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37. Raised language fund in England 
38. Not enough effort on saving until recent work 
Questions 39-40
Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D. 
Write your answers in boxes 39-40 on your answer sheet. 
39. What is real result of master-apprentice program sponsored by The Ford Foundation! 
A Teach children how to speak 
B Revive some endangered languages in California 
C postpone the dying date for some endangered languages 
D Increase communication between students 
40. What should majority language speakers do according to the last paragraph? 
A They should teach their children endangered language in free lessons 
B They should learn at least four languages 
C They should show their loyalty to a dying language 
D They should be more tolerant to minority language speaker 
 
 

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Reading Test 6 
SECTION 1
 
Eco-Resort Management Practices
A
Ecotourism is often regarded as a form of nature-based tourism and has become an 
important alternative source of tourists. In addition to providing the traditional resort-
leisure product, it has been argued that ecotourism resort management should have a 
particular focus on best-practice environmental management, an educational and 
interpretive component, and direct and indirect contributions to the conservation of the 
natural and cultural environment (Ayala, 1996). 
B
Couran Cove Island Resort is a large integrated ecotourism-based resort located south 
of Brisbane on the Gold Coast, Queensland, and Australia. As the world's population 
becomes increasingly urbanised, the demand for tourist attractions which are 
environmentally friendly, serene and offer amenities of a unique nature, has grown 
rapidly. Couran Cove Resort, which is one such tourist attractions, is located on South 
Stradbroke Island, occupying approximately 150 hectares of the island. South Stradbroke 
Island is separated from the mainland by the Broadwater, a stretch of sea 3 kilometers 
wide More than a century ago, there was only one Stradbroke Island, and there were at 
least four aboriginal tribes living and hunting on the island. Regrettably, most of the 
original island dwellers were eventually killed by diseases such as tuberculosis, smallpOx 
and influenza by the end of the 19th century. The second ship wreak on the island in 
1894, and the subsequent destruction of the ship (the Cambus Wallace) because it 
contained dynamite, caused a large crater in the sandhills on Stradbroke Island. 
Eventually, the ocean broke through the weakened land form and Stradbroke became 
two islands. Couran Cove Island Resort is built on one of the world's few naturally-
occurring sand lands, which is home to a wide range of plant communities and one of the 
largest remaining remnants of the rare livistona Rainforest left on the Gold Coast. Many 

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