Question

【題目】The curious European destinations that Chinese tourists love visiting

Bicester Village

According to a 2019 VisitBritain report, more than 260,000 Chinese tourists visit the UK each year. And where do they go? It claimed that “they are mostly interested in symbolic elements: the Royal Family, Shakespeare, Sherlock Holmes, Harry Potter and Downton Abbey”.

Then there's the shopping. Bicester Village, a vast retail estate (零售產(chǎn)業(yè)) on the outskirts of the Oxford shire town, is the second most visited UK attraction for Chinese tourists after Buckingham Palace, and three in four Chinese visitors head there.

King's College, Cambridge

A famous tree, for Chinese people at least, can be found in King's College, Cambridge. The willow (柳樹), considered to be a holy thing to lost youth, is mentioned in a much-loved poem by Xu Zhimo, who spent a year studying at King's College — Taking leave of Cambridge Again:

The golden willows by the riverside;

Are young brides in the setting sun;

Their glittering reflections on the shimmering river;

Keep undulating in my heart.

Bonn

The former West German capital is another popular port of call. Chinese love classical music, particularly Beethoven, making his birthplace an obvious highlight of any trip to Europe. The city's tourist board offers maps in three foreign languages: English, Chinese and Japanese.

Verona

Both British and Chinese travelers flood to Venice, Rome and Florence, but Verona typically appears higher on the wish lists of China's tourists. That's because of the whole country 's adoration of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The play is popular on UK shores, of course, but the love is doubled in China as it was among the first of the Shakespeare's works to be translated into Chinese, because its plot bears a striking resemblance to a famous Chinese folk tale, The Butterfly Lovers. Expect to see queues at the popular House of Juliet on Via Cappello (a statue of the character stands beneath her balcony).

【1】Which is the most visited place for Chinese tourists?

A.Bicester Village.B.Buckingham Palace.

C.King's College.D.Cambridge.

【2】W hat's approximately the number of Chinese visitors to Bicester Village each year?

A.About 260,000.B.About 145,600.

C.About 195,000.D.About 346,700.

【3】Where are the Chinese music lovers likely to go?

A.Bicester Village.B.King's College, Cambridge.

C.Bonn.D.Verona.

【4】Which are adored by Chinese tourists who love literary?

A.Bicester Village and Bonn.B.Bicester Village and King's College, Cambridge.

C.Verona and Bonn.D.King's College, Cambridge and Verona.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】C

【4】D

【解析】

本文是一篇說明文。歐洲一直是很多中國人向往的旅游目的地。那么中國人最熱衷的歐洲景點(diǎn)究竟是哪里呢？

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一部分第二段中Bicester Village, a vast retail estate (零售產(chǎn)業(yè)) on the outskirts of the Oxford shire town, is the second most visited UK attraction for Chinese tourists after Buckingham Palace, and three in four Chinese visitors head there.(比斯特村是位于牛津郡鎮(zhèn)郊區(qū)的一個(gè)大型零售地產(chǎn)，是中國游客前往英國的第二大景點(diǎn)，僅次于白金漢宮，每四名中國游客中就有三名前往那里)可知，中國游客最常去的地方是Bicester Village，故選B。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一部分第一段中According to a 2019 VisitBritain report, more than 260,000 Chinese tourists visit the UK each year.(根據(jù)2019年英國旅游局的一份報(bào)告，每年有超過26萬中國游客訪問英國)及第二段 ...three in four Chinese visitors head there.(四分之三的中國游客前往那里)可知，每年到Bicester Village旅游的中國人大約是195,000。故選C。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三部分內(nèi)容Chinese love classical music, particularly Beethoven, making his birthplace an obvious highlight of any trip to Europe.(中國人喜愛古典音樂，尤其是貝多芬，這使他的出生地成為任何歐洲之旅的一個(gè)明顯的亮點(diǎn))可知，Bonn是德國音樂家貝多芬的出生地，是愛好古典音樂的中國人喜歡去的旅游目的地。故選C。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二、四部分內(nèi)容可知，King’s College, Cambridge(劍橋大學(xué)國王學(xué)院)是中國著名詩人徐志摩曾經(jīng)學(xué)習(xí)的地方，而Verona則是莎翁筆下《羅密歐和朱麗葉》故事的發(fā)生地，并且和中國的《梁山伯和祝英臺(tái)》有著相似的情節(jié)。這兩個(gè)旅游地自然會(huì)令中國廣大文學(xué)愛好者心馳神往。故選D。