Banff National Park of Canada
Banff's rich history dates back to 1885, when three railway workers came across hot mineral springs surfacing from deep within the mountains. This discovery led to the establishment of Banff National Park, and marked the beginning of Canada's national parks system. Covering 6,641 square kilometers of valleys, mountains, glaciers, forests, meadows and rivers, Banff National Park is one of the world's premier destination spots. Banff is home to a number of outstanding geological and ecological features, including the hot springs and the Castleguard Caves, Canada's longest cave system.
St. Lawrence Islands National Park of Canada
Conceived in the 1870s, St. Lawrence Islands is one of Canada's
oldest national parks. Located in the scenic 1000 Islands Tourist Area,
this tiny jewel has a rich and complex natural human history. Centuries
ago, aboriginal peoples referred to it as the “Garden of the Great Spirit”.
Today, 24 scenic islands, along with a mainland area at Mallorytown
Landing, are included in the park. Here, water is the main attraction. Both
power and sail boaters stop at the park's islands on the way to the
St. Lawrence River.
Grasslands National Park of Canada
It was here Sitting Bull that took refuge after the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876. Grasslands National Park is the first national park of Canada to preserve a large part of the mixed prairie grasslands. This magical land of diversity, beauty and history is divided into two blocks. The East Block contains the Killdeer Badlands and the Wood Mountain Uplands, and the West Block preserves the Frenchman River Valley and the dissected plateaus, coulees and famous 70 Mile Butte. It provides visitors opportunities for camping, hiking, horseback riding, biking and nature viewing in one of the last frontiers of the Canadian west.
63.In order to learn the human history on the islands you’d better go to ___________.
A. Banff National Park B. Grasslands National Park
C. Wood Buffalo National Park D. St. Lawrence Islands National Park
64. Banff National Park was built because ___________.
A. there were lots of scenic islands B. there were many valleys and mountains
C. mineral springs were found in Banff D. there was no national parks in Canada then
65. From the passage, we can know that ___________.
A. visitors can enjoy karst topography in Wood Buffalo National Park
B. Banff National Park is Canada's largest national park
C. people have access to exploring the caves in St. Lawrence Islands National Park
D. Grasslands National Park is where sail boaters stop on the way to the St. Lawrence River
66. The passage is most probably taken from ___________.
A. a travel brochure B. a student’s textbook
C. a photograph album D. an entertainment magazine
D
The nuclear leak (核泄漏) at the Fukushima power plant in Japan, which followed the deadly earthquake two weeks ago, has caused an unexpected reaction in China.
A sudden panic buying of salt occurred in many areas of our
country about a week after the disaster. Salt in these districts was almost bought up overnight. Some sellers wanted to make a fortune by raising the price. The panic buying was caused by two major rumors on the Internet: First, iodized (含碘的) salt can protect against radiation. Second, there might be a fall in sea-salt production following the nuclear pollution of the ocean. Such fears are not new. The same kind of panic happened with vinegar during the SARS outbreak and garlic in the time of the influenza period.
How can rumors like this spread in such a large country as China? Chen Fang, a reporter with the China Youth Daily said that many Internet users say there is a “crisis of trust” in today’s China. “Experts don’t have enough credibility and people don’t trust all government announcements, either.” Chen said.
However, Chen added that the rumors should not be exaggerated (夸大). Many salt-buyers didn’t care; others simply failed to understand what experts and governments were talking about. They just did as their neighbors and friends did. It was a case of the blind following the blind – that was the real reason behind the big increase in the demand for salt.
On March 20, the Ministry of Commerce said: “The panic buying of salt has stopped and the market is back to normal.” He also said China has enough salt to satisfy demand.
Now everything is back to normal, many want to return the salt they bought. But in the view of the Xinhua Daily Telegraph, “It is true that these people paid extra money to buy the salt, but they created the crisis in the first place and caused the price to rise.” The newspaper continued: “So there is no reason why they should get the money back.”
Perhaps consumers should keep the salt to remind themselves that often rumors are without foundation.
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