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In recent days, tourists may be banned(禁止) from sitting on the ground in Venice in order to rid(清除) the city of impolite behaviors. Officers in the Italian holiday hot spot are proposing fining people between 50 and 500 euros if they are caught sitting or lying on the floor. But some residents groups have hit back this opinion because they said there are so many rules in Venice now that there is nothing left that you can do. It means we can do nothing in Venice. Sitting down on the steps of monuments(纪念碑) and other buildings is already banned in the area around St Mark's Square in the last years.

The opinion was put forward by mayor Luigi Brugnaro. It will be voted in November. But Marco Gasparinetti, who leads the residents' group Gruppo Aprile 25, told the Guardian: “Many things are forbidden in Venice, so there is nothing left that you can do. They would need to hire an extra 5,000 officers to ban everything.”Although many things are banned in Venice, around 60,000 tourists enter the city each day.

1.What is banned in Venice in recent days?

A Sitting on the monuments.

B Sitting on the buildings.

C Sitting on the bed.

D Sitting on the ground.

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据第一段第一句In recent days, tourists may be banned from sitting on the ground in Venice in order to rid the city of impolite behaviors.可知近期在威尼斯席地而坐要被禁止，故选D。

2.What does the underlined phrase “hit back” mean in Chinese?

A 赞同.

B 漠不关心.

C 保持中立.

D 反对.

解析：选D。词义猜测题。根据第一段... because they said there are so many rules in Venice now that there is nothing left that you can do. 他们认为现在威尼斯的规矩如此之多，在这座城市几乎什么也做不了，可知他们是反对这项提案的，故选D。

3.From the passage we know that sitting down on the steps of monuments ______.

A is already banned in the area around St Mark's Square in the last years

B is already banned in the area around St Mark's Square in recent days

C is not banned in the area around St Mark's Square in the last years

D is not banned in the area around St Mark's Square in recent days

解析：选A。根据第一段最后一句Sitting down on the steps of monuments and other buildings is already banned in the area around St Mark's Square in the last years.可知，故选A。

4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A We can’t sit or lie on the floor in Venice.

B St Mark’s Square lies in Venice.

C Marco Gasparinetti doesn’t agree with the idea.

D No one wants to enter the Venice every day.

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据全文最后一句Although many things are banned in Venice, around 60,000 tourists enter the city each day.可知每天还是约有6万名游客涌入威尼斯，故选D。

5.Where might this passage be taken from?

A An online news website

B A travel magazine

C A guide book.

D A cartoon book.

解析：选A。A文章出处题。根据本文主要内容可知，本文应是一则新闻，应摘自新闻网站。故选A。