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Selected Articles from American and British Newspapers and Magazines Lesson Four Exploding Tourism Eroding China’s Riches (Para1) DUNHUANG, China—For the growing army of middle-class Chinese with a little extra money to spend, touring their vast country has become almost as natural as breathing. Both activities, it turns out, are harming the ancient Buddhist grottoes that make this place one of China’s cultural wonders. 1. What activities are harming ancient  Buddhist grottoes? (A) The growing army of tourists came to  appreciate the cultural wonders. (B) The breath of the tourists which is  comprised of carbon dioxide and  moisture. (C) wind, rain, sand and Western plunderers. (Para 3) Wind, rain, sand and Western plunderers have all damaged the caves over the years. But the greatest scourge these days comes from the tourists who swarm here by the busload, bring destructive amounts of carbon dioxide and moisture into the caves along with their eagerness for a glimpse of ages past. 2. Who turned the caves into the painted  shrines? (see Para 2) The Silk Road (or Silk Routes) is an extensive interconnected network of trade routes across the Asian continent connecting East, South, and Western Asia with the Mediterranean world, as well as North and Northeast Africa and Europe. Land routes are red, water routes are blue. 3. Are murals in good shape? (para5) Many of the murals are already sagging or peeling from the earthen walls, their delicate beauty faded away. Others have deteriorated beyond the repair efforts of Chinese and foreign experts, including workers from the Getty Conservation Institute in Los Angeles. Para.5 Others have deteriorated beyond the repair efforts of Chinese and foreign experts. Other murals have deteriorated, and Chinese and foreign experts can not repair them, no matter how many efforts are paid. Para.5 It is a nice sentiment, but totally insupportable if the art insi