Question

Hawaii is famous for its beaches. Every year water sports, especially surfing and water skiing attract many tourists to the island.

Hawaii has been a magical name to people who like to travel for many years. People on both sides of the Pacific Ocean（太平洋） in Japan and in America, dream of seeing these beautiful islands in the middle of the ocean. In the tropical（热带的） lands, the sun drops like a ball of golden glow(落日余晖) that light the sky in the quiet water.

People often have a quiet, enjoyable time walking along the water. The scenery here is not very different from the exciting beauty that greeted the first tourists to these islands centuries ago. They came in canoes not much bigger than small boats.

They found the beautiful white sand beaches and the waving palm trees（棕榈树）, but there were no grand hotels like the ones we see today. The first people came to Hawaii nearly two thousand years ago, but skyscraper（摩天大楼） hotels were only built in the last 25 years. Now planes make it possible to fly to Hawaii for a weekend from Tokyo or San Francisco.

No matter where people come from, they really want to see the earliest beauty of Hawaii. They want to see the lovely beaches and the mountains which are almost hidden by the tall hotels.

1. What’s Hawaii famous for?

A. The beautiful beaches. B. the tourists to the island.

C. The waving palm trees. D. Surfing and water skiing.

2.What does the sun drop like in the tropical lands?

A. The sea. B. A ball of golden fire.

C. A glow. D. The quiet water.

3.When did the first people come to Hawaii?

A. In 1987 B. About twenty-five years ago.

C. In 1012. D. About two thousand years ago.

4.The beauty of the islands _______ for centuries.

A. has changed

B. has greeted the first tourists

C. has remained nearly unchanged

D. has been the same

5. Which is true according to the passage?

A. People really want to see the earliest beauty of Hawaii.

B. People often have a quiet, unhappy time walking along the water. C

C. People only in Japan dream of seeing the beautiful islands.

D. People found the beautiful red sand beaches in Hawaii.

Answer 1

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.C

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：夏威夷以海滩著名。每年尤其是冲浪和滑水会吸引很多游客到岛上。大约在二千年前，第一批人来到夏威夷。但是，摩天大楼只在过去的25年里被建。不管人们是从哪里来的，他们真的想最早地看到夏威夷的美景。

1.夏威夷以什么著名？联系原文:Hawaii is famous for its beaches. 句意：夏威夷以海滩著名。明确第一项正确。故选A

2. the tropical（热带的） lands, the sun drops like a ball of golden glow(落日余晖) that light the sky in the quiet water.句意：在热带的地区，天空的落日像一团金色的光辉在平静的水面。结合选项第二项正确。故选B

3.夏威夷的？联系原文：The first people came to Hawaii nearly two thousand years ago.句意：接近于二千年前，第一批人来到夏威夷。结合选项第四项正确。故选D

4.岛屿在几个世纪以来如何？联系原文：The first people came to Hawaii nearly two thousand years ago, but skyscraper（摩天大楼） hotels were only built in the last 25 years. 句意： 大约在二千年前，第一批人来到夏威夷。但是，摩天大楼只在过去的25年里被建。因此明确这里几个世纪都没有改变。故选C

5. matter where people come from, they really want to see the earliest beauty of Hawaii. 句意：不管人们是从哪里来的，他们真的想最早地看到夏威夷的美景。结合选项第一项描述正确。故选A

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