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"Welcome to the U. S. A. ! Major credit cards are accepted!" By the mill
"Welcome to the U. S. A. ! Major credit cards are accepted!" By the mill
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2024-06-12
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"Welcome to the U. S. A. ! Major credit cards are accepted!"
By the millions they are coming no longer the tired, the poor, the wretched masses longing for a better living. These are the wealthy. "We don’t have a budget," says a biologist from Brazil, as she walks with two companions through New York City’ s South Street." We just use our credit cards."
The US has long been one of the world’ s most popular tourist destinations, but this year has been exceptional. First, there was the World Cup, which drew thousands from every comer of the globe; then came the weakening of the US dollar against major currencies. Now the US, still the world’ s superpower, can also claim to be the world’ s bargain basement(廉价商品).
Nobody undersells America
these days on just about everything, from consumer electronics to fashion clothes to tennis rackets. Bottom retail prices anywhere from 30 % to 70% lower than those in Europe and Asia have attracted some 47 million visitors, who are expected to leave behind $ 79 billion in 1994. That’ s up from $ 74 billion the year before.
True, not everyone comes just for bargains. There remains an undeniable fascination in the rest of the world with all things American, nourished by Hollywood films and US television series. But shopping the USA is proving irresistible. Every week thousands arrive with empty suitcases ready to be filled; some even rent an additional hotel room to hold their purchases. The buying binge(无节制)has become as important as watching Old Faithful Fountains erupt in Yellowstone Park or sunbathing on a beach in Florida.
The US has come at last to appreciate what other countries learned long ago: the pouring in of foreign tourists may not always be convenient, but it does put money in the bank. And with a trade deficit at about $130 billion and growing for the past 12 months, the US needs all the deposits it can get. Compared with American tourists abroad, visitors to the US stay longer and spend more money at each stop; an average of 12.2 night and $ 1624 a traveler versus the Americans’ four nights and $ 298. [br] The reason why 1994 was exceptional is that______.
选项
A、it saw an unusually large number of tourists to the US
B、it witnessed a drop in the number of tourists to the US
C、tourism was hardly affected by the weakening of the US dollar that year
D、tourists came to the US for sightseeing rather than for bargains that year
答案
A
解析
原文第三段说明美国早已成为旅游胜地,1994年不同于往年,其原因是世界杯吸引了大批游客,美元下跌使在美国购物便宜到了极点,这更吸引了大量的游客。而这一观点恰好与选项A相一致。这句话中的动词saw的意思是“目睹了”之意。故本题的正确答案是A。
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