关闭3年后，泰国逐步重新开放玛雅湾

A coastal area in Thailand known as Maya Bay once had thousands of visitors each day after it appeared in the Hollywood movie The Beach.

The film with Leonardo DiCaprio came out in 2000. Since then, visitors to the Southeast Asian country have taken boats to see the far-away beach. It is on an island called Phi Phi Leh and is surrounded by 100-meter-high cliffs(悬崖).

But the boats and tourists hurt the coral(珊瑚) and chased away the fish. The water got dirty and the beach got polluted. So, although it hurt the economy(经济), Thailand closed the beach in 2018.

But this year, some visitors have been allowed back. Only 375 visitors are allowed at one time. Boats are limited to one area. People cannot swim. But the corals and other life came back after three years of rest. “The sharks have come back...and the water is clear again,” said Yuthasak Supasorn, the governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand. “These things show that nature will heal if we give it time, and we have to work to keep it that way, too.”

Before COVID-19, tourism accounted for 12 percent of the Thai economy. About 40 million people came to visit in 2019. The visitors brought in money but also hurt the environment. In Thailand and other beautiful parts of southeast Asia, beaches have become polluted as visitors left waste behind.

Manuele Panin, a visitor to Maya Bay, from Italy said, “It’s a wonderful place. I think it is fine that it has been closed all this time to protect the nature and allow it to restore or recover.”

1.Maya Bay began to catch visitors’ attention because of_____.

A Phi Phi Leh

B Leonardo DiCaprio

C its isolated beach

D the movie The Beach

解析：选D。D 细节理解题。根据第一段的“after it appeared in the Hollywood movie The Beach”可知，在电影《海滩》上映后，每天都有成千上万的游客来到玛雅湾。故选D。

2.What did the tourism bring to local area?

A The fish death.

B The hurt of economy.

C The serious pollution.

D The building of the coral.

解析：选C。C 细节理解题。根据第三段可知，由于过度旅游，船只和游客伤害了珊瑚、赶走了鱼、水变脏了，海滩也被污染了。故选C。

3.What can visitors do at Maya Bay if they get there now?

A They can go boating freely.

B They can only stay in hotels.

C They can see some sharks there.

D They can go swimming everywhere.

解析：选C。C 推理判断题。根据第四段的“The sharks have come back...and the water is clear again”可知，鲨鱼又游回来了，海水又变清澈了。由此推断人们现在在玛雅湾可以看见鲨鱼。故选C。

4.What does the underlined word “heal” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A Treat.

B Change.

C Get even worse.

D Become healthy again.

解析：选D。D 词义猜测题。根据上文可知鲨鱼又游回来了、海水又变清澈了以及下文的“if we give it time”如果我们给自然以时间让它恢复，它就会痊愈。由此猜测heal意为“康复，恢复健康”。故选D。

5.According to Manuele Panin, he_______.

A supported reopening Maya Bay

B agreed with the Thai government

C took part in the work of natural protection

D served an environmental protection organization

解析：选B。B 推理判断题。根据最后一段可知，游客马努埃莱·派宁认为玛雅湾一直被关闭是很好的，用以保护自然，让它恢复。由此说明他很赞成泰国政府的决策。故选B。