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湖南省邵东县2016高考英语单项选择和阅读理解精炼（4） 阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 America's Top 4 Tourist Attractions Below you'll find the most popular travel and vacation destinations in the US. 1．Times Square，New York City This Manhattan crossroads of commerce is the top spot on our list，thanks to increasing visitors to the Big Apple in 2008 despite the economic turndown.According to statistics，“80% of visitors to NYC make it a point to visit Times Square.”Total NYC visits last year were 47 million，giving us an estimate of 37.6 million travelers through the“Crossroads of the World”． 2．The Las Vegas Strip，Nev. The“Neon Trail”that makes up the heart of Sin City is also part of the federal government's National Scenic Byways Program，which designates roads based on “archeological，cultural，historic，natural，recreational and scenic qualities”．Hard to say which of these qualities best describes Vegas，but we can disqualify“natural”．Last year，total visitors to Las Vegas numbered 37.5 million；a poll by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority found that an average of 80% of visitors had either stayed overnight or gambled(赌博)on the Strip. 3．National Mall and Memorial Parks，Washington，D.C. | 
