For a small island Great Britain has a great length of coastline, and there is no place in the whole country which is more than three hours’ journey by car from the sea. The coast is very varied, with perhaps the best parts in the southwest of England and in the west of Scotland. The coast of Devon and Cornwall, in the south-west, is much indented (向内陆凹进), with many sheltered bays and fine rough points of land extending out into the sea. With so large a population on so small an island the best parts of the coast are inevitably rather crowded during the summer, but much of Devon and Cornwall is still unspoiled, with many picturesque (风景如画的) fishing villages. The other parts of the coast are less dramatic, being partly fiat and partly steep.
In the parts nearest to great centres of population big seaside-resort (海淀胜地) towns have grown up. Four of these, Brighton, Bournemouth and Southend in the south, and Blackpool in the north-west, have become important towns thems
A. a week
B. a fortnight
C. 3 hours or less
D. more than 3 hours
Los Angeles has planted 2,000 rubber trees down the middle of one of its main streets. These trees do not (21) rubber. They are, (22) , made of rubber. Mr. Joe Dynamo, a spokesman for Los Angeles (23) council, explained the reasons. He said:
"These (24) are representative of our virtual society. We have polystyrene grass on our golf (25) . We have non-milk powder (26) our coffee. We (27) copies in plastic of old wooden furniture. We have fiberglass tombstones. (28) shouldn’t we have trees made of rubber"
"At 50 miles an hour, (29) motorist will see any difference. And our preservation (30) will be lower. You give the trees an annual rinse (清洗) with detergent, and (31) them off twice a year. We (32) a lot of money because transplanting, pruning, weeding and leaf-collection are all (33) . And we have a 60-year (34) guarantee
A. some
B. no
C. many
D. a few
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