ces that separate people.
A. potential
B. profit
C.benefit
D. energy
13. Standardization and rigidity are very clear characteristics of ____ tours offered on al arge scale.
A. international
B. in-bound
C. package
D. business
14. The realization of one's desire to travel depends on many complex social and political factors, including the social _____ of the destination.
A. change
B. awareness
C. policy
D. stability
15. There is great potential in China for specialized tourism, focusing on ethnic roups and _______ adventure.
A. environmental
B. minority
C. mountain
D. rural
Ⅱ. Reading comprehension: (2×10=20)
Directions: Read the following passages and make your proper choices.
(1)
Some seven or eight hundred years ago, Hangzhou, known as Ling'an then, was the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty. At that time, watching the tidal bore was already a grand occasion in town when the whole population would turn out for the spectacle. The best time to do this was from the 15th to the 18th of the eighth month of each year. But beginning from about the tenth day of the month, that part of the river bank that offered the best vantage point for ride watching would already be a busy gathering place for little open-air booths and stalls where vendors piled
colourful wares on their carts or boxes. There would be all kinds of snacks and cooked meats in shining pots and pans. The taverns and restaurants would put up mulfi-coloured lanterns and flags or pennants, displaying meanwhile an attractive array of meat and vegetable dishes with a lot more exotic delicacies on the menu. In the tea-houses would be hung painting scrolls and calligraphy scrolls by famous artists while the antique vases would be filled with flesh flowers. In addition, there would be vendors displaying plasters and medicinal herbs for sale on the ground, roving artists with their monkeys for variety, shows or folk artists ready to entertain the crowds. Even before the days of the tidal bore, these people would be gathered o