The National Park Service
From Acadia to Zion, 369 national parks are part of a continually evolving system. Ancient fossil beds, Revolutionary War battlefields, magnificent mountain ranges, and monuments to heroic men and women who molded this country are all a part of our National Park System . The care and preservation for future generations of these special places is entrusted to the National Park Service. Uniformed Rangers, the most visible representatives of the Service, not only offer park visitors a friendly wave, a helpful answer, or a thought-provoking history lesson, but also are skilled rescuers, firefighters, and dedicated resource protection professionals. The National Park Service ranks also include architects, historians, archaeologists, biologists, and a host of other experts who preserve and protect everything from George Washingtons teeth to Thomas Edisons wax recording.
To help meet these challenges and take advantage of these opportunities, the National Park Service had formed partnerships - some dating back 100 years, some only months old - with other agencies, state and local governments, corporations, American Indian tribes and Alaska Natives, Park Friends groups, cooperating associations, private organizations, community groups and individuals who share the National Park ethic.
1. Why are Americas national parks like old friends?
B) Because they are very old.
D) Because they are very famous.
A) They take tourists to national parks.
C) They help set up new national parks.
3. The National Park Service does all the following EXCEPT
B) molding the Nation.
D) helping preserve the cultural heritage.
A) It is about the American National Parks.
C) It is about the National Park Service partnerships.
5. What will the paragraph following this passage most probably discuss?
B) The preparations made for the celebration of National Park Week 1996.
D) The preservation of national resources in America.