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.
55().
A.Urban
B.Local
C.Rural
D.Foreign
参考答案：B
解析：
上句提到，旅游车辆在狭窄的马路上造成交通堵塞，那么不能正常去工作或干活的当然应该是当地的商人和居民。因此B项Local“当地的”是正确答案。由于旅游景点可能在cities, towns and villages，故A项Urban“城市的”和C项Rural“农村的”，都是以偏概全；D项Foreign“外国的”与题意完全不一致。