★B
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.
Tourists heading to Venice will need to spend extra money on new baggage thanks to an odd new rule. According to the rule, visitors using wheelie suitcases will be fined up to 500 euros. It will come into effect in May 2015.
What’s the reason for the ban? It’s noise pollution on the historic canal bridges. Authorities say that the noise of large tour groups dragging the bags over the bridges keeps local residents awake at night, and in the end, amounts to noise pollution. Only wheelie suitcases with silent inflated tires, rather than rubber ones, will be permitted in the water city, under the strict new regulations brought in by the council.
The odd rule has been brought in by Vittorio Zappalorto, who was appointed after the city’s mayor was arrested in a corruption scandal. Venetians themselves will be exempt from the regulations which are to come into operation in May next year, Il Gazzettino reported.
The news follows a series of attempts to limit the impact of the 20 million tourists that visit Venice every year. Earlier this year the city launched a campaign discouraging couples from attaching padlocks to the city’s bridges as a symbol of love, claiming the old structures are too fragile to cope with the weight. Workmen this summer removed some 20,000 “love locks” from the Rialto and Accademia bridges.
And last year authorities started a strict crackdown on water traffic. After a series of complaints about drunkenness, boatmen are now subject to alcohol and drug tests and must use GPS devices and number plates.
“There are also numerous worrying signs of deterioration and wear to paving stones and bridges previously unharmed for hundreds of years.” the City Council said in a statement.
City official Maurizio Dorigo admitted the rules were currently a little impractical as suitcases with inflatable wheels did not yet exist, as far as he knew. He said: “Hopefully a company will start producing suitcases with inflatable tires. We’ve got till next May. Someone will be able to design and sell them by then.”
1 . Why does Venice City introduce the ban from wheelie suitcases?
A . The noise of tour groups keep residents awake at night.
B . Rubber tyres of suitcases produce a lot of noise.
C . The dragging of wheelie suitcases amounts to noise pollution.
D . Tyres of suitcases do harm to paving stones and bridges.
2 . What else measures have been taken to reduce the impact of tourists in the city?
A . Limiting number of tourists and removing “love locks”.
B . Discouraging couples and crackdown on water traffic.
C .Launching a campaign and using GPS devices and number plates.
D . Removing “love locks” and crackdown on water traffic.
3 . What can we infer from the passage?
A . Local residents can use wheelie suitcases without being fined.
B . People are banned from attaching padlocks to bridges.
C . GPS devices and number plates are used in water traffic.
D . Suitcases with inflatable wheels are sold in many shops.
4 . Why does Maurizio Dorigo think the new rule impractical?
A . The regulation does not apply to the local residents.
B . Suitcases with inflatable wheels haven’t been largely produced.
C . Tourists are usually dragging their wheelie suitcases at night.
D . Suitcases with inflated silent tires can’t be designed by then.
5 . What can be the best title of the passage?
A . Wheelie Suitcases Produce Noise Pollution.
B . Attempts to Limit Impact of Tourists to the Water City
C . Venice Bans Tourists from Using Wheelie Suitcases.
D . Attaching Padlocks to Bridges as A Symbol of Love.
★B 1-5 CDABC
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.
Tourists heading to Venice will need to spend extra money on new baggage thanks to an odd new rule. According to the rule, visitors using wheelie suitcases will be fined up to 500 euros. It will come into effect in May 2015.
What’s the reason for the ban? It’s noise pollution on the historic canal bridges. Authorities say that the noise of large tour groups dragging the bags over the bridges keeps local residents awake at night, and in the end, amounts to noise pollution. Only wheelie suitcases with silent inflated tires, rather than rubber ones, will be permitted in the water city, under the strict new regulations brought in by the council.
The odd rule has been brought in by Vittorio Zappalorto, who was appointed after the city’s mayor was arrested in a corruption scandal. Venetians themselves will be exempt from the regulations which are to come into operation in May next year, Il Gazzettino reported.
The news follows a series of attempts to limit the impact of the 20 million tourists that visit Venice every year. Earlier this year the city launched a campaign discouraging couples from attaching padlocks to the city’s bridges as a symbol of love, claiming the old structures are too fragile to cope with the weight. Workmen this summer removed some 20,000 “love locks” from the Rialto and Accademia bridges.
And last year authorities started a strict crackdown on water traffic. After a series of complaints about drunkenness, boatmen are now subject to alcohol and drug tests and must use GPS devices and number plates.
“There are also numerous worrying signs of deterioration and wear to paving stones and bridges previously unharmed for hundreds of years.” the City Council said in a statement.
City official Maurizio Dorigo admitted the rules were currently a little impractical as suitcases with inflatable wheels did not yet exist, as far as he knew. He said: “Hopefully a company will start producing suitcases with inflatable tires. We’ve got till next May. Someone will be able to design and sell them by then.”
1 . Why does Venice City introduce the ban from wheelie suitcases?
A . The noise of tour groups keep residents awake at night.
B . Rubber tyres of suitcases produce a lot of noise.
C . The dragging of wheelie suitcases amounts to noise pollution.
D . Tyres of suitcases do harm to paving stones and bridges.
2 . What else measures have been taken to reduce the impact of tourists in the city?
A . Limiting number of tourists and removing “love locks”.
B . Discouraging couples and crackdown on water traffic.
C .Launching a campaign and using GPS devices and number plates.
D . Removing “love locks” and crackdown on water traffic.
3 . What can we infer from the passage?
A . Local residents can use wheelie suitcases without being fined.
B . People are banned from attaching padlocks to bridges.
C . GPS devices and number plates are used in water traffic.
D . Suitcases with inflatable wheels are sold in many shops.
4 . Why does Maurizio Dorigo think the new rule impractical?
A . The regulation does not apply to the local residents.
B . Suitcases with inflatable wheels haven’t been largely produced.
C . Tourists are usually dragging their wheelie suitcases at night.
D . Suitcases with inflated silent tires can’t be designed by then.
5 . What can be the best title of the passage?
A . Wheelie Suitcases Produce Noise Pollution.
B . Attempts to Limit Impact of Tourists to the Water City
C . Venice Bans Tourists from Using Wheelie Suitcases.
D . Attaching Padlocks to Bridges as A Symbol of Love.
★B 1-5 CDABC
