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National Parks: Made for You and Me

·While the term “national park” is associated with images of the American West, there are national park units in every. U. S. state and territory. Together they welcome about 300 million visitors each year and span some 85 million acres, almost 55 million of which are in Alaska.

·There are more than 400 sites in the National Park System, though that includes far more than what we traditionally think of as “parks”, such as parkways and rivers, Strictly speaking, there are 63 national parks (California has the most, with nine), but there are also national historic parks, national military parks, and other designations. A few are thoroughly unique. Among them: the White House.

·The National Park Service (NPS) oversees all 400+ of these sites. But rules about what you can and cannot do in national parks differ from site to site. Activities that are prohibited at national parks, such as hunting and fishing, are allowed on some national preserves. Many national parks allow the scattering of ashes (the Grand Canyon is a notable exception); though, like Hitchcock, you need to obtain NPS permission. The same goes for couples who wish to marry inside a national park.

·Additions to the National Park System generally require acts of Congress, but the president can name new national monuments. Of the 63 national parks, only one is named after a president: Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota.

·It was another president who created the NPS in 1916; Woodrow Wilson Parks that predate (早于) the NPS include Yosemite in California and Mount Rainier in Washington. But Yellowstone, which turned 150 this year, was the world’s first national park. Today, more than 100 countries have national parks and preserves. The largest by area is in Greenland, though 97 percent of the Galapagos Islands is a national park.

【小题1】Which state has the widest span of national parks in the USA?

A．California.

B．Alaska.

C．Washington.

D．North Dakota

【小题2】Which of the following statements may be TRUE?

A．Rules about what you can and can’t do in different national parks vary.

B．All national parks prohibit hunting and fishing.

C．National parks don’t allow the scattering of ashes.

D．Couples can marry inside a national park.

【小题3】National parks can be added to the National Park System ______.

A．after the approval of local residents

B．after the president names them

C．after the relevant acts of Congress are passed

D．after these parks meet some specific criteria

【小题4】Which of the following is NOT a national park?

A．Yellowstone.

B．The White House.

C．The Grand Canyon.

D．Greenland.

【小题5】Which of the following is the passage probably taken from?

A．An instruction book.

B．A university newspaper.

C．A magazine.

D．A student guide.

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