Question 1 is based on the news report you have just heard.

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    France is facing potentially more than one billion dollars in lost revenue this year due to huge declines in tourism. (1) Safety concerns have been one of the biggest reasons why the country has lost over half a billion in revenue already in the first six months of 2016. The terror attacks in Paris last November were called Europe’s worst in the past decade. Besides violence, workers’ strikes and heavy floods are said to have also been why international tourists have stayed away. So far in the Paris region, there’s been a 46% decline in Japanese visitors, 35% fewer Russians and 27% fewer Italians. American travelers seem the least affected—their numbers have only dropped by roughly 5%. (2) According to the French government, the country is the number one tourist destination in the world, and tourism is extremely important to the French economy. The sector represents roughly 9% of its GDP. The head of Paris’ Tourism Board said, “It’s time to realize that the tourism sector is going through an industrial disaster.”

1. What accounts most for the huge declines in tourism in France?

解析：B。根据录音前两句可知，由于旅游业的下滑，法国正面临着超过10亿美元的经济损失。安全问题是导致2016年上半年国家财政收入下滑的最主要原因之一，故B选项为正确答案。C选项在录音中没有提及，A、D选项是除了安全问题之外的原因，并不是主要原因，故均可排除。