TravellingabroadforleisureisbecomingmoreandmorepopularforChinese.TheUKishighupinthelistofplacesthattheChinesewanttovisit.ThereisasenseofmysteryabouttheUK;it’softentheimagesofEngland’sgreenparks

　　TravellingabroadforleisureisbecomingmoreandmorepopularforChinese.TheUKishighupinthelistofplacesthattheChinesewanttovisit.ThereisasenseofmysteryabouttheUK;it’softentheimagesofEngland’sgreenparkscountrysideandVictorianhousesthatpeoplepointtoasanalternativetopollutedovercrowdedcitiessuchasBeijingandGuangzhou.

　　Thecapitalisviewedasmodernanddynamicwhilebeingfilleddeepwithhistory.WhenaskedwhatotherimagesarethoughtofbytheUKthereplyisoften“theQueenteaandOxbridge”.Sowhat’sstoppingthemactuallycoming?SebastianWoodtheBritishambassadorinBeijinghasdescribedtheUKasa“fortress”andwhilethisisperhapsanexaggeration(夸张)，Britaindoeshaveareputationasacountrythatishardertoaccess.

　　ThemainproblemforChinesetouristsisobvious.Althoughvisaapplicationsarenowcompletedonlinevisitorsarestillrequiredtovisitoneof12UKcentersacrossthecountryforaface-to-faceinterviewandfingerprinting.Ifyoudon’tlivenearoneoftheseentersalreadyyou’dhavetotravelsomedistancetogetthere.

　　Anotherproblemisalsotobementioned.IftravelersfromChinavisittheUKtheyalsowanttocoverasmuchgroundaspossible.ButtheUKisnotincludedintheSchengenvisawhichallowsaccesstoahostof26EuropeancountriessuchasFranceandGermany.Soitmakestheformerseemalessworthit.

　　Thereisalsotheissueofcost:£47foraSchengenvisa£82fortheUK.OntopofthistheUKisviewedasstricterinitshandingofvisascomparedwiththerestofEuropefedbyurbanlegendsofrejectedapplications.Intheendthedecisioncomesdowntoonequestion:IsBritainworthavisit?

　　【小题1】Theunderlinedword“fortress”inparagraph2issomethingsimilarto______.

　　A．templeB．apartmentC．castleD．market【小题2】WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtruefortheUKvisa?A．Onecanapplyforavisaonline.B．Onemusthaveaface-to-faceinterview.C．Noonecangetavisawithoutafingerprinting.D．Nooneneedstotravelalongdistancetogetacenter.【小题3】Whatcanavisitordoif