专四专八考试

【单选题】Imagine you are a citizen ofAthens, enjoying a warm Mediterranean night in the Theater of HerodesAtticus. You are wearing jeans and a T-shirt, listening to a great concert.
Now rewind this picture 1,839 years. You are in the same seat, only you are watching classical Greek entertainment and wearing a simple chiton, or tuniC、
The city ofAthens is a fun mix of the old and the new, the classic and the modem. Often a little shop is located next to the ruins of a temple, which is only a block from a large, air-conditioned hotel. The great city of 2,500 years ago is still visible today.
Ruins are the most obvious sign of ancientAthens, and the most famous of these is theAcropolis. TheAcropolis is a large hill that was the center of life inAthens. On its slopes were temples, monuments, and theaters. From the top, you can see how the urban sprawl (扩展，延伸) ofAthens stretches out in every direction.
On the top of theAcropolis is the Parthenon. This was once a huge temple toAthena, the city’s patron. It was first completed in 432B、C、, but has been damaged and destroyed several times. However, visitors can still see the "tricks" used in building the Parthenon. The columns along the outside lean inward, and are slightly fatter in the middle. The temple is also higher in the middle than on the sides.All these effects make the Parthenon look perfectly straight from a distance.
Only a block away from theAcropolis is the neighborhood of Plak
A、The area, with its little shops and restaurants, is very popular with both tourists and locals, and is an important part of modemAthenian culture.
Many great thinkers, writers, and political leaders lived in ancientAthens. The ruins of their homes and favorite spots are scattered throughout the busy port city. The hill where St. Paul addressed earlyChristianAthenians is located near theAcropolis. Great thinkers such as Perikles andDemosthenes spoke to the civil assemblies held at the Pnyx Hill. Today the Pnyx is an open-air theater for light and sound shows.
Greeks still use some ancient sites, such as the Pnyx and the Theater of HerodesAtticus.During Roman times, in 76
A、D、, gladiators (角斗士) used the Panathenaic Stadium for contests. The Olympics were held there in 1896, and today people still jog and exercise in the stadium.
Tourism is very important to people who live in modem-dayAthens. Thousands of people come every year to see these ruins and to tour the many museums that house artifacts from ancient times. This provides many jobs and brings money intoAthens, which helps the city pay for improvements.Athenians take pride in the accomplishments of their ancestors, and people from all around the world come to admire them.By looking around the city today, we can imagine what life was like in ancientAthens.
The writer mentioned all the following benefits of tourism inAthens forAtheniansEXCEPT
A、offering job opportunities toAthenians.
B．enrichingAthenians by providing accommodation for tourists.
C．enablingAthenians to improve the infrastructures.
D．makingAthenians proud of their ancestors.

网考网参考答案：D
网考网解析：
细节判断题。问旅游业给雅典人们带来的好处，定位到最后一段。根据最后一段第3句可知，成千上万的人来雅典旅游给雅典人创造了许多的就业机会，也给雅典带来了收入，从而能够改善整个城市的状况。选项A、B、C分别涉及这3方面，而选项D“让雅典人以祖先的丰功伟绩为豪”并不是旅游人带来的好处，因此选项D符合题意。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>