B．why visitors should travel to the North Shore

　　C．the history of the North Shore

　　D．people's life on the North Shore

　　B　[写作意图题。根据第一段的内容及下文所介绍的瓦胡岛北岸的特点可知，作者写这篇文章的目的是想告诉读者夏威夷瓦胡岛北岸是个与众不同的地方，所以游客应该到那里去游玩。]

　　4．The passage is most probably taken from________．

　　A．a travel magazine

　　B．a research report

　　C．a book review

　　D．an advertisement

　　A　[文章出处题。通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了夏威夷瓦胡岛北岸的独特之处，故最可能出自一本旅游杂志。]

　　B

　　Now many young people are traveling around the world on their own, not because they have no one to travel with, but because they prefer to go alone.

　　Kristina Wegscheider from California first traveled alone when she was at college and believes that it is something everyone should do at least once in their life."It opens up your mind to new things and pushes you out of your comfortable zone." Wegscheider has visited 46 countries covering all seven continents.

　　In foreign countries, with no one to help you read a map, look after you if you get ill, or lend you money if your wallet is stolen, it is challenging. This is what drives young people to travel alone.It is seen as character building and a chance to prove that they can make it on their own.

Chris Richardson decided to leave his sales job in Australia to go traveling last year.He set up a website, The Aussie Nomad, to document his adventures. He said he wished he had traveled alone earlier."The people you meet, the places you visit, or the things you do, everything is up to you and it forces you to grow as a person，" said the