【正文】 on the interior walls.’答案 ；1. open 2. through 3. for 4. usually 5. located 6. aspects 7. including 8. every 9. oldest 10. other 11. all 12. either 13. daily 14. views 15. honor 16. takes 17. Completed 18. death 19. many 20. engraved 【11】The jump _(1) the number of Americans _(2) health insurance is not just another bad economic statistic.Health care costs _(3) soaring again, after several years of stability。 average premiums _(4) nearly 14 percent this year, the third year of doubledigit _(5), according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. Employers are pushing _(6) of the costs onto their workers, raising copayments and deductibles. At the same time, many Americans _(7) their health benefits jeopardized _(8) layoffs, which have continued _(9) the official end of the recession in November 2001.In such time, the plight of the uninsured bees more _(10) a middle class issue, more _(11) a symbol of real closetohome insecurity and _(12) more politically potent, advocates and experts say. _(13) now, “it’s mainly been an _(14) of altruism for a discrete and disadvantaged population,” said Ron Pollack, executive director of Families USA, _(15) liberal consumer group.“Now _(16) the losses _(17) health coverage are impacting _(18) middleclass and working families,” Mr. Pollack said, “this issue _(19) one of selfinterest for a very substantial _(20) of the population.答案：1. in 2. without 3. are 4. rose 5. increase 6. more 7. saw 8. by 9. despite 10. of 11. of 12. thus 13. until 14. issue 15. a 16. that 17. in 18. more 19. because 20. part【12】Tourists were ing to Mexico’s Isla Mujeres _(1) before Cancun began weling visitors bigtime for vacation getaways. Back _(2), sons of local fishermen would take groups from the mainland to visit from a port near Puetro Juarez. Today, a regular ferry _(3) makes runs to Puerto Juarez _(4) halfhour.Before the fishermen’s excursions, _(5) Mayan Indians lived on the island. It _(6) as their sanctuary for Ixchel, the goddess of fertility, reason, medicine and the moon. Remnants of her temple still stand at the southern _(7) of the island, which also has been used as a lighthouse in which _(8) shone through holes in the temple walls to warn _(9) at sea.The Mayans also harvested salt from the lagoons in the area, and in wartime, the island was one of their_(10).Let me tell you a tale of a wonderful trip to that secluded island in the Caribbean on the easternmost point in Mexico.Isla Mujeres is _(11) six miles north of Cancun and has fewer than 12,000 inhabitants. In recent years, tourism has continued to bee a larger _(12) of the island’s economy, along with fishing.Beaches surround Isla Mujeres, which at its widest point is 41/2 miles by less than 800 yards. The _(13) widely used ones are located on the north and west sides. I spent many hours sitting in the calm tide of Playa Norte, which is the most popular beach on the island. Each evening, the sun would appear above the _(14) as an orangeyellow circle, as if painted in the sky. Even after the _(15), I enjoyed watching the moonlight dance on the water.Although many Americans visit the beaches, the _(16) European or South American woman also can be seen sunning herself. For other _(17), kayaks and snorkeling gear can be _(18) from Tarzan’s Water Sports. The eastern rocky shores with their strong _(19) are too dangerous for swimming. The Laguna Makax is used to house boats, expecially during hurricane _(20).答案：1. long 2. then 3. service 4. every 5. the 6. served 7. point 8. torches 9. sailors 10. refuges 11. about 12. part 13. most 14. horizon 15. sunset 16. occasional 17. diversions 18. rented 19. currents 20. season【13】Isla Mujeres is the ancestral _(1) ground for the giant sea turtles that _(2) their eggs in the sand from May through September. Although the turtles used to be devoured, they are faring _(3) now under federal protection.At the Isla Mujeres Turtle Farm, turtle eggs are kept in pens to protect them from _(4). Newlyt hatched turtles are held in tanks until they are _(5) into the wild. Garrafon Natural Park has an offshore reef that is relatively _(6) and has calm surf. The park, on the southern part of the island, is the highest geographical _(7) in the Mexican Caribbean.There are no hotels or motels nearby, but the park is _(8) easily by a rented golf cart, the most popular _(9) of trasportation on the island. Taxi services and motor bikes also are _(10)._(11) a 10dollar entrance fee, visitors to Garrafon can take _(12) in various activities, including swimming in an oceanside pool, sleeping in a hammock _(13) watching the parrots in the park. Other options, including scuba diving and swinging on a zip line across the water, require an _(14) fee. Tourists may rent lockers, towels or diving gear at a reasonable fee. The park also has gift and snack shops and a restaurant.I would have seen other features of the Island, _(15) as the reconstructed Mayan village, archaeological ruins, the museum, the beach, the lagoon and the wading pools, and scuba tours. I _(16) could have visited jungle cats, monkeys, bats and even a mushroom farm, but this would have taken another visit or _(17).Guests also can stay in a hotel room in the resort’s pyramid tower that _(18) into the sky. The resort has a spa, a fitness center, four restaurants and the Castaway nightclub.If tourists lack a fivestar _(19), there are 40 other hotels on the island, including the Hotel Belmar, which offers threestar acmodations in the _(20) of downtown in the northwestern part of the island. I could have stayed on Isla Mujeres for a long, long time, but the boat came back for me.答案：1. hatching 2. lay 3. better 4. predators 5. released 6. shallow 7. spot 8. reached 9. mode 10. available 11. For 12. part 13. or 14. additional 15. such 16. also 17. two