As planes and cars were _____ of oil, people went and found many big oil wells. （turn to, be indicative of, in great demand, rent out, on track, nest egg)

In the past, the Park Service focused on making the big scenic parks more 【21】______ and comfortable for tourists. Roads were paved to allow "windshield visitors" to experience the grandeur of nature with- out leaving their cars, and a 【22】______ number of hotels and grocery stores were permitted to open 【23】______ the park boundaries.

Now this trend is changing. Plans have been made to 【24】______ the parks to their natural condition as much as possible. The objective of such a move would be to secure the preservation of the parks for future generations, 【25】______ allowing present-day visitors to experience pure wilderness, 【26】______ from any obvious signs of civilization — an opportunity which is quickly disappearing in the twentieth century. 【27】______ plans call only 【28】______ a reduction in the number of cars 【29】______ into the parks each day, but 【30】______ , tourists may have to leave their cars at the gates and then dither visit the park on foot 【31】______ use park 【32】______ . 【33】______ , stores and hotels may no longer be allowed within park boundaries and even the number of campgrounds may be restricted.

Denali National Park in Alaska serves as an excellent 【34】______ for this new type of park, one which has been changed only slightly from its 【35】______ state. There is only one road, unpaved in 【36】______ ,which cross 【37】______ Denali. As car traffic is strictly limited, many visitors experience the magnificent 【38】______ and wildlife from a park bus. There are no hotels or stores and only seven campgrounds within Denali's 3,000 square miles. This 【39】______ isolation offers backpackers, canoeists, and other sport enthusiasts a 【40】______ physical and psychological challenge.

【21】

A．possible

B．accessible

C．approachable

D．reachable

In the past, the Park Service focused on making the big scenic parks more 【21】______ and comfortable for tourists. Roads were paved to allow "windshield visitors" to experience the grandeur of nature without leaving their cars, and a 【22】______ number of hotels and grocery stores were permitted to open 【23】______ the park boundaries.

Now this trend is changing. Plans have been made to 【24】______ the parks to their natural condition as much as possible. The objective of such a move would be to secure the preservation of the parks for future generations, 【25】______ allowing present-day visitors to experience pure wilderness, 【26】______ from any obvious signs of civilization -- an opportunity which is quickly disappearing in the twentieth century. 【27】______ plans call only 【28】______ a reduction in the number of cars 【29】______ into the parks each day, but 【30】______ , tourists may have to leave their cars at the gates and then either visit the park on foot 【31】______ use park 【32】______ 【33】______ , stores and hotels may no longer be allowed within park boundaries and even the number of campgrounds may be restricted.

Denali National Park in Alaska serves as an excellent 【34】______ for this new type of park, one which has been changed only slightly from its 【35】______ state. There is only one road, unpaved in 【36】______ , which cross 【37】______ Denali. As car traffic is strictly limited, many visitors experience the magnificent 【38】______ and wildlife from a park bus. There are no hotels or stores and only seven campgrounds within Denali's 3,000 square miles. This 【39】______ isolation offers backpackers, canoeists, and other sport enthusiasts a 【40】______ physical and psychological challenge.

【21】

A．possible

B．accessible

C．approachable

D．reachable

Traffic in India means a mixture of all kinds of vehicles on the road.About 700 000 new cars have been sold in India in the last twelve months, and about twice that many used cars have been traded

The country' s 35 million motorcycles and scooters make it the world s largest two-wheel market.But because there are still big differences in people' s incomes, the roads are full of a whole variety of vehicles, lots of them not motorised

A ride with a taxi driver in New Delhi gives a flavour of a typical Indian-style. traffic jam with all kinds of vehicles held up in city streets or in long lines on narrow country lanes Cars, lorries and buses back up behind a cart pul led by or animal or another."India has everything on the roads."the taxi driver says."You have to watch out for pedestrian

bicycles, carts, cows, donkeys and even elephants.Three things were recommended to drive here, a horn, brakes and good luck Just then we were stopped by a young boy and his cow.(判断正误)

26.The number of second-hand cars traded in the last twelve months is 1, 400, 000.()

27.Because there are 35 million people in India.India is the world’ s largest two- wheeled market.()

28.Because the amount of money that people earn is so different there are so many different types of vehicles in India.()

29.Because the roads are very bad, motor vehicles often held up in India.()

30.The brakes.the horn and luck are three important things in India.()

What impact can mobile phones have on their users' health? Many people worry about the supposed ill effects caused by radiation from handsets and base stations, (1)_____ the lack of credible evidence of any harm. But evidence for the beneficial effects of mobile phones on health is rather more (2)_____ Indeed, a systematic review (3)_____ out by Rifat Atun and his colleagues at Imperial College, rounds up 150 (4)_____ of the use of text-messaging in the (5)_____ of health care. These uses (6)_____ three categories: efficiency gains; public-health gains; and direct benefits to patients by (7)_____ text-messaging into treatment regimes.

Using texting to (8)_____ efficiency is not profound science, but big savings can be achieved. Several (9)_____ carried out in England have found that the use of text-messaging reminders (10)_____ the number of missed appointments with family doctors by 26-39%, and the number of missed hospital appointments by 33-50%. If such schemes were (11)_____ nationally, this would translate (12)_____ annual savings of ￡256-364 million.

Text messages can also be a good way to deliver public-health information, particularly to groups (13)_____ are hard to reach by other means. Text messages have been used in India to (14)_____ people about the World Health Organization's strategy to control lung disease. In Iraq, text messages were used to support a (15)_____ to immunize nearly 5 million children (16)_____ paralysis.

(17)_____, there are the uses of text-messaging as part of a treatment regime. These involve sending reminders to patients to (18)_____ their medicine, or to encourage accordance with exercise regimes. However, Dr. Rifat notes that the evidence for the effectiveness of such schemes is generally (19)_____, and more quantitative research is (20)_____.

A．so

B．even

C．despite

D．and

What impression will a tourist get of Hong Kong?

A．It has many big and beautiful parks.

B．It possesses many historical sites.

C．It is a city of contrasts.

D．It is an important industrial center.

根据以下资料，回答9~12题。 Years ago our cities were full of cars, buses and trucks．Now the streets are completely congested (拥挤的) and it is very difficult to drive a car along them．Drivers must stop at hundreds of traffic lights．What are our cities going to be like in ten or twenty years? Will enormous ( 巨大的 ) motorways be built across them? With-big motorways cutting across them, full of noisy, dirty cars and lorries, our cities are going to be awful places．How can we solve the problem? There are some good ideas to reduce the use of private cars．In 1989, for example, the authorities in Rome began an interesting experiment: passengers on the city buses did not have to pay for their tickets. In Stockholm there was another experiment: people paid very little for a season ticket to travel on any bus, trolley bus, train or tram in all the city. In many cities now some streets are closed to vehicles, and pedestrians are safe there. In London there is another experiment: part of the street is for buses only, so the buses can travel fast．There are no cars or taxies in front of them. What the writer worries about in a big city is __. A．the number of traffic lights B．the shortage of buses C．the lack of motorways D．the traffic congestion