IV. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

As the coronavirus pandemic canceled or changed (5) __________ Americans’ travel plans, people flocked to public lands in record numbers • many for the first lime. (6) __________ these outdoor spaces are a vital haven to visitors trying to cope with the pandemic, land managers are finding that there’s a steep learning curve when it comes to these visitors' responsible use.

"The visitation that we typically saw on the weekend, we were seeing during die week", says Lawrence Lujan, a United Stales Forest Service public affairs (7) __________. "And the visitation that we typically saw during a holiday weekend, like the Fourth of July, we were seeing on weekends."

With increased use comes increased problems. Public land managers must content with people hiking off trail, driving or parking off-road, trampling vegetation, not packing out trash and overcrowding.

This year’s uptick in visitation in going to continue. "Now, we're getting ready for an expected spike in lull and winter recreation." says Lujan. Here’s how land managers, faced with a surge of visitors, are working to regulate crowds and (8) __________their impact.

(Adapted from nationalgeographic.com)