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Governments are restraining business travelers and tourists with cumbersome visa requirements that do little to make their count

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问题    Governments are restraining business travelers and tourists with cumbersome visa requirements that do little to make their countries more secure. The RISE of big emerging economies like China and India, and the steady march of globalization, have led to a surge in the numbers of people wanting to travel abroad for business or tourism. As a result, demand for visas is at unprecedented levels.
   The most sensible response to this surge in demand for short-term visas would be for governments to streamline the application process. But governments are often not sensible about such things.
   The 26 European countries with a common visa policy—the "Schengen group"—require tourists from India and other developing countries to provide several months’ worth of bank statements and proof of income. Visitors to Britain often have to fill in a ten-page application form, including details of every trip abroad for the past ten years. Business travelers to India must provide two references. In 2016 America will start requiring visas for some travelers who currently do not need them—if, for example, they have visited Iran, Iraq, Syria or Sudan in the previous five years.
   There is scant evidence that making all travelers submit the same documents every time they want to travel, or provide extensive financial details, protects countries from terrorists or illegal immigrants. In contrast, there is evidence of how liberal visa policy lead to large gains.
   A report in 2014 the European Parliament, "A Smarter Visa Policy for Economic Growth", estimated the over-strict visa probably cost the EU economy 250,000 jobs and 12.6 billion euro a year in lost output. It recommended requiring fewer documents from applicants, handing out longer visas and simplifying the whole process.
   Since Britain is not part of the Schengen group, Chinese people taking a tour of Europe have to apply for a second visa to cross the Channel. Only 6% of them do so, says Euromonitor, a research firm. The British Tourist Authority has complained that the country’s visa policies cost it ￡2.8 billion ($4.1 billion) a year in lost revenue.
   However, due to worrying about the wave of refugees from Syria and elsewhere come in great numbers, government in Europe and beyond will face pressure to keep making life hard for tourists and business travelers—even as other departments of those same governments spend heavily on promoting tourism and foreign investment.
The word "scant" (Para.4) is closest in meaning to______.
选项 A、sufficient
B、little
C、opposite
D、real
答案B
解析 含义题。根据题干关键词定位到文章第四段第一句。结合第四段第二句的In contrast可知，第一句的态度与第二句相反。通过第二句中的lead to large gains可知，自由的签证制度可以带来巨大利益。因此第一句应该描述严苛的签证制度并不能保证国家安全。四个选项中，A项“足够的”、C项“相反的”和D项“真实的”均不符合题意。B项little“少的”表否定，符合题意，故本题选B。
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