11. Tourism contributes to both preservation and development of the world's cultural ______.

　　A. awareness B. benefit

　　C. heritage D. concept

　　12. Countries subject to rapid growth in tourism will experience not just economic change but also social and ______ effects.

　　A. environmental B. political

　　C. cultural D. transportation

　　13. Cruises can be divided into three main categories depending on the _____ of the trips.

　　A. departure B. passengers

　　C. features D. duration

　　14. The travel and tourism industry also became a ______ for overseas visitors to conduct commercial, scientific, technological and cultural exchanges.

　　A. management

　　B. transport

　　C. vehicle

　　D. agency

　　15. China's rapidly developing business ______ is already responsible for a major part of the growth in tourism in recent years.

　　A. market

　　B. environment

　　C. progress

　　D. endeavour

　　II. Reading comprehension: (2 × 10=20)

　　Directions: Read the following passages and make your proper choices.

　　(1)

　　Mount Ali has an elevation of some 3 000 metres above sea level. Here the temperature drops as one ascends higher and higher so that in a short couple of hours one can experience the weather changes in all the four seasons and admire the kind of scenery and plant life peculiar to the climate of, so to say, all the latitudes.

　　A light railway and a highway thread their way uphill through tree-clad slopes to the very summit of Mount Ali. The railway is 72 km long, beginning from the City of Jiayi and terminating at Zhaoping. On its way, the train has to cross 86 bridges, 66 tunnels and more than 30 gully crossings.

　　Travellers in the train crawling its way slowly up the mountain can have a real good time, feasting their eyes on the scenery and chatting to each other as the mood carries them. After the train leaves the North Gate Station of Jiayi, it runs on the plains at the foot of the mountain and one sees through the window lush green bamboo groves and fields of densely grown sugar cane.

　　As the train threads its way in the rugged hilly country crossing one clear stream after another, one would feel as though he had entered a world as ethereal as that in a Chinese landscape painting, passing now a woodland scene and now a secluded ravine with a quiet-flowing mountain brook. The peace of mind one enjoys while traveling in level country is suddenly shattered by the sight of precipitous cliffsides. While the train makes it way in this pictorial world of Mount Ali, travelers cannot help but marvel at the magic wonders of nature and the wisdom and courage of the railway builders.

　　16. Mount Ali is some 3 000 metres high, but it is easy to reach the peak because you can get there by______.

　　A. airplane B. helicopter

　　C. coach D. bicycle

　　17. Within a couple of hours visitors can see plant life that ______ four seasons.

　　A. experience B. represent

　　C. attract D. peculiar

　　18. The railway is 72 km long, passing a lot of______.

　　A. streams and caves B. rivers and valleys

　　C. steep crossings D. underground roads

　　19. The North Gate Station of Jiayi is______.

　　A. on the plains B. at the foot of the mountain

　　C. in hilly place D. in sugar cane fields

　　20. As the train threads its way in the rugged hilly country the visitors can enjoy______.

　　A. Chinese landscape paintings B. the peace of mind

　　C. a quiet-flowing brook D. a pictorial world of Mount Ali