For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
The first snowboards were made in the 1960s. However, it was in the late 70s that they became more__21__. Throughout the80s, more and more people began taking up the sport, even though snowboards were not allowed on most ski hills. __22__ its earlier problems, snowboarding is now the world’s __23__ growing winter sport and most resorts(度假地)welcome snowboards.
In 1963, a Grade 8 student named Tom Sims __24__ a ski-board for a school project in New Jersey. Then, in 1966, a man name Sherman Poppen __25__ two skis together for his kids on Christmas day. He called his invention “ the Snurfer,” which __26__ the words “snow” and “surf”. In 1969, Jake Burton Carpenter received a __27__ for Christmas. He soon began designing boards, and today “Burton” is a popular __28__ of snowboard.
By the 1980s, snowboarding had become very popular. __29__, most ski resorts did not allow snowboarding because they thought it was too __30__.Since many snowboarders were young, many older skiers did not want them on the ski hills. The snowboarders had to go to the backcountry, __31__patrolled(有巡逻的)resorts.
Rejection at the resorts did not __32__ snowboarding from growing in popularity. Eventually, the owners of ski resorts changed their views. They __33__ that they could make more money by allowing snowboarding. One by one, the resorts __34__ to welcome snowboards. Today, many resorts even set __35__special areas where snowboarders can practice their creative tricks.
21. A spreading B popular C ordinary D interesting
中国的哪个省(或自治区,直辖市)拥有数量最多度假地(景区)的省份()
A、广西
B、云南
C、北京
D、以上三个都不对
为保护海边建筑免遭海洋风暴的袭击,海洋度假地在海滩和建筑之间建起了巨大的防海墙。这些防海墙不仅遮住了一些建筑物的海景,而且使海岸本身也变窄了。这是因为在风暴从水的一边对沙子进行侵蚀的时候,沙子不再向内陆扩展。如果上述信息正确,那些从其出发,下列哪一项得到了最有力的支持()?
A、由于海洋风暴的猛烈程度不断加深,必须在海洋和海边财产之间建立起更多的高大防海墙。
B、即使是在海滩被人类滥用着的时候,它们对于许多使用它们的野生物种的生存来说依然是必不可少的。
C、用来保护海边建筑的防海墙如果要保护那些建筑,它们自己最终不会被风暴破坏,也不需要昂贵的维修和更新。
D、为以后的世代保留下海滩应该是海岸管理的首要目标。
E、对于一个想要维护自己海滩疗养地功能的海边社区来说,通过建筑防海墙来保护海边建筑的努力,从长远来看,其作用是适得其反的。
圣淘沙岛是下列哪个国家最佳的旅游度假地?( )
A、印度尼西亚
B、新加坡
C、马来西亚
D、泰国
在我国某度假地有一家饭店甲。该饭店的客人主要是来此地旅游度假的国内游客。该饭店经营者发现,在所接待的国内客人中,来自A城市的旅游者占有相当大的比重,于是决定注意调查该城市外出旅游需求情况,以监视其发展变化趋势。在初次调查中获得了以下一些数据:A城有居民600万人。1999年,该城市共有100万人参加了国内旅游活动,其中每人平均外出旅游1.5次,每次外出旅游的平匀停留时间为2天。另外据知,1999年我国人口为12.5亿人,全国国内旅游人次为7.19亿。根据上述情况,试回答下列问题1999,A城的国内旅游者产生潜力指数为( )。
A、0.43
B、0.56
C、0.78
D、1.96