银行考试题库：英语阅读理解练习及答案（九）

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Two years ago, there were 20,000 Airbnblistings in Paris. A year later the number had climbed to 40,000 ａｎｄ a housinginspectｏｒtold The Wall Street Journal, "The center of our city isbecoming deserted. More ａｎｄ more, it///////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s just tourists." Since then, yetanother 20,000 listings have appeared, so it///////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s no surprise that the companywith the tagline "Belong Anywhere" has experienced a frosty welcomefrom city governments around the world struggling to deal with this explosionof tourist accommodations.

Airbnb continues to present its business aslow-impact, made up of everyday hosts occasionally renting out their own home.A recent Airbnb report on its business in Lisbon shows that "many listingson Airbnb in Lisbon are local residents///////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' homes," reassuring readers that "72percent of hosts in Airbnb in Lisbon have only one listing." But this isbeing economical with the truth: My independently collected data ｓｅｔshows thatthe 28% of hosts with more than one listing (who can be considered"commercial" hosts) account fｏｒtwo-thirds of the company///////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s businessin Lisbon. ａｎｄ while Airbnb claims that "70 percent of Airbnb guests inLisbon stay outside the typical tourist hotspots," my data shows that themajority of visits take place inside the two central districts of Misericórdiaａｎｄ Santa Maria Maior, an area of only about six square kilometers. With thenumber of listings in this small city of half a million people growing from5,500 in May 2015 to over 10,000 today, a significant impact is inevitable.João Seixas, a geography professｏｒat the New University of Lisbon, ａｎｄ hiscolleagues are "very much concerned with what is rapidly happening to thehistorical center of our beautiful city. Our estimate is that in the last threeyears, around one-quarter ｏｒeven one-third of the housing stock has changedfunction, mainly toward financial investments ａｎｄ short rentals."

1.Which of the following is a possiblesituation tourists may encounter in Paris?

A. Airbnb///////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s housing inspectｏｒis checking thelistings.

B. Their neighbors are tourists from othercountries.

C. The government gives them a frostywelcome.

D. They don///////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'t have many choices ofaccommodation if they are visiting the center of Paris.

2. All of the following are true EXCEPT______.

A. Local residents leave the city centrebecause of Airbnb.

B. Tourists think Airbnb is taking advantageof them.

C. City governments are not eager to supportAirbnb.

D. In two years, Airbnb listings havetripled.

3. According to the author, Airbnb///////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s reportis _______.

A. deceitful

B. made up

C. true

D. false

4. According to the second paragraph, whichof the following statement is not mentioned?

A. At least one-quarter of the housing stockhas become financial investments ａｎｄ short rentals.

B. 72% of hosts with one listing account forone third of the company///////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s business in Lisbon.

C. Airbnb has a huge impact on the historicalcenter of Lisboa.

D. 28% of all listings is in Misericordia andSanta Maria Maior.

5. The primary purpose of the passage is to________.

A. Airbnb is facing an existential expansionproblem

B. accuse Airbnb of lying about the its truecause

C. warn governments of France ａｎｄ Portugal

D. introduce Airbnb///////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s popularity in Paris andLisboa

参考答案

1.【答案】B。解析：推断题。题干：下列哪一种情况是在巴黎旅游的游客可能遇见的？根据第一段可知，近两年来在巴黎通过房屋租赁网站Airbnb来租房旅游的人数爆炸式增长，巴黎街头到处都是游客，故在巴黎的游客很可能发现自己的邻居是来自其他国家的游客。故选B。

2.【答案】B。解析：细节题。题干：下列哪一项不符合文意？根据第一段可知，通过房屋租赁网站Airbnb来租房旅游的人猛增，这种租赁方式深受游客欢迎，游客并不认为Airbnb是在利用他们，故选B。其他三项在第一段中都能找到依据。

3.【答案】A。解析：推断题。题干：在作者看来，Airbnb的报告是什么样的？根据第二段的几个例子可知，Airbnb为了掩人耳目，其报告中的数据和作者提供的数据有比较大的出入，故在作者看来，Airbnb的报告具有欺骗性。

4.【答案】D。解析：细节题。题干：根据第二段，下列哪项没有提到？A项，B项和C项在第二段中都提到了。第二段只提到了the majority of visits take place inside the two central districtsof Misericórdia ａｎｄ Santa Maria Maior但是28% of alllistings is in Misericordia ａｎｄ Santa Maria Maior并没有提到，故选D。

5.【答案】A。解析：主旨题。题干：本文的主要目的是什么？根据第一段和第二段可知，Airbnb发展迅猛，但是随之而来的也有很多问题，并具体描述了面临哪些问题，故正确答案为A。