A recent Living Social survey showed that Americans may live up to their poor re

A recent Living Social survey showed thatAmericans may live up to their poor reputation while travelling abroad. Butwhat’s more surprising is that many of those surveyed self-identified themselvesas ‘ugly’ Americans and the world’s worst travelers.

Those in the U.S. ranked themselves as theworst travellers by a shocking 20 per cent, followed by 15 per cent saying theChinese were the most substandard tourists.

Americans topped the list as being theworst-behaved travelers in a survey of 5,600 respondents, 4,000 of whom wereAmericans. Other respondents were in Australia, Canada, Ireland and the UnitedKingdom. But even American respondents considered their compatriots(同胞) as the worst travelers froma list of 16 nationalities.

Canadians and Australians also putAmericans in the No. 1 spot. Irish respondents pointed to U.K. residents andU.K. respondents gave Germans the nod. On the other hand, 37% of Americansopted for "none of the above" in answer to the worst-touristsquestion, displaying more tolerance and open-mindedness than the othernationalities.

Other survey questions had respondentsadmitting pilfering from hotels. Four in ten U.S. survey-takers saidthey’d stolen something – mostly towels (28%) and bathrobes (8%). Other popularpinched items included pillows, remote controls, Bibles and sheets.

Not surprising is that Americans have lesstime off from work than other nationalities. Americans reported getting 16 daysoff, compared with 28 days for the Irish, 27 days for Australians, 23 days forU.K. workers; and 21 days for Canadians.

In the travel mishaps department, the mostcommon travel disaster reported by Americans was lost luggage on an airline(21%)； bad weather(21%)； and gettingvery lost (16%).

As for places Americans most want to see,Disney World and Las Vegas made the top 10, but they weren't at the top of theheap. And New York didn't make the cut.

1.What percentage of American respondentsis in the survey?

2.The underlined word “pilfering” in Para.5 most probably means ________.

3.According to the survey, what kind ofthings are most taken away by Americans?

4.What’s the best title of this passage?

试题答案

【答案】

1.C

2.C

3.D

4.B

【解析】文章讲述的是一项调查问卷显示美国人是最糟糕的游客。

1.推理判断题，根据第三段Americans topped the list as being the worst-behaved travelers in asurvey of 5,600 respondents, 4,000 of whom were Americans可知，美国人占总数的71%。

2.猜测词意题。根据后面的Four in ten U.S. survey-takers said they’d stolen something可知，此处讲的是偷窃问题。

3.实施细节题，根据第五段的Four in ten U.S. survey-takers said they’d stolen something – mostlytowels (28%) and bathrobes (8%)可知

4.主旨大意题，根据文章第一段可知，最后一句为文章的主体句。