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Tristan da Cunha, a 38-square-mile island, is the farthest inhabited island in the world, according to the Guinness Book of Records. It is 1510 miles southwest of its nearest neighbor, St. Helena, and 1 950 miles west of Africa．Discovered by the Portuguese admiral (葡萄牙海军上将) of the same name in 1506, and settled in 1810, the island belongs to Great Britain and has a population of a few hundred.

    Coming in a dose second—and often wrongly mentioned as the most distant land—is Easter Island, which lies 1 260 miles east of its nearest neighbor, Pitcairn Island, and 2 300 miles west of South America.

    The mountainous 64-square-mile island was settled a round the 5th century, supposedly by people who were lost at sea．They had no connection with the outside world for more than a thousand years, giving them plenty of time to build more than 1 000 huge stone figures, called moai, for which the island is most famous.

    On Easter Sunday, 1722, however, settlers from Holland moved in and gave the island its name. Today, 2 000 people live on the Chilean territory (智利领土). They share one street, a small airport, and a few hours of television per day.

1. It can be learned from the text that the island of Tristan da Cunha ______.

A．was named after its discoverer

B．got its name from Holland settlers

C．was named by the British government

D．got its name from the Guinness Book of Records

2. Which of the following is most famous for moai?

A．Tristan da Cunha.

B．Pitcairn Island.

C．Easter Island.

D．St. Helena.

3. Which country does Easter Island belong to?

A．Britain.

B．Holland.

C．Portugal.

D．Chile.

 

答案：A;C;D
解析：

1．本题问及Tristan da Cunha小岛的命名。如能通过浏览把握本文篇章结构，则可以看出，关于该岛的内容都在第1段：运用SCANNING(寻读)技巧可以在该段结尾句里找到与本题相关的线索(关键词name)，通读全句后可以得出答案：Discovered by the Portuguese admiral of the same name(as the island)...

2．本题涉及关于moai(=stone figures)的一个细节问题：其所在地。四个选项均为岛名，因此不能依此线索查找。要按题干中所问，从第3段找到moai所在的岛，但这里仅提到“the island”，循此线索往上追寻：(第3段结尾)the island=(第3段开头)the mountainous 64- square-mile island=(第2段中)Easter Island，即为答案。

第2段中也提到了Pitcairn Island，但它只是 Easter Island的nearest neighbor；选择该项的考生在把握语句结构、准确理解文意方面仍有困难，因而更容易受其干扰迷惑，导致误选。

    定冠词the的返指(referring back)在解题过程中起了至关重要的作用。NMET中并不会直接考查对语句结构的分析，但语法结构的掌握对于阅读理解的准确性来说是至关重要的。

3．本题考查复活岛今日的归属问题。题干提问中使用的现在时态也是不容忽视的。问的是“现在”情况，不是过去。第4段中间提到Today，...Chilean territory，与答案D吻合。另外三个国家中，有的与此岛并不相干(A．Britain；C．Portugal)；有的则只是历史上的过客(B．Holland)。

 


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　　Tristan da Cunha, a 38-square-mile island, is the farthest inhabited island in the world, according to the Guinness Book of Records. It is 1,510 miles southwest of its nearest neighbor, St. Helena, and 1,950 miles west of Africa. Discovered by the Portuguese admiral (葡萄牙海军上将) of the same name in 1506, and settled in 1810, the island belongs to Great Britain and has a population of a few hundred.

　　Coming in a close second - and often wrongly mentioned as the most distant land - is Easter Island, which lies 1,260 miles east of its nearest neighbor, Pitcairn Island, and 2,300 miles west of South America.

　　The mountainous 64-square-mile island was settled around the 5th century, supposedly by people who were lost at sea. They had no connection with the outside world for more than a thousand years, giving them plenty of time to build more than 1,000 huge stone figures, called moai, for which the island is most famous.

　　On Easter Sunday, 1722, however, settlers from Holland moved in and gave the island its name. Today, 2,000 people live on the Chilean territory (智利领土). They share one street, a small airport, and a few hours of television per day.

1．It can be learned from the text that the island of Tristan da Cunha ________.

[　　]

A．was named after its discoverer

B．got its name from Holland settlers

C．was named by the British government

D．got its name from the Guinness Book of Records

2．Which of the following is most famous for moai?

[　　]

A．Tristan da Cunha.
B．Pitcairn Island.
C．Easter Island.
D．St. Helena.

3．Which country does Easter Island belong to?

[　　]

A．Britain.
B．Holland.
C．Portugal.
D．Chile.

Tristan da Cunha, a 38?square?mile island, is the farthest inhabited island in the world, according to the Guinness Book of Records. It is 1,510 miles southwest

 of its nearest neighbor, St.Helena, and 1,950 miles west of Africa. Discovered

by the Portuguese admiral（葡萄牙海军上将）of the same name in 1506, and settled

 in 1810, the island belongs to Great Britain and has a population of a few hund

red.

Coming in a close second—and often wrongly mentioned as the most distant land—is Easter Island, which lies 1,260 miles east of its nearest neighbor, Pitcair

n Island, and 2,300 miles west of South America.

The mountainous 64-square-mile island was settled around the 5th century, supposedly by people who were lost at sea. They had no connection with the outside world for more than a thousand years, giving them plenty of time to build more than 1,000 huge stone figures, called moai, for which the island is most famous.

On Easter Sunday, 1722, however, settlers from Holland moved in and gave the island its name. Today, 2,000 people live on the Chilean territory (智利领土).They share one street, a small airport, and a few hours of television per day.

1.It can be learned from the text that the island of Tristan da Cunha_______.

A.was named after its discoverer

B.got its name from Holland settlers

C.was named by the British government

D.got its name from the Guinness Book of Records

2.Which of the following is most famous for moai?

A. Tristan da Cunha.    B. Pitcairn Island.     C. Easter Island.   D. St. Helena.   

3. Which country does Easter Island belong to?

A. Britain.         B. Holland.         C. Portugal.         D. Chile. 

Tristan da Cunha, a 38 –square –mile island, is the farthest inhabited island in the world, according to the Guinness Book of Records. It is 1,510 miles southwest of its nearest, St. Helena, and I, 950 miles west of Africa. Discovered by the Portuguese admiral (上将) of the same name in 1506, and settled in 1810, the island belongs to Great Britain and has a population of a few hundred.

Coming in a close second –and often wrongly mentioned as the most distant land –is Easter Island, which lies 1,260 miles east of its nearest neighbor, Pitcairn Island, and 2,300 miles west of South America.

The mountainous 64 –square –mile island was settled around the 5th century，supposedly by people who were lost at sea. They had no connection with the outside world for more than a thousand years, giving them plenty of time to build more than 1,000 huge stone figures, called moai, for which the island is most famous.

On Easter Sunday, 1722, however, settlers from Holland moved in and gave the island its name. Today, 2,000 people live on the Chilean territory (智利领土). They share one street, a small airport, and a few hours of television per day.

It can be learned from the text that the island of Tristan da Cunha ________.

A. was named after its discoverer

B. got its name from Holland settlers

C. was named by the British government

D. got its name from the Guinness Book of Records

Which of the following is most famous for moai?

A. Tristan da Cuha.  B. Pitcairn Island.  C. Easter Island.  D. St. Helena.

Which country does Easter Island belong to?

A. Britain.   B. Holland.   C. Portugal.   D. Chile.

      Tristan da Cunha, a 38-square-mile island, is the farthest inhabited island in the world, according to the Guinness Book of Records. It is 1,510miles southwest of its nearest neighbor, St. Helena, and 1,950miles west of Africa. Discovered by the Portuguese admiral（葡萄牙海军上将）of the same name in 1506, and settled in 1810, the island belongs to Great Britain and has a population of a few hundred.

       Coming in a close second –- and often wrongly mentioned as the most distant land － is Easter Island, which lies 1,260 miles east of its nearest neighbor, Pitcairn Island, and 2,300 miles west of South America.

       The mountainous 64-square-mile island was settled around the 5th century, supposedly by people who were lost at sea. They had no connection with the outside world for more than a thousand years, giving them plenty of time to build more than 1,000 huge stone figures, called moai, for which the island is most famous.

       On Easter Sunday, 1772, however, settlers from Holland moved in and gave the island its name. Today, 2,000 people live on the Chilean territory （智利领土）. They share on street, a small airport, and a few hours of television per day.

56．It can be learned from the text that the island of Tristan da Cunha _____________.

       A．was named after its discoverer              B．got its name from Holland settlers

       C．was named by the British government    D．got its name from the Guinness Book of Records

57．Which of the following is most famous for moai?

       A．Tristan da Cunha.           B．Pitcairn Island.

       C．Easter Island.                 D．St. Helena.

58．Which country does Easter Island belong to?

       A．Britain.    B．Holland.   C．Portugal.  D．Chile.

Of the six－billion－plus people in the world，600 million live on islands．In other words，one in ten of the world’s population is an island dweller．This is not so hard to imagine when you consider that more than 200 million people live in Indonesia alone―and about 60 million more live on the island of Britain．

No island，or group of islands，is the same．Indonesia，for example，is a nation which consists entirely of islands，nearly 14，000 of them，of which 6，000 are inhabited．Britain is a small， crowded island，with a population density of 243 people per square kilometer，almost twice as much as China．Britain is also the only island in the world which is connected to a continent by a tunnel，the Channel Tunnel between southeast England and North France．

If you ignore Australia，which is an island－continent，the largest island in the world is Greenland，an unusual name for a place which is almost permanently covered in ice! On the other hand，Iceland，which is Greenland’s relatively near neighbor to the east，is much greener．

Why is this？Iceland is far enough north，like Greenland，to be entirely covered by ice，but more than one third of Iceland is volcanically active．Magma，which is molten volcanic rock below the surface of the ground，heats the terrain above it，keeping it green．The story goes that an early settler from Iceland gave Greenland its name in order to encourage more people to live there！

Even the smallest islands have a story to tell．The remotest inhabited island in the world is Tristan da Cunha，which is in the South Atlantic Ocean．Fewer than 250 people live there and they are all related to each other，with only seven surnames between them．The island capital has the romantic name of Edinburgh of the South Seas．

 

56．According to the text，islands contain      ．

A．one in ten of the world’s population

B．more than six billion people

C．a total of 200，000，000 people

D．much less than 10 percent of the world’s population

57．What does the text tell us by the expression“population density”in the second paragraph？

A．Britain is half as crowded as China．

B．China’s population is around 485 people per square kilometer in the country as a whole．

C．The population per square kilometer is much greater in Britain than in China because of the size of the IK．

D．Britain is twice as populated as China．

58．Where is Edinburgh of the South Seas？

A．On the smallest island in the South Atlantic Ocean．

B．On a romantic，uninhabited island．

C．On a distant，small island inhabited by few people．

D．On a Scottish island in the South Seas．

59．What is the topic of the text？

A．Indonesia Islands                                        B．Islands in the South Pacific．

C．Islands around the world．                          D．Ialand dwellers．

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