Perhaps the beautiful beach is the island’s m...

Perhaps the beautiful beach is the island’s main ______. It is always full of tourists.

A. land        B. visit       C. attraction        D. tour

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Cape Verde is an African country that contists of 10 main islands and 5 tiny ones. It lies in the Atlantic Ocean, about 400 miles west of Senegal on the African mainland .

Cape Verde has a population of about 329,000 and a total area of 1,557 square miles. Sao Tiago, the largest island , covers 383 square miles. There are no people living on Santa Luzia, the last of the ten larger islands,nor on the five small islands.

Praia,the capital of Cape Verde,is on Sao Tiago.However,the largest city,Mindelo,is on Sao Vicente, the sixth largest island of the group. Portugal(葡萄牙)ruled the islands from the 1460's until 1975,when Cape Verde became independent. Now Cape Verde is a republic with an elected president.

About 70 per cent of the people of Cape Verde have mixed black African and Portuguese (葡萄牙的) blood. The rest of the population are mostly black Africans.

1. If you visit Cape Verde,you will find

A. people only on the ten main islands.

B. about 200 people on every square mile of land.

C. people on all the islands except Santa Luzia.

D. no people on the six smallest islands.

2. Five hundred years ago Cape Verde was

A. a free country.

B. a colony (殖民地).

C. an unknown country.

D. a republic.

3. Three out of ten people living in Cape Verde are of

A. mixed Portuguese and African ancestry (祖先).

B. Portuguese ancestry.

C. either Portuguese or African ancestry.

D. African ancestry.

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The Pacific island nation of Nauru used to be a beautiful place. Now it is an ecological disaster area. Nauru’s heartbreaking story could have one good consequence — other countries might learn from its mistakes.

For thousands of years, Polynesian people lived the remote island of Nauru, far from western civilization. The first European to arrive was John Fearn in 1798. He was the British captain of the Hunter, a whaling ship. He called the island Pleasant Island.

However, because it was very remote, Nauru had little communication with Europeans at first. The whaling ships and other traders began to visit, bringing guns and alcohol. These elements destroyed the social balance of the twelve family groups on the island. A ten-year civil war started, which reduced the population from 1,400 to 900.

Nauru’s real troubles began in 1899 when a British mining company discovered phosphate(磷酸盐)on the island. In fact, it found that the island of Nauru was nearly all phosphate, which a very important fertilizer for farming. The company began mining the phosphate.

A phosphate mine is not a hole in the ground; it is a strip mine. When a company strip-mines, it removes the top layer of soil. Then it takes away the material it wants. Strip mining totally destroys the land. Gradually, the lovely island of Nauru started to look like the moon.

In 1968, Nauru became one of the richest countries in the world. Every year the government received millions and millions of dollars for its phosphate.

Unfortunately, the leaders invested the money unwisely and lost millions of dollars. In addition, they used millions more dollars for personal expenses. Soon people realized that they had a terrible problem — their phosphate was running out. Ninety percent of their island was destroyed and they had nothing. By 2000, Nauru was financially ruined. Experts say that it would take approximately $433,600,000 and more than 20 years to repair the island. This will probably never happen.

1.What might be the author's purpose in writing the text?

A.To seek help for Nauru's problems.

B.To give a warning to other countries.

C.To show the importance of money.

D.To tell a heartbreaking story of a war.

2.What was Nauru like before the Europeans came?

A.Rich and powerful. B.Modern and open.

C.Peaceful and attractive. D.Greedy and aggressive.

3.The ecological disaster in Nauru resulted from _______.

A.soil pollution B.phosphate overmining

C.farming activity D.whale hunting

4.Which of the following was a cause of Nauru's financial problem?

A.Its leaders misused the money.

B.It spent too much repairing the island.

C.Its phosphate mining cost much money.

D.It lost millions of dollars in the civil war.

5.What can we learn about Nauru from the last paragraph?

A.The ecological damage is difficult to repair.

B.The leaders will take the experts'words seriously.

C.The island was abandoned by the Nauruans.

D.The phosphate mines were destroyed.

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The Pacific island nation of Nauru used to be a beautiful place. Now it is an ecological disaster area. Nauru’s heartbreaking story could have one good consequence — other countries might learn from its mistakes.

For thousands of years, Polynesian people lived in the remote island of Nauru, far from western civilization. The first European to arrive was John Fearn in 1798. He was the British captain of the Hunter, a whaling ship. He called the island Pleasant Island.

However, because it was very remote, Nauru had little communication with Europeans at first. The whaling ships and other traders began to visit, bringing guns and alcohol. These elements destroyed the social balance of the twelve family groups on the island. A ten-year civil war started, which reduced the population from 1,400 to 900.

Nauru’s real troubles began in 1899 when a British mining company discovered phosphate (磷酸盐)on the island. In fact, it found that the island of Nauru was nearly all phosphate, which was a very important fertilizer for farming. The company began mining the phosphate.

A phosphate mine is not a hole in the ground; it is a strip mine(露天矿). When a company strip-mines, it removes the top layer of soil. Then it takes away the material it wants. Strip mining totally destroys the land. Gradually, the lovely island of Nauru started to look like the moon.

In 1968, Nauru became one of the richest countries in the world. Every year the government received millions and millions of dollars for its phosphate.

Unfortunately, the leaders invested the money unwisely and lost millions of dollars. In addition, they used millions more dollars for personal expenses. Soon people realized that they had a terrible problem — their phosphate was running out. Ninety percent of their island was destroyed and they had nothing. By 2000, Nauru was financially ruined. Experts say that it would take approximately $433,600,000 and more than 20 years to repair the island. This will probably never happen.

1.What was Nauru like before the Europeans came?

A. Rich and powerful

B. Peaceful and attractive

C. Modern and open

D. Greedy and aggressive

2.The ecological disaster in Nauru resulted from _____________.

A. whale hunting

B. phosphate overmining

C. farming activity

D. soil pollution

3.What can we learn about Nauru from the last paragraph?

A. The ecological damage is difficult to repair.

B. The leaders will take the experts’ words seriously.

C. The island was abandoned by the Nauruans.

D. The phosphate mines were destroyed.

4.What might be the author’s purpose in writing the text?

A. To tell a heartbreaking story of a war.

B. To seek help for Nauru’s problems.

C. To show the importance of money.

D. To give a warning to other countries.

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The Pacific island nation of Nauru used to be a beautiful place. Now it is an ecological disaster area. Nauru’s heartbreaking story could have one good consequence — other countries might learn from its mistakes.

For thousands of years, Polynesian people lived on the remote island of Nauru, far from western civilization. The first European to arrive was John Fearn in 1798. He was the British captain of the Hunter, a whaling ship. He called the island Pleasant Island.

However, because it was very remote, Nauru had little communication with Europeans at first. The whaling ships and other traders began to visit, bringing guns and alcohol. These elements destroyed the social balance of the twelve family groups on the island. A ten-year civil war started, which reduced the population from 1,400 to 900.

Nauru’s real troubles began in 1899 when a British mining company discovered phosphate (磷酸盐)on the island. In fact, it found that the island of Nauru was nearly all phosphate, which is a very important fertilizer for farming. The company began mining the phosphate.

A phosphate mine is not a hole in the ground; it is a strip mine. When a company strip-mines, it removes the top layer of soil. Then it takes away the material it wants. Strip mining totally destroys the land. Gradually, the lovely island of Nauru started to look like the moon.

In 1968, Nauru became one of the richest countries in the world. Every year the government received millions and millions of dollars for its phosphate.

Unfortunately, the leaders invested the money unwisely and lost millions of dollars. In addition, they used millions more dollars for personal expenses. Soon people realized that they had a terrible problem — their phosphate was running out. Ninety percent of their island was destroyed and they had nothing. By 2000, Nauru was financially ruined. Experts say that it would take approximately $433,600,000 and more than 20 years to repair the island. This will probably never happen.

1.What might be the author’s purpose in writing the text?________.

A．To seek help for Nauru’s problems.

B．To give a warning to other countries

C．To show the importance of money.

D．To tell a heartbreaking story of a war.

2.What was Nauru like before the Europeans came? ________.

A．Rich and powerful                       B．Modern and open

C．Peaceful and attractive                   D．Greedy and aggressive

3.The ecological disaster in Nauru resulted from _______.

A．soil pollution                           B．phosphate overmining

C．farming activity                         D．whale hunting

4.Which of the following was a cause of Nauru’s financial problem? ________.

A．Its leaders misused the money

B．It spent too much repairing the island

C．Its phosphate mining cost much money

D．It lost millions of dollars in the civil war.

5.What can we learn about Nauru from the last paragraph?_ _______.

A．The phosphate mines were destroyed

B．The ecological damage is difficult to repair.

C．The island was abandoned by the Nauruans

D．The leaders will take the experts’ words seriously.

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Japan is an island country in the Pacific Ocean. As the Japanese students already know, four main islands and more than 3,000 small ones stretch from north to south for about 1,300 miles. As for the climate of the country, well, it’s hot and humid(潮湿) in summer, but it is quite cold and wet in Japan during winter. Typhoons, which are violent tropical storms, often threaten Japan during the fall. That’s, of course, during the harvest season.

The population of Japan is about 110,5 million. It may seem hard to believe, but the average population density(密度) of the country is about 678 persons per square mile.

About two thirds of the entire population lives in Japan’s cities. The other one third lives in the suburbs or in the countryside. No other country in southern or eastern Asia has such a large urban, or city population. Tokyo, the capital city of Japan, is the most density-populated city in the world. At last count there were more than 11.5 million people living in Tokyo.

1.Why is Japan called an island country? Because ______.

A. Japan is a small country

B. it is on the Pacific Ocean

C. it has thousands of big and small islands

D. Japan has hundreds of small islands

2.Typhoons often attack Japan during______.

A. spring　　　　 B. summer

C. autumn　　　 D. winter

3.Most of the people in Japan live_____.

A. in the rural areas　　　　　　　 B. in the countryside

C. around the cities　　　　　　　　 D. in the cities

4.The most densely-populated city in the world is_____.

A. New York　　　　　　　　　　　 B. Shanghai

C. London　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. the capital of Japan

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Mylonoa Island in autumn and winter is peaceful and beautiful. It is perfect for a relaxing stay or a brief visit. One can see and enjoy the blue skies, the wide beaches, and also have wonderful walks in the hills, perhaps not every day, but usually until the beginning of January. Visitors and winter tourists often come to Mykonos to discover the traditional Greek island. They can escape busy Athens after business, or calm down after a long European tour before traveling on further to Egypt, Israel, or Asia.

Apart from the more usual tourists, you will find various hikers, walkers, readers, writers, bikers, and so on in this island. You can also visit the beautiful Delos, hike through mountains walk on beaches, explore another side of the island life with some monasteries(修道院), horse ride, or take part in local gatherings and meet some friendly Mykonians,

Mykonos’ climate is Mediterranean and mild. Autumn is always blue skied and sunny, where the temperature only drops very gradually. The nice days for beach going and swimming last until early January. The real winter months are also mild. Even in January, the temperature never drops very to be on. The island has a great percentage of humidity because of the south-easterly winds and rainfall between mid-January and each- March; there is also a possibility of storms and colder northerly winds at this period. Snow is rare, perhaps one every ten years. The clear blue sky still exists for most of the winter.

1.Mykonos island lies in _______.

A. Egypt        B. Israel         C. Greek           D. India

2. What’s the main purpose of this passage?

A. To sum up some situations of many islands.

B. To introduce a beautiful island to people.

C. To compare their climate.

D. To describe the people visiting the island.

3.Which of the following is NOT wrong?

A. Every year, a great number of people go to Mykonos island to tour, hike, walk, read, write and bike.

B. It often snows in Mykonos island.

C. Mykonos’ climate is very awful.

D. From time to time, you can see the blue sky in Mykonos island.

4. What’s the Chinese meaning of the underlined word “humidity”?

A. 温度       B. 湿度        C. 紫外线         D. 大气压

5. We can infer from the passage ______.

A. Mykonos island is a well-known tour resort

B. Mykonos island is a very big island in Europe

C. there are many rare animals in Mykonos island

D. winter is the best season to travel to Mykonos island.

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Once a man was walking along a beach. The sun was shining and it was a beautiful day. In the distance he could see a person 1.(go) back and forth between the surf’s edge 2. the beach. As the man approached, he could see there were hundreds of starfish(海星)3. (lie) on the sand as 4. result of the natural action of the tide.

The person seemed to be 5. (absorb) in the apparently useless task. There were　 too many starfish. Many of them were sure to die. When he came near, the person continued the task of 6.(pick) the starfish one by one and throwing them into the ocean.

As he came up to the person, he said, “You must be crazy. There are 7.thousand) of miles of beach 8.(cover) with starfish. You can’t 9.(possible) make a difference.” The person looked at the man. He then bent down and picked up one more starfish and threw it back into the ocean. He turned back to the man,10.(say), “It surely makes a difference to that one!”

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Once a man was walking along a beach. The sun was shining and it was a beautiful day. In the distance he could see a person 1. (go) back and forth between the surf’s edge 2. the beach. As the man approached, he could see there were hundreds of starfish stranded on the sand as a result of the natural 3. (act) of the tide.

The man 4. (stick) by the apparent uselessness of the task.There were far too many starfish. Many of them were sure to die. As he approached, the person continued the task of 5. (pick) up the starfish one by one and throwing them into the ocean.

As he came up to the person, he said, “You must be crazy. There are 6. (thousand) of miles of beach 7. (cover) with starfish. You can’t 8. (possible) make any difference.” The person looked at the man. He then bent down and picked up one 9. (many) starfish and threw it back into the ocean. He turned back to the man and said, “It surely made a 10. to that one！”

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The little girl is walking along the beach, _________, occasionally bending down to pick up a beautiful seashell.

A.happily and joyfully B.happily and joyful

C.happy and joyful D.happy and joyfully

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