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Practice Examination 2 Part I Reading Comprehension (40 %) Questions 1 to 4 are based on the following passage: The National Trust in Britain ， together with similar voluntary organization ， plays an increasingly important part in the preservation for public enjoyment of the best that is left unspoiled of British countryside. Although the Trust has received practical and moral support from the government ， it is not a rich government ，supported by public taxes. It is a voluntary association of people who care for the unspoild countryside and the ancient sites to preserve them for the permanent enjoyment of the public. It is a charity which depends for its existence on voluntary support from members of the public. It has 160,000 members in England ，Wales and Northern Ireland who pay a small subscription each year ， and its primary duties are to protect for the nation places of great natural beauty and places of historical interest and preserve them from the dangers of modern development and extinction. 英国的国民托管组织，和类似志愿者组织一起，在保护公众最喜爱的未被破坏的英国乡村中起着越来越重要的作用。尽管这个组 织受到政府的实际的和精神上的支持，但不是一个资金充裕的政府，没有公众纳税支撑。这是一个志愿者协会，是一些关心未被破坏 的乡村和古物遗址的人们联合在一起，为大众保护这些东西。这是一个慈善团体，由公众成员自愿支撑其运转。这个组织在英国有 160,000 位成员，威尔士和白爱尔兰每年捐款很少，他们的主要责任是保护国家自然景观和名胜古迹，保护他们不被现代开发破坏，保护他们使他们免于消逝。 Wales [weilz] n. 威尔士（英国大不列颠岛 西南部 地区） Northern Ireland 北爱尔兰自治区 （在爱尔兰东北部） place of historical interest 名胜古迹 The attention of the public was first drawn to the dangers threatening the great old houses and castles of Britain by the late Lord Lothian ， who in 1935 said that ，as a result of taxation and estate duty ， most of these ancient houses were under sentence of death. When he died he left his great seventh century house and all its contents to the Trust together with 4,500-acre park and estate surrounding it. This gift attracted wide publicity ， and it started the Trusts “ Country House Scheme ”. Under the scheme ，with the cooperation of the government and thanks to the generosity of the general public ，the Trust has b