whether to put them on the list. The committee meets every June. Many experts help the committee to decide.

　　3) After a new place goes on the list, UNESCO gives money to help keep it looking good. If a place is in serious danger, it may be put on the List of World Heritage Sites in Danger. UNESCO gives special care and help to those places.

　　4) Countries have to give UNESCO regular reports about places on the list. If UNESCO thinks a country isn't taking good enough care of a place, the site will be taken off the list.

　　9．What is the main purpose of Paragraph 1?

　　A．To tell us what is heritage.

　　B．To stress the importance of heritage.

　　C．To explain the aims of protecting heritage.

　　D．To introduce some places of interest in the world.

　　10．About cultural and natural heritage around the world, UNESCO encourages all the following EXCEPT ________.

　　A．identification　　　　　　B．application

　　C．protection D．conservation

　　11．If a place successfully becomes a World Heritage Site, the country ________.

　　A．can ask UNESCO for more money and help

　　B．should continue to take special care of it

　　C．won't take trouble of caring for it

　　D．will try to put it on the List of World Heritage Sites in Danger

　　12．The purpose of putting a place on the World Heritage List is ________.

　　A．to attract more tourists from other countries

　　B．to get more money and help from other countries

　　C．to have it taken better care of

D．to make it known to other countries

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　　1．解析：选B　细节理解题。从第二段的第一句"The Michael Carlos Museum gave it back after tests showed it was probably that of the man who ruled 3,000 years ago."可知答案为B。

　　2．解析：选D　细节理解题。通读全文可得出事件的来龙去脉和先后次序，因此答案选D。

　　3．解析：选D　推理判断题。根据第四段"Atlanta's Michael Carlos Museum acquired the mummy in 1999."和"a Canadian collector bought the mummy for the Niagara Falls Museum around 1860 from an Egyptian family."可推断答案为D。

　　4．解析：选C　标题归纳题。第一段的第一句是说埃及珍贵文物Ramses木乃伊重返埃及，全文主要是围绕这一主题进行阐述的。所以答案选C。

　　5．解析：选B　细节理解题。根据第三段第一句话"One ranger says the number of visitors is more than the land can handle."可知游客的人数已超过了土地的承受能力。

　　6．解析：选D　细节理解题。根据第四段第二句"Some areas have been fenced off from people and planted with seeds to try to keep them beautiful."可知公园的部分地区围上栅栏是为了让公园变得更美丽。

7．解析：选B　主旨大意题。纵观全文可知，随着游人日益增多，美国加州的Yosemite国家公园正面临着一些问题。针对这些问题，文章提出了一些建议。故选B。