专题04 阅读理解（说明文）-备战2024年高考英语近两年名校联考模拟试题精选（上海专用）

专题04 阅读理解（说明文） （原卷版） 目录 1. 上海市大同中学2023-2024学年高三开学试题 2. 上海交通大学附中2023-2024学年高三摸底试题 3. 上海市同济大学第一附属中学2023年高三试题 4. 上海市市北中学中学2022-2023学年高三试题 5. 上海市建平中学2022-2023学年高三测评试题 6. 上海市市西中学2022-2023学年高三期中试题 7. 上海市敬业中学2022-2023学年高三试题 8. 上海市彭浦中学2023年高三试题 9. 上海奉贤区致远高级中学2022-2023学年高三评估试题 10. 上海市敬业中学2022-2023学年高三试题 1. 【上海市大同中学2023-2024学年高三开学试题】 Be a Better Traveler in the Over-tourism Era Travel has become as accessible as McDonald’s, reaching a new high as global tourist arrivals reached 1.4 billion last year. In 1995, global arrivals numbered only 525 million. As a father of two kids, I am the first to celebrate the drop in costs brought on by air-travel market liberalization, the rise of discount airlines, a revolution in accommodations thanks to the likes of Books.com and Airbnb, and mobile devices installed with the best maps and travel guides the world has ever known. I’m also happy for the retailers, hoteliers, museum keepers and others who have benefited financially from the tourism boom. I can’t help but wonder, though, what we are actually seeing as we travel these days. More people are travelling, but many are visiting the same places. Is a forest of selfie sticks what I wanted to show my daughter at the Louvre? When was the last time I set food on Prague’s main square without being elbowed a dozen times? Is a trip to Barcelona complete if you have to avoid every famous location for fear of being trampled (踩踏)? Cities can not do much about this — they can’t very well close airports, force airlines to fly less frequently or increase their prices. Raising the cost of air travel, overall or to specific destination, will never be popular. Many will object it on the grounds that travel shouldn’t be just for the rich, and it’ll hurt the residents of cities troubled with over-tourism. So what should travelers do? Stay home? That’s unlikely. But if you are heading for some of the world’s most popular destinations, rethink your bucket list (愿望清单). You should be open