For many years, Hawaii has been a magic name to people who like to travel. People on both sides of the Pacific Ocean, in Japan and in America, dream of seeing these always include at least one scene of a sunset over the ocean. In the tropical(热带的)lands, the sun drops, like a ball of golden fire into the sea, and it drops so quickly that you can almost see it move. The sun leaves behind a glow that lights the skies in the quiet water.

  People often have a quiet, peaceful perfect time for a leisurely(悠闲的)walk along the water. This scene is not too different from the dramatic(令人神往的)beauty that greeted the first strangers to these islands centuries ago. They were Polynesian people who came from Tahiti in canoes not much bigger than small boats.

  They found the beautiful white sand beaches and the waving palm trees, but there were no giant hotels like the ones we see nowadays. The first people came to Hawaii nearly tow thousand years ago, but skyscraper hotels only have been built in the last 25 years. Now jet airplanes make it possible to fly to Hawaii for a weekend from Tokyo or San Francisco or Los Angeles.

  Whenever the people come, they really want to see the original beauty of Hawaii. They want to see the lovely beaches and the mountains called Diamond Head(金刚山)which is almost hidden by the tall hotels.

1. Hawaii is the name ____.

  A. given by people who like to travel

  B. attracting a lot of travelers

  C. with an interesting story behind it

  D. talked about both the Japanese and Americans

2. What does not belong to “the original beauty of Hawaii”?

  A. White sand beaches.

  B. Waving palm trees.

  C. Tall hotels.

  D. The Diamond Head Mountain.

3. The last paragraph suggests ____.

  A. the scenery nowadays is different from the original beauty

  B. it is not quite easy to see the original beauty, because some of the scenery is almost hidden

   by tall hotels

  C. the scenery nowadays is unchanged

  D. it is difficult to see the original beauty because things have completely changed in the last

   25 years

4. The best topic of the passage is ____.

  A. Islands           B. Hawaii, A Magic Name

  C. Traveling in Hawaii         D. The Dramatic Beauty

 

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