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Increasingly, the development of tourism is seen to have an effect on the environment. Erosion (磨损) is one problem. The steps and stones of major popular 1 like Shakespeare’s birthplace or Stonehenge (巨石阵) are literally being worn away by millions of foreign feet. The 2 in the case of Britain’s best known prehistoric monument has been to use railings to keep visitors at a distance. Such measures can hardly be 3 in the house of the Bard, however, where tourists want to enter the actual building.
Overcrowding in cities, towns and villages is 4 problem. Traffic jams are an outcome. In narrow roads, tourist vehicles cause congestion. 5 traders and residents cannot get around to do their work. Car parks fill up, 6 strangers park their cars where they can: in streets, across gateways, in lay-bys, or even in 7 driveways. This causes obstruction. The sheer weights of in-comers can be a hazard. Thus Venice, a city built for half a million inhabitants, is 8 by another half million who populate the city daily in the tourist 9 —eight million visits each year. The mayor recently decided to 10 visitors to 90,000 a day: the only way to save the city from overcrowding. Directions:ANSWER SHEET