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Yosemite is a national park in California. It is very beautiful and big. The park includes more than 760, 000 acres in the California Mountains. Most of the park is wilderness.
The part of Yosemite that everyone likes is Yosemite Valley. It is a tiny valley that is 7 miles long and less than 1 mile wide. It has tall rock walls and streams that splash down in waterfalls. More than two million visitors come to the valley each year.
One ranger(公园管理员)says the number of visitors is more than the land can handle. The valley has 4, 500 camping spots. It has a hotel that can hold 4, 000 families. This is still not enough to handle all of the visitors. The valley has grown so big that it has a lot of traffic and crime.
A worker says the park is trying to keep the beauty of the park and let everyone visit. Some areas have been fenced off from people and planted with seeds to try to keep them beautiful.
A former worker thinks Yosemite should get more money to take better care of the park. He would also like to teach people what the park service is trying to do.
Some people are trying to save Yosemite Valley. A plan has been made to get rid of some buildings. There will be fewer cars allowed inside the park. More buses will help get people around.
【语篇概述】本文主要介绍了美国加州的Yosemite国家公园。如何保护和合理利用这一公园成为一个难题。
1. Parts of the park are surrounded with a fence so that .
A. some visitors can stay there alone
B. they can be used for camping
C. visitors can have a picnic there
D. they can become more nice
【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据第四段可知。
2. The passage mainly tells us .
A. Yosemite is a beautiful national park
B. Yosemite is faced with some problems
C. Yosemite is disappearing
D. Yosemite attracts a great many visitors each year
【解析】选B。主旨大意题。纵观全文可知, 随着旅游人数日益增多, 美国加州的Yosemite国家公园正面临着一些新问题。针对这些问题, 文章提出了一些建议。故选B。
3. According to the passage, what measure should be taken to save the park?
A. Raising money to employ former skilled workers.
B. Banning cars from entering it.
C. Reducing the number of visitors.
D. Removing some of the buildings.
【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据最后一段可知, 除去一些建筑物可能是拯救这座公园的一个方法。
