　　On Friday, 16th October, 1987, a hurricane struck the southeast of England. Nineteen people lost their lives. A great many parks lost trees. Three famous parks in and around London had over 1 400 trees blown over.

　　Kew Gardens is an old and famous research center for plants in the London area. For centuries travelers have returned from abroad with seeds and young plants to add to the center's collection. It has therefore a large number of old and unusual trees. Altogether the center lost more than 1000 trees in the hurricane. One tree which dated from 1761 was blown over and many other valuable trees were lost. Later on the center had a large number of new trees planted.

　　Woods and forests in the southeast were completely destroyed. Millions of young trees have already been planted to take the place of those which were blown over. But it will be more than 100 years before the country begins once again to look as it was before.

　　Surprisingly, the weather reported on the evening before the storm said there would be strong winds, but not a hurricane. In fact, an expert who was studying the weather rang up the BBC to ask if a hurricane was on its way. The weatherman in his TV broadcast repeated this to millions of people and then said that there would be no hurricane. The next day he had a very red face.

1．Kew Gardens is famous because ________.

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A．it is an old research center for plants

B．it has a large number of old and unusual valuable trees

C．many new trees are being planted

D．it has lost many trees in the hurricane

2．It will take ________ to make the country look as it used to be.

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A．less than a century

B．over a century

C．two centuries

D．half a century