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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 followings support the point that government should streamline the visa application process EXCEPT______.
选项 A、there is a trend that a surge of people want to travel abroad for business or tourism
B、America will require visas for some travelers who have visited Iran, Iraq, Syria or Sudan in the previous five years
C、tourists who want to travel in Europe just need a common visa—Schengen visa
D、current visa requirements with complicated application process inflict huge economic damage
答案C
解析 细节题。根据题干关键词定位到文章第二段，但本题的解答需要结合上下文进行。A项“想出国商务旅行或观光旅游的人数激增”，这个现象导致对签证需求变大，因此应简化签证申请流程，排除A项。B项“美国要求近五年来去过伊朗、伊拉克、叙利亚和苏丹的人申请签证”，这句话可定位到文章第三段，该段都在列举各种繁琐的签证政策，因此B项也排除。D项“现行的签证政策流程复杂，造成了巨大利益损失”可定位到文章第五、六段，欧盟和英国相关部门都抱怨繁琐的签证制度带来了经济损失，因此排除D项。C项“想去欧洲旅行的人只需要持有申根签证即可”与题目无关，故本题选C。
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