000 HOTELS ARE BOOKED SOLID EVERY SUMMER. AND 13 MILLION PEOPLE CAM...

30,000 hotels are booked solid every summer. And 13 million people camp out on French beaches,parks and roadsides. Spain’s long sandy coastline attracts more people than anywhere else. 37 milliontourists visit yearly, or one tourist for every person living in Spain.But there are signs that the area is getting more tourists than it can handle. The Mediterranean isalready one of the most polluted seas on earth. And with increased tourism, it’s getting worse. TheFrench can’t figure out what to do with all the garbage left by campers around St. Tropez. And inmany places, swimming is dangerous because of pollution.None of this, however, is spoiling anyone’s fun. The Mediterranean gets more popular everyyear with tourists. Obviously, they don’t go there for clean water and solitude. They tolerate trafficjams and seem to like crowded beaches. They don’t even mind the pollution. No matter how dirty thewater is, the coastline still looks beautiful. And as long as the sun shines, it’s still better than sitting inthe cold rain in Berlin, London, or Oslo.(Adapted from “Modern Sun Worshippers”)Question 36: The writer seems to imply that Europeans travel mostly for the reason that ______.A. they want to see historic remains or religious spots.B. they are interested in different cultural traditions and social customs.C. they would like to take pictures in front of famous sites.D. they wish to escape from the cold, dark and rainy days back at home.Question 37: In paragraph 2, cities like London, Copenhagen, and Amsterdam are mentioned_______.A. to show that they are not good cities in terms of geography and climate.B. to suggest that these cities lack places of historic interest and scenic beauty.C. to prove that they have got more tourism than they handle.D. to tell us how wealthy their people are.Question 38: According to the passage, which of the following countries attracts more tourists thanthe others?A. Italy B. Spain C. Greece D. FranceQuestion 39: The phrase“booked solid”in paragraph 3 means most nearly the same as ______.A. seeming to be hard to book B. being uncomfortable to live inC. having no spaces inside D. having less people than normalQuestion 40: The latter half of the last sentence in paragraph 3, “or one tourist for every personliving in Spain”means _____.A. all the 37 million people living in Spain are tourists.B. every Spanish is visited by a tourist every year.C. every person living in Spain has to take care of a tourist annually.D. every year almost as many tourists visit Spain as there are people living in that country.Question 41: The word“tolerate”in paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to ______.A. exclude B. endure C. reject D. neglectQuestion 42:According to the passage, which of the following factors might spoil the tourists’ fun atMediterranean resorts and beaches?A. Polluted water B. Crowded buses C. Traffic jams D. Rainy weatherRead the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicatethe correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 50.While some forecasting methods had limited success predicting the 1997 El Nino a few monthsin advance, the Columbia University researchers say their method can predict large El Nino events upto two years in advance. That would be a boon for governments, farmers and others seeking to planfor the droughts and heavy rainfall El Nino can produce in various parts of the world.Using a computer, the researchers matched sea-surface temperatures to later El Ninooccurrences between 1980 and 2000 and were then able to anticipate El Nino events dating back to