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France is basing potentially more than one billion dollars in lost revenue this year due to huge declines in tourism. (1)Safety concerns have been one of the biggest reasons why the country has lost half a billion in revenue already. In the first six month of 2016, the terrorists attack in Last November were caused Europe the worst in the past decade, workers strikes and heavy floods and ect. have also been why international tourist stayed away, so far in the Paris region, there is been a 48% decline in Japanese. 65% fewer Russians and 27% fewer Italians.American travelers seemed the least defected. Their numbers have only dropped roughly 5%. (2)According to the government, the country is the number one tourist destination in the world, and tourism is the extremely important to the French economy. The sector represent roughly 9% of its GDP. The head of Paris tourism said, it's time to realize that the tourism sector is going through an industrial disaster.

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预览两道题各选项,由反复出现的 French可知,新闻内容与法国有关;再结合 economy、 tourist destinations和 job opportunities等词可以进一步推测,新闻内容涉及法国的经济和旅游等方面

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1. What accounts most for the huge declines in tourism in France?

B)【精析】 事实细节题。新闻中提到,对安全的担忧一直是造成法国在2016年上半年财政收入损失超过五亿美元的最大原因之一。


2. What do we learn from the report about tourism in France?

D)【精析】 事实细节题。新闻中提到,据法国政府所说,法国是世界上第一大旅游目的地,旅游业对法国的经济极其重要。也就是说,旅游业在法国经济中起着重要的作用。