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Word文档下载后（可任意编辑） 第 第 PAGE 1 页 共 NUMPAGES 1 页 GRE阅读练习：欧洲多国政府签证申请 GRE考试模拟：GRE阅读练习：欧洲多国政府签证申请 GRE考试精品课程训练  Governments are deterring business travelers and tourists with cumbersome visa requirements that do little to make their countries more secure.  多国政府正以繁琐的签证要求阻挡商务旅行者和观光客，而这对维护国家安全作用甚微。  THE rise of big emerging economies like China and India, and the steady march of globalization, has led to a surge in the numbers of people wanting to travel abroad for business or tourism.  中国和印度等大型新兴经济体的崛起，加上全球化的稳步迈进，使得想出国商务旅行或观光旅游的人数激增。  As a result, demand for visas is at unprecedented levels.  因此，对签证的需求达到了前所未有的水平。  In the fiscal year to the end of September 2014 the United States granted just under 10mvisas—up from around 6m in 1997, despite blips in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11th 2001 and the global financial crisis of 2007-08.  截至2014年9月底的财政年度里，美国颁发了接近1000万份签证。签证数量从1997年的约600万份起逐渐增加，仅在2001年911恐怖袭击和2007至2008年全球金融危机之后有所波动。  Citizens of America, Britain and some other rich countries can travel to most places without a visa.  美国、英国和其他一些富裕国家的公民无需签证即可到世界上大部分地区旅行。  Chinese and Indian travelers are far more likely to have to apply for them.  中国和印度的旅行者需要申请签证的几率要大得多。  And citizens of a few benighted places, such as Iraq and Afghanistan, have to submit to the cost and bureaucracy—and often the humiliation—of the visa-application process to get to most places.  而少数几个落后国家如伊拉克和阿富汗等国的公民想去大部分地方都不得不忍受签证申请的高成本和繁缛流程，还时常被羞辱。  The most sensible response to this surge in demand for short-term visas would be for governments to streamline the application process and scrap the most onerous requirements.  短期签证的需求激增，最明智的应对应当是政府简化申请程序，废除最繁重的要求。  But governments are often not sensible about such things.  但是各国政府在这方面往往不那么明智。  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