Reading Comprehension - Spoiling Paradise: The Impact of Tourism

Reading Comprehension - Spoiling Paradise: The Impact

of Tourism

Today In room 7 we have learnt about Venice and how tourists
are making it worse for the land to sink much more faster.

1. “… the impact of tourism can be devastating.”

(paragraph 2) What is the best meaning of

“devastating” as used in this sentence?

A huge

B destructive

C exaggerated

D wide-ranging

2. Quotation marks are used around the word

“eco-tourists” (paragraph 3) to indicate

F a speaker’s words

G a specialized terms

H a Mediterranean word

J a quotation from a travel brochure

3. How are the first and last sentences of paragraph 4 connected?

A They emphasize the damaging effects of mass tourism.

B They demonstrate the economic benefits of mass tourism.

C They indicate that local people do not support mass tourism.

D They show that mass tourism has both positive and negative effects.

4. What is the main purpose of the phrase “So how”? (paragraph 5)

F to reinforce an anti-tourism message

G to present an additional example of eco-tourism

H to add more information about problems in tourism

J to shift the focus from problems to solutions in tourism

Answer these questions in complete sentences.

5. How does the first sentence of this selection catch the

reader’s attention? The reason why the first sentence

selection catch the reader's attention because it said that

Venice is sinking and millions of tourism’s are coming there

to see the land sink into the open sea.

6. According to this selection, what is one way Venice would

use the money from a “tax on all visitors”? Paying for the damage

that has been destroyed from the city.

7. Why does the writer start the final sentence of paragraph 3

with the word “And”? It says that because they are deciding who

can visit the place or can't visit the place. Just like if you were

allowed in Venice you're allowed to see it sink but the reason why

they are saying you can’t go there because the amount of people

on the platform will make it worse.

8. Name one environmentally sensitive spot on Earth not

mentioned in this selection and explain why it is sensitive.  I think

the reason why Venice is sinking because. It might be caused by

the surface underneath the top surface of the earth. And it’s just

like when dirt gets touched by water or anything liquid it starts to

absorb the liquid and turn into something which is called mud. So

what I am saying is that it might be sinking because that lack of

water absorbing the dirt underneath the concrete of Venice.

9. Is this selection more “in favour of” or more “against” tourism?

Give a reason for your answer. This is likely to be both but it is

mostly bout against tourism. Because the lack of more and more

people coming from overseas and imaging and huge person standing

on the top surface of Venice. But later it starts to sink faster and faster.