People travel for a lot of reasons. Some tourists go to see battlefields of religious shrines. ___26___ are looking for culture, or simply want to have their picture ___27___ in front of famous places. But most European tourists are looking for a ___28___ beach to lie __29____.
Northern Europeans are willing to pay a lot of money and ___30___ a lot of inconveniences for the sun because they have so little of it. Residents of cities like London, spend a lot of their winter in the dark ___31___ the days are so short, and much of the rest of the year in the rain. This is the reason the Mediterranean has always ___32___ them. Every summer, more than 25 million people travel to Mediterranean ___33___ and beaches for the same reason: sun!
The huge crowds __34____ lots of money for the economies of Mediterranean countries. Italy’s 30,000 hotels are ___35___ solid every summer. And 13 million people ___36___ out on French beaches, parks, and roadsides. Spain’s long sandy coastline attracts more people than anywhere ___37___ .
But there are ___38___ that the area is getting more tourism than it can handle. The Mediterranean is already one of the most polluted ___39___ on earth. And with increased tourism, it’s getting worse. The French can’t figure out what to ___40___ all the garbage left by campers around St. Tropez.
回答第32空
A、attracted
B、drawn
C、pulled
D、pushed
【正确答案】:A