With the steady increase in the amount of leisure time that people enjoy today, the importance of businesses that deal with leisure products and services is also steadily increasing. One of the biggest such industries is the tourist industry. Providing transportation and accommodations for tourists ---- and guides, brochures, souvenirs ---- is one of the major industries in many countries. Since people are now having longer vacations and are more and more interested in seeing other parts of the world, this business will no doubt continue to grow. Another industry obviously devoted to leisure is entertainment. Movies, TV shows, concerts and plays are usually intended for our leisure. The same can be said of most books, except textbooks. Professional sports make money because people pay to watch them in their free time. This list could be greatly extended. But even among these industries, we have mentioned only part of the picture. The people who make the TV sets and build the theatres and tourist hotels are as much a part of the leisure industry as the singers or the hotel clerks.
41. What makes leisure business important according to the passage?
A. People’s leisure time is increasing.
B. More and more people begin to show great interests in seeing other parts of the world.
C. Improved transportation and accommodation conditions.
D. Longer vacations are offered than before.
42. What do we know about entertainment from the passage?
A. It is the biggest leisure industry.
B. Movies, TV shows, concerts and books are usually intended for our leisure.
C. People are usually reluctant to pay to watch professional sports.
D. Making TV sets and building theatres are also part of entertainment industry.
43.What’s main idea of this passage?
A. With people having more leisure time, tourist industry becomes the biggest industry in many countries.
B. With people having more leisure time, entertainment industry becomes one of the major industries in many countries.
C. With people having more leisure time, leisure business is becoming more important in economic life.
D. With people having more leisure time, leisure business list is being extended.
41.关键词time increasing.，great interests，Improved conditions，Longer vacations。答案选A, 准确、全面。
42. 这是一道事实辨认题。四个选项都是各自独立的命题，是对命题的真实性进行考查。关键词：biggest，Movies, TV shows, concerts and books，reluctant/ watch professional sports.，Making TV sets/ building theatres/ entertainment。答案是D.
43.针对短文全篇大意进行提问，答案是C。
