD.Culture and natural scenery.

【5】What can we know about MasterCard?

A.MasterCard surveyed 131 cities.B.Caroline Liedo was MasterCard's adviser.

C.MasterCard collected date from private agencies.D.It is the third time that MasterCard has released the Index.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】B

【4】C

【5】D

【解析】

本文是新聞報道。萬事達卡在調查了132個城市的基礎上，發(fā)布第三次年度全球旅游目的地城市指數。泰國首都曼谷成為世界頭號旅游目的地。往年高居榜首的倫敦位居第二 。

【1】

詞義猜測題。文章第一段提到“Bangkok has become the world's top tourist destination, with 15.98 million visitors projected to visit Thailand's capital city this year,” 泰國首都曼谷已成為世界頭號旅游目的地，今年預計將接待1598萬游客；根據第二段中“London came in second, with 15.96 million visitors expected in 2013”，倫敦位居第二，預計2013年游客人數將達到1596萬。比較預計的游客人數，曼谷1598萬，倫敦1596萬，可以看出，曼谷的預計游客人數以微弱的優(yōu)勢超過倫敦。因此可以推斷surpass意思為“超過，勝過，比預期的好”。 故選A項。

【2】

細節(jié)理解題。文章第一段提到“Bangkok is surpassing London, the previous holder of the top place”，句中the previous holder of the top place是London的同位語。由此可知，倫敦曾經位居榜首；第二段提到“London came in second, with 15.96 million visitors expected in 2013”，按預估游客人數，倫敦位居第二。 因此可以推知，2012年倫敦位居全球旅游目的地之首。故選D項。

【3】

細節(jié)理解題。根據第三段中“Other Asian cities that made it to the Top-20 Global Destination Cities in 2013 include Singapore at number four… Kuala Lumpur at number eight…Hong Kong at number nine…Seoul at number 11…Shanghai at number 14… Tokyo at number 16.and Taipei”可知，2013年躋身全球旅游目的地前20名的其他亞洲城市有7個，包括新加坡（排名第4），吉隆坡（排名第8），香港（排名第9）；首爾（排名第11），上海（排名第14），東京（排名16）和臺北；第一段中提到“Bangkok has become the world's top tourist destination,”泰國首都曼谷是世界頭號旅游目的地。因此躋身全球旅游目的地前20名的亞洲城市一共有8個城市。故選B項。

【4】

細節(jié)理解題。根據第五段中“Caroline Liedo, … said Thailand has many offerings. "We like culture and the people are so nice. We also love shopping here,"”可知，泰國旅游吸引游客的是泰國的文化、友好的人們、以及購物。 故選C項。

【5】

細節(jié)理解題。根據第一段中“Bangkok has become the world's top tourist destination, … according to the third annual Global Destination Cities Index released by MasterCard on Monday.（根據萬事達卡周一發(fā)布的第三次年度全球旅游目的地城市指數，泰國首都曼谷已成為世界頭號旅游目的地）”可知，這是萬事達卡第三次發(fā)布全球旅游目的地城市指數。故選D項。