D. China ranks high among the countries with 29 sites listed on the list.
答案：D 细节理解题。从According to a world heritage education programme jointly launched by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and China's Ministry of Education可知A项错误；从the course will first be offered at several schools in Beijing可知B项错误；从Currently, protection of the country's cultural and natural resources leaves much to be desired.可知C项错误；从Listed are 754 sites all over the world, of which 29 are in China—the third most after Spain and Italy.可知D项正确。
2．What can you expect to learn at the class? A. What world heritage is. B. Why we should protect heritage. C. How world heritage should be protected. D. All of the above.
答案：D 细节理解题。从The class aims to tell children what world heritage is and why and how it should be protected.可知课堂设置的目的是告诉孩子们世界遗产是什么，为什么要保护遗产以及如何保护遗产，故选D项。
3．The underlined word “cultivate” in the third paragraph probably means “________”．
A. distribute C. develop
B. exploit D. improvise
答案：C 词义猜测题。根据下文这种课程能帮助孩子意识到保护遗产的重要性，故此处指的是教育无疑是最好的提升孩子遗产保护意识的最好的方式，故选C项。
4．What's the purpose of the passage?
A. To inform us of the reason for protecting the heritage. B. To tell us the way to protect the heritage. C. To tell us a new course.
D. To tell us heritage preservation starts with education.
答案：D 推理判断题。本文主要介绍了在教学中加入遗产保护的课程，故写作的目的是告诉我们遗产保护从教育开始，故选D项。
