Increasingly, the development of tourism is seen to have an effect on the environment. Erosion (磨损) is one problem. The steps and stones of major popular (51) like Shakespeare’s birthplace or Stonehenge (巨石阵) are literally being worn away by millions of foreign feet. The (52) in the case of Britain’s best known prehistoric monument has been to use railings to keep visitors at a distance. Such measures can hardly be (53) in the house of the Bard, however, where tourists want to enter the actual building.
Overcrowding in cities, towns and villages is (54) problem. Traffic jams are an outcome. In narrow roads, tourist vehicles cause congestion. (55) traders and residents cannot get around to do their work. Car parks fill up, (56) strangers park their cars where they can: in streets, across gateways, in lay-bys, or even in (57) driveways. This causes obstruction. The sheer weights of in-comers can be a hazard. Thus Venice, a city built for half a million inhabitants, is (58) by another half million who populate the city daily in the tourist (59) —eight million visits each year. The mayor recently decided to (60) visitors to 90,000 a day. the only way to save the city from overcrowding.
57().
A.public
B.private
C.remote
D.personal
参考答案：B
解析：
由句中的提示词even“甚至”可以推断，陌生人甚至把车停到了不该他们停车的车道上。四个选项中，A项public“公共的”和C项remote“遥远的”与题意不一致；D项personal意为“个人的”、“亲自的”，与private近义，但用在此处不合适；B项private指“私人的”，与public相对应，符合题意，是正确答案。