A recent Living Social survey showed that Americans may live up to their poor reputation while travelling abroad. But what’s more surprising is that many of those surveyed self-identified themselves as ‘ugly’ Americans and the world’s worst travelers.
Those in the U.S. ranked themselves as the worst travellers by a shocking 20 per cent, followed by 15 per cent saying the Chinese were the most substandard tourists.
Americans topped the list as being the worst-behaved travelers in a survey of 5,600 respondents, 4,000 of whom were Americans. Other respondents were in Australia, Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom. But even American respondents considered their patriots(同胞) as the worst travelers from a list of 16 nationalities.
Canadians and Australians also put Americans in the No. 1 spot. Irish respondents pointed to U.K. residents and U.K. respondents gave Germans the nod. On the other hand, 37% of Americans opted for none of the above in answer to the worst-tourists question, displaying more tolerance and open-mindedness than the other nationalities.
Other survey questions had respondents admitting pilfering from hotels. Four in ten U.S. survey-takers said they’d stolen something – mostly towels (28%) and bathrobes (8%). Other popular pinched items included pillows, remote controls, Bibles and sheets.
Not surprising is that Americans have less time off from work than other nationalities. Americans reported getting 16 days off, pared with 28 days for the Irish, 27 days for Australians, 23 days for U.K. workers; and 21 days for Canadians.
In the travel mishaps department, the most mon travel disaster reported by Americans was lost luggage on an airline (21%)； bad weather (21%)； and getting very 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 the heap. And New York didn't make the cut.
【小题1】What percentage of American respondents is in the survey?A．20 % B．15% C．71% D．37%【小题2】The underlined word “pilfering” in Para. 5 most probably means . A．takingB．bringingC．stealingD．borrowing.【小题3】According to the survey, what kind of things are most taken away by Americans?A．towels and pillowsB．bathrobes and remote controls.C．towels and BiblesD．bathrobes and towels.【小题4】What’s the best title of this passage? A．Chinese were announced as the world’s worst travellers. B．The global worst travellers were announced.C．Disney World is the best destination to Americans.D．European travellers were the best in the worldC
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(答案→)C
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。
【小题1】推理判断题，根据第三段Americans topped the list as being the worst-behaved travelers in a survey of 5,600 respondents, 4,000 of whom were Americans可知，美国人占总数的71%。
【小题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。
【小题3】实施细节题，根据第五段的Four in ten U.S. survey-takers said they’d stolen something – mostly towels (28%) and bathrobes (8%)可知
【小题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。