B. To inspire its immigrant community.
C. To keep the cultural variety of the city.
D. To satisfy its immigrant merchants.
62. Fidenzio Salvatori, with two other students, has got two thousand dollars from the government ________.
A. to make an experiment
B. to perform a research
C. to start a marketplace
D. to operate a business
63. According to Salvatori, the marketplace may also help to improve Toronto's _______.
A. market management
B. travel industry
C. community service
D. city planning
64. It can be inferred from the text that the Canadian government supports ________.
A. the protection of different cultures
B. the plan of an open-air market
C. the request of merchants
D. the attitude of shoppers
　 C
Millions of people visit Yosemite National Park every year to see the tall waterfalls and mountains. These mountains are a splendid sight when viewed from the valley floor. Lots of stores, hotels, and restaurants are needed to handle the crowds. Also, water, roads, and other service systems are part of the infrastructure （基础设施）that must be maintained. 
Unfortunately, these systems are starting to break down. It's not just in Yosemite but in national parks around the nation. 
Yosemite is thirty years old according to Dennis Galvin, a National Park Service worker. The park is not only old but worn out. Two or three times as many visitors come every year. That is too many visitors for the park to deal with. 
Four years ago a storm washed out a water pipeline in the Grand Canyon. The National Park Service had to send water trucks to provide water for the visitors. Last month pipes almost broke again and roads had to be closed for a while. 
Why hasn't the National Park Service kept up the park repairs? There is a lack of money. The United States has 378 monuments, parks, and wilderness areas. Between three and four billion dollars are needed for repairs. 　  Yosemite is one national park that does have money for repairs. It has two hundred million dollars but cannot spend it any way it chooses. When the park workers started widening the road, they were forced to stop by the Sierra Club. The club claimed that the road work was damaging the Merced River that runs through the park. 
A Sierra Club lawyer, Julia Olson, feels that the infrastructure needs to be moved out of Yosemite. That way less pressure will be put on the already crowded park. 
65. According to the text, the mountains in Yosemite look most splendid when they are appreciated from _______.
A. the bottom of the valleys
B. the top of the mountains
C. the side of the mountains
D. the edge of the valleys
66. National parks like Yosemite in the U.S. find it increasingly difficult to meet the need of visitors because ________.
A. their transport management needs improving
B. they spend too much on their service systems
C. their service systems frequently go out of order
D. they need help from environmental organizations
67. The main problem of Yosemite National Park is its _______.
A. rundown water pipes
B. overcrowdedness
C. lack of money
D. narrow roads
68. According to the text, the Sierra Club is most likely to be ______.
A. an environmental group
B. an information center
C. a travel service
D. a law firm
　 D
Use your American Express Card to enjoy one-day privileges at four of America”s greatest museums. Note the participating museums, and their exciting special exhibitions that you will not want to miss, listed below. Boston
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Chairs
February 11- May 8,2005
Italian furniture expert Fausto Calderai and Indian photographer Dayanita Singh present an exhibition of chairs from the museum”s collection and “chair photographs” from around the world presented in a Veretian-style hall housing world-famous masterpieces.
For more information: www. Gardnermus. eum. org
New York
The Noguchi Museum
Noguchi and Graham
December 1,2004 May 1, 2005
Noguchi”s long-term collaboration with dancer Martha Graham is regarded by many as a high point in the history of both modern dance and art. The exhibition highlights nine of the sets created through this collaboration. For more information: www.noguchi.org
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
In Full View: American Painting （1720-2005）
January 11-April 10,2005
Founded in 1805, the Pennsylvania Academy has been home to America's artists for 200 years. The Academy collects and exhibits the works of famous American artists, and is well-known for training fine artists. 2005 at the Academy begins with the largest exhibition of the Academy's distinguished American collection in the institution's history.
For more information: www.pafa.org
Seattle
Seattle Museum of Glass
Muran Glass from the Olnick Spanu Collection
Through November 7,2004
This exhibition includes over 200 pieces of beautiful glass from Murano, the island of glassblowers near Venice, Italy. Watch live glass-blowing shows in the Hot Shop and see other modern glass exhibitions.
For more information: www.museumofglass.org
69. Which of the following websites offers information about the furniture show?
A. www.pafa.org
B. www.museumofglass.org
C. www.noguchi.org
D. www.gardnermuseum.org
70. We learn from the text that Martha Graham is _______.
A. a dancer
B. a glassblower
C. a painter
D. a photographer
71. If you want to know the history of American painting, you may visit _______.
A. The Noguchi Museum
B. Seattle Museum of Glass
C. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
D. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
　 E
A device that stops drivers from falling asleep at the wheel is about to undergo testing at Department of Transport laboratories and could go on sale within 12 months.
The system, called Driver Alert, aims to reduce deadly road accidents by 20%-40% that are caused by tiredness. Airline pilots can also use it to reduce the 30% of all pilot-error accidents that are related to fatigue. 
Driver Alert is based on a computerized wristband. The device, worn by drivers or pilots, gives out a sound about every four minutes during a car journey. After each sound the driver must respond by squeezing the steering wheel （方向盘）. A sensor in the wristband detects this pressing action and measures the time between the sound and the driver's response.
Tiredness is directly related to a driver's response time. Usually, a watchful driver would take about 400 milliseconds to respond, but once that falls to more than 500 milliseconds, it suggests that the driver is getting sleepy. 
In such cases the device gives out more regular and louder sounds, showing that the driver should open a window or stop for a rest. If the driver's response continues to slow down, the sounds become more frequent until a nonstop alarm warns that the driver must stop as soon as possible. 
The device has been delivered to the department's laboratories for testing. If these tests, scheduled for six months” time, are successful, the makers will bring the product to market within about a year. 
72. According to the text, Driver Alert _______.
A. aims to reduce tiredness-related accidents
B. aims to prevent drivers from sleeping
C. has gone through testing at laboratories
D. has been on sale for 12 months
73. How should a driver respond to the sounds from Driver Alert?
A. By sounding a warning.
B. By checking the driving time.
C. By touching the writstband
D. By pressing the steering wheel.
74. We can learn from the text that the driver needs to stop for a break when his response time is ________.
A. about 400 milliseconds
B. over 500 milliseconds

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