2014高考英语阅读理解基础练习精品题(9)及答案.doc2014 高考英语阅读理解基础练****精品题( 9 )及答案阅读理解(共两节,满分 34 分) 第一节( 共 12 小题;每小题 2 分,满分 24 分) 阅读下列短文,从文后各题所给的 A 、B 、C 、D 四个选项中,选出一个最佳答案。 A People travel for a lot of reasons. Some travelers go to see places ofa long history. Others are looking for cultures, or just want to have their pictures taken in front of famous places. Most European travelers are looking for a sunny beach to lie on. Northern Europeans like to pay a lot of money for the sun because they have so little of it. People of cities like London, Copenhagen and Amsterdam spend much of their winter in the dark because the days are so short, and much of the rest of the year in the rain. This is the reason why the sea attracts them. Every summer many people travel to Mediterranean resorts( 度假胜地) and beaches for their vacation. They e for the same reason: the sun. The large crowds mean lots of money for the countries along the sea. Italy ’s hotels are all booked without a break every summer, and also French beaches, Spain ’s coastline. The Mediterranean is ing one of the most polluted seas on earth. But people do not mind much. They don ’t go there for clean water and they allow traffic jams and seem to like crowded beaches. No matter how dirty the water is, the coastline still looks beautiful. If the sun shines, it is much better than sitting in the cold rain in those big cities. 56. The writer suggests Europeans travel mostly for the