★C
阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案.
The working staff closed the Eiffel Tower to protest a recent rise in aggressive pickpockets. The Paris monument is normally open every day of the year and brings in thousands of visitors daily.
The Eiffel Tower in Paris was closed on Friday after staff went on strike to protest against pickpockets who they say cheat tourists “daily” and threaten staff.
“The Eiffel Tower is momentarily closed,” read the sign by one of the world’s most visited monuments. Staff said they could no longer cope with the rising number of pickpockets making thefts around the world famous “iron lady”, following “several attacks and threats”.
Staff representatives said they were powerless to prevent gangs of “between four to five” pickpockets, and “sometimes 30 on the monument” at any one time. “There have always been pickpockets at the Eiffel Tower, but we are now facing an organized network,” said a union representative. Staff called on management to provide “formal promises so that lasting, efficient measures are taken to end the trouble that numerous tourists fall into every day”. They said that high-spending Asian tourists were the most commonly targeted.
Protesting staff complained that management only went as far as “informing visitors” about the risks. The problem has become “troublesome for an internationally renowned monument”. They suggested planting plain-clothed inspectors around the attraction to “catch pickpockets in the act”. It said it was “sorry that visitors already present are being penalized” by the closure.
By late afternoon, the tower was reopened, but staff said this was “only temporary” and more strike action may follow in the coming days.
In 2013, staff at the Louvre museum refused to work for the same reason, forcing police to beef up patrols – a move that helped lower the number of thefts.
Inaugurated in 1889, the Eiffel Tower, which stands at 324 meters tall, welcomed seven million visitors last year, three quarters of them foreigners.
1. The Eiffel Tower was closed to the public because ______.
A it was too crowded to admit more visitors
B the attraction was faced with increasing pickpockets
C many rich Asian tourists have been attacked by pickpockets
D the management does nothing to stop thefts from happening
2. What was the request of the working staff?
A They wanted more power to stop pickpockets.
B They requested to close the tower to keep pickpockets out.
C They called on staff to be organized to fight against pickpockets.
D They require measures be taken to end thefts in the attraction.
3. What can we infer from the passage?
A Plan-clothed inspectors are expected to stop pickpockets.
B The visitors to the attraction were aware of likely thefts.
C The attraction made an apology to the visitors for its closure.
D The staff was not pleased as thefts couldn’t be entirely stopped.
4. What is the author’s attitude toward the closure of the Eiffel Tower?
A Supportive.
B Negative.
C Concerned.
D Doubtful.
5. The underlined phrase in the seventh paragraph means _____.
A strengthen
B approve
C start
D encourage
★C1-5 BDDCA
阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案.
The working staff closed the Eiffel Tower to protest a recent rise in aggressive pickpockets. The Paris monument is normally open every day of the year and brings in thousands of visitors daily.
The Eiffel Tower in Paris was closed on Friday after staff went on strike to protest against pickpockets who they say cheat tourists “daily” and threaten staff.
“The Eiffel Tower is momentarily closed,” read the sign by one of the world’s most visited monuments. Staff said they could no longer cope with the rising number of pickpockets making thefts around the world famous “iron lady”, following “several attacks and threats”.
Staff representatives said they were powerless to prevent gangs of “between four to five” pickpockets, and “sometimes 30 on the monument” at any one time. “There have always been pickpockets at the Eiffel Tower, but we are now facing an organized network,” said a union representative. Staff called on management to provide “formal promises so that lasting, efficient measures are taken to end the trouble that numerous tourists fall into every day”. They said that high-spending Asian tourists were the most commonly targeted.
Protesting staff complained that management only went as far as “informing visitors” about the risks. The problem has become “troublesome for an internationally renowned monument”. They suggested planting plain-clothed inspectors around the attraction to “catch pickpockets in the act”. It said it was “sorry that visitors already present are being penalized” by the closure.
By late afternoon, the tower was reopened, but staff said this was “only temporary” and more strike action may follow in the coming days.
In 2013, staff at the Louvre museum refused to work for the same reason, forcing police to beef up patrols – a move that helped lower the number of thefts.
Inaugurated in 1889, the Eiffel Tower, which stands at 324 meters tall, welcomed seven million visitors last year, three quarters of them foreigners.
1. The Eiffel Tower was closed to the public because ______.
A it was too crowded to admit more visitors
B the attraction was faced with increasing pickpockets
C many rich Asian tourists have been attacked by pickpockets
D the management does nothing to stop thefts from happening
2. What was the request of the working staff?
A They wanted more power to stop pickpockets.
B They requested to close the tower to keep pickpockets out.
C They called on staff to be organized to fight against pickpockets.
D They require measures be taken to end thefts in the attraction.
3. What can we infer from the passage?
A Plan-clothed inspectors are expected to stop pickpockets.
B The visitors to the attraction were aware of likely thefts.
C The attraction made an apology to the visitors for its closure.
D The staff was not pleased as thefts couldn’t be entirely stopped.
4. What is the author’s attitude toward the closure of the Eiffel Tower?
A Supportive.
B Negative.
C Concerned.
D Doubtful.
5. The underlined phrase in the seventh paragraph means _____.
A strengthen
B approve
C start
D encourage
★C1-5 BDDCA
