3.Cross Canada trips offer travelers the opportunity to experience the diversity of the cities,the landscapes,the culture and the history.Traveling across the country by train is an ideal option for visitors hoping to explore.
By Rail Canada
By Rail Canada offers a wide range of train tours through various parts of the country.The Coast to Coast Explorer tour is the most comprehensive (全面的) tour of Canada available by train.It?s a 21-night voyage that starts from Victoria,B.C.and tours through the Rockies,across the prairies (草原),up to the Canadian shield,into French Quebec and over to Acadian Canada.All trains,hotels and sightseeing trips are pre-arranged with this tour.Passengers can choose their own meals from a given menu.The rate for this tour is $5,990 USD and can be booked by telephone.
Discovery Group Charter and Tours
The most comprehensive Canadian tour by Discovery Group Charter and Tours is the Fabulous Coast to Coast Explorer.This 22-day tour uses both By Rail Canada trains and the Rocky Mountaineer trains,which leaves Vancouver every Sunday,Tuesday and Thursday.The voyage makes stops in eight cities,ranging in length from an afternoon to two nights.Passengers stay overnight in Banff for two nights while exploring the surrounding area.Three nights are spent in a Toronto hotel as guests visit attraction in the downtown as well as the surrounding Greater Toronto Area and Niagara Falls.The rate for this train trip is $6,565 USD and includes 20 nights accommodation,all train travel,15 on-board meals,motor coach transport and all tours and attractions.
Brewster Vacations Canada
  For travelers looking for a shorter train tour across Canada,there is the Cross Canada by Train from Toronto package from Brewster Vacations Canada.This seven-day trip covers five provinces,passing through the Manitoba prairies and the Rocky Mountains to reach the final destination of Vancouver.This train tour is a non-stop tour from Toronto to Vancouver,meaning that the only sightseeing tours are in Toronto and in Vancouver.Prices for this train tour begin at $1,944 USD per person and include two nights hotel accommodation,four nights accommodation on board By Rail,a tour in both Toronto and Vancouver,airport and hotel transfers,and maps.
68.Why is the Coast to Coast Explorer tour a good choice?B
A.Because it is a 21-day trip in all.
B.Because passengers can travel from west to east.
C.Because passengers can order any meal.
D.Because it can be booked on line.
69.If you have 10days off,you had better joinD.
A.By Rail Canada
B.Discovery Group Charter and Tours
C.both A and B
D.Brewster Vacations Canada
70.The purpose of this text is toD.
A.introduce the landscape of Canada
B.introduce Canada′s rail service
C.show the different price of the train trips
D.attract tourists to travel in Canada.
2.Officials say the islands of Tokelau in the South Pacific Ocean have become the world′s first territory totally powered by the sun.The move is expected to save money and ease the environmental burden of depending on imported fossil fuels.
New Zealand′s foreign affairs minister released a statement about the Tokelau Renewable Energy Project.Murray McCully said Tokelau′s three main islands now have enough solar capacity to meet all of their electricity needs.
The three islands of Tokelau are Atafu,Nukunonu and Fakaofo.The group of islands is about halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii and is administered by New Zealand.Together they have about 1500citizens.
Each island received its own solar power transmission network.New Zealand officials estimated the cost of the project to build the three solar transmission networks at around seven million dollars.The last of them was completed earlier this month.
It is estimated that oil imports make up to thirty percent of national income in some parts of the Pacific.The move to solar power could save Tokelau about one million dollars a year.One project director said Tokelau would now be able to spend more on social programs to help its citizens.
Other South Pacific islands are attempting similar projects.The island nations of Samoa and Tuvalu are aiming to get all of their electricity from renewable sources by 2020.The Cook Islands plans to start moving to solar panels and wind turbines(涡轮).And most houses in the South Pacific groups of islands will begin to use solar water heaters.
East Timor′s government has promised that no households in the capital,Dili,would be using firewood for cooking by 2015.It also says fifty percent of the country′s electricity will come from renewable sources by the end of the decade.
New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully said the country would hold a Pacific energy summit in March next year.He said the meeting would build on the success of clean and affordable energy solutions for Tokelau,Tonga,and the Cook Islands.

64.From the passage we can know thatC.
A.the three islands lie close to New Zealand
B.each island has a population of about 1,500 people
C.solar power transmission networks on the three islands are separated
D.each island has spent around seven million dollars
65.Who will benefit most from the Renewable Energy Project?D
A.New Zealand officials.
B.New Zealand government.
C.The project directors.
D.Tokelau′s people.
66.What′s the main idea of Paragraph 6?A
A.Some other South Pacific islands are trying to use green energy.
B.The island nation of Samoa is trying to develop green energy.
C.The Cook Islands start moving to solar panels and wind turbines.
D.Most houses in the South Pacific groups of islands will use solar water heaters.
67.What′s the main aim of the Pacific energy summit?D
A.To prevent sea pollution.
B.To reduce the cost of building solar power network.
C.To improve the islanders′income.
D.To find ways of using new and clean energy.
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