For the first time in five decades, Taiwan buys water from the mainland of China to help soothe(缓解) a severe drought.

Sat May 4,5:21 a.m. ET

By WILLIAM IDE, Associated Press Writer

TAIPEI, Taiwan―Facing its worst drought in decades, Taiwan is buying water from the mainland of China   21  since the two rivals split amid civil war 54 years ago.

A Taiwanese ship on Sunday was expected   22  2,300 metric tons (2,530 short tons) of water back from the mainland of China to Taiwan’s outlying island of Matsu, just off China’s southeastern coast.

Buying water from the mainland of China has been an issue of serious debate in Taiwan because the government does not want to become too   23  its communist neighbor, which has repeatedly said to   24  Taiwan.

But the serious drought has left Taiwan   25  ,and Taiwan’s top China policy―maker, Tsai Ingwen, said on Saturday that this weekend’s water purchase would be a “trial run,” the semiofficial Central News Agency   26  .

“  27  it will become a model for easing needs in drought―stricken Taiwan depends on the needs of other areas,” Tsai, chairwoman of the Mainland Affairs Council, was quoted as saying.

There are no direct   28  air links between the mainland of China and Taiwan’s main island, separated by   29  160―kilometer―wide  Taiwan Strait. But last year, Taiwan opened shipping links between the mainland of China and the outlying Taiwanese islands of Kinmen and Matsu―an experiment   30  links between the mainland of China of Taiwan’s main island.

For the first time in five decades, Taiwan buys water from the mainland of China to help soothe(缓解) a severe drought.

Sat May 4,5:21 a.m. ET

By WILLIAM IDE, Associated Press Writer

TAIPEI, Taiwan—Facing its worst drought in decades, Taiwan is buying water from the mainland of China   1  since the two rivals split amid civil war 54 years ago.

A Taiwanese ship on Sunday was expected   2  2,300 metric tons (2,530 short tons) of water back from the mainland of China to Taiwan’s outlying island of Matsu, just off China’s southeastern coast.

Buying water from the mainland of China has been an issue of serious debate in Taiwan because the government does not want to become too   3  its communist neighbor, which has repeatedly said to   4  Taiwan.

But the serious drought has left Taiwan   5  ,and Taiwan’s top China policy—maker, Tsai Ingwen, said on Saturday that this weekend’s water purchase would be a “trial run,” the semiofficial Central News Agency   6  .

“  7  it will become a model for easing needs in drought—stricken Taiwan depends on the needs of other areas,” Tsai, chairwoman of the Mainland Affairs Council, was quoted as saying.

There are no direct   8  air links between the mainland of China and Taiwan’s main island, separated by   9  160—kilometer—wide YC Taiwan Strait. But last year, Taiwan opened shipping links between the mainland of China and the outlying Taiwanese islands of Kinmen and Matsu—an experiment   10  links between the mainland of China of Taiwan’s main island.

1.       A．the first time B．for the first time C．first time D．at first

2.       A．fetching       B．to bring       C．to take        D．borrowing

3.       A．dependent of   B．independent of C．dependent on   D．relied on

4.       A．turn over      B．hand over      C．take over      D．give over

5.       A．with few other choices           B．for the few other choices

C．with few choices                 D．for several choices

6.       A．was said       B．was believed   C．announces      D．reported

7.       A．That           B．Whether or not C．If             D．Where

8.       A．shipping or    B．shipping of    C．shipped and    D．shipping

9.       A．a              B．the            C．an             D．/

10.    A．which could lead                 B．that could lead to  

C．that resulted from               D．which could lie in

Taiwan will finalize a plan by the end of June to open up the island to tourists from mainland China, though no date has been fixed for formal implementation（执行）, an official at the Mainland Affairs Council（MAC）said on Monday．
The official said the reports in the local press on Monday that the MAC has decided to postpone its plan to announce the implementation of the new plan on July 1 were inaccurate．
The official said cooperation between different organizations was still underway．The United Daily news quoted the director of the MAC’s legal affairs department, Liu Thehsun, as saying the plan to open up to mainland tourists would not be implemented as scheduled due to a lack of cross-strait communication．
Although relevant authorities, including the Bureau of Immigration and the Tourism Bureau, have complete reports on how to deal with visitors from mainland China, the decision has been taken not to press, ahead with announcement of the plan’s implementation on the first of July, Liu was quoted as saying．
The report also said that while no restrictions would be imposed on the mainland visitors in terms of age or residence in China, the visitors would need to hold a steady job or have more than 50,000RMB（about 6,000, U．S．dollars）in bank savings before they would be eligible（有资格的）to visit Taiwan．
In addition, Taiwan bound mainland tourists would have to come as part of a tour group and would be allowed to stay a maximum of 10 days each time．
The number of mainland tourists allowed to enter the island would also initially be limited to 1,000 people a day．
Although most people from Taiwan are free to travel to China, only a small number of mainland Chinese have been able to visit the island due to restrictions imposed by both sides of the Taiwan Strait after the end of a civil war in 1949．
【小题1】At the moment, according to the passage,      ___________．

A．there will be no restrictions to mainland visitors

B．mainland visitors who want to travel in Taiwan must have at least ￥50,000 in the bank savings account

C．there will be no age restrictions to the mainland visitors

D．mainland visitors will be free to travel to Taiwan

Taiwan will finalize a plan by the end of June to open up the island to tourists from mainland China, though no date has been fixed for formal implementation（执行）, an official at the Mainland Affairs Council（MAC） said on Monday．

The official said the reports in the local press on Monday that the MAC has decided to postpone its plan to announce the implementation of the new plan on July 1 were inaccurate．

The official said cooperation between different organizations was still underway．The United Daily news quoted the director of the Mac’s legal affairs department, Liu Thehsun, as saying the plan to open up to mainland tourists would not be implemented as scheduled due to a lack of cross-strait communication．

Although relevant authorities, including the Bureau of Immigration and the Tourism Bureau, have complete reports on how to deal with visitors from mainland China, the decision has been taken not to press, ahead with announcement of the plan’s implementation on the first of July, Liu was quoted as saying．

The report also said that while no restrictions would be imposed on the mainland visitors in terms of age or residence in China, the visitors would need to hold a steady job or have more than 50,000RMB（about 6,000, U．S．dollars）in bank savings before they would be eligible（有资格的）to visit Taiwan．

In addition, Taiwan bound mainland tourists would have to come as part of a tour group and would be allowed to stay a maximum of 10 days each time．

The number of mainland tourists allowed to enter the island would also initially be limited to 1,000 people a day．

Although most people from Taiwan are free to travel to China, only a small number of mainland Chinese have been able to visit the island due to restrictions imposed by both sides of the Taiwan Strait after the end of a civil war in 1949．

1．At the moment, according to the passage,      ．

       A．no mainland Chinese can visit Taiwan now

       B．any mainland Chinese can visit Taiwan now

       C．many mainland Chinese have ever visited Taiwan since 1949

       D．a few mainland Chinese have ever visited Taiwan since 1949

2．When Taiwan opens up the island to tourists from mainland China,_______.

       A．there will be no restrictions to mainland visitors

       B．mainland visitors who want to travel in Taiwan must have at least ￥50,000 in the bank savings account

       C．there will be no age restrictions to the mainland visitors

       D．mainland visitors will be free to travel to Taiwan

3．We can infer from the passage that get（s）_______involved in the implementation of the plan．

       A．MAC                                                  B．United Daily

       C．several organizations                            D．Bureau of Immigration

4．Which of the following statement is TRUE?

       A．The implementation of the plan has not been fixed．

       B．It was originally fixed on July 1 to announce the plan’s implementation．

       C．For lack of cross-strait communication, the plan will not be officially completed until July．

       D．When the plan is finalized, it will be announced immediately．

Taiwan will finalize a plan by the end of June to open up the island to tourists from mainland China, though no date has been fixed for formal implementation（执行）, an official at the Mainland Affairs Council（MAC）said on Monday．

The official said the reports in the local press on Monday that the MAC has decided to postpone its plan to announce the implementation of the new plan on July 1 were inaccurate．

The official said cooperation between different organizations was still underway．The United Daily news quoted the director of the MAC’s legal affairs department, Liu Thehsun, as saying the plan to open up to mainland tourists would not be implemented as scheduled due to a lack of cross-strait communication．

Although relevant authorities, including the Bureau of Immigration and the Tourism Bureau, have complete reports on how to deal with visitors from mainland China, the decision has been taken not to press, ahead with announcement of the plan’s implementation on the first of July, Liu was quoted as saying．

The report also said that while no restrictions would be imposed on the mainland visitors in terms of age or residence in China, the visitors would need to hold a steady job or have more than 50,000RMB（about 6,000, U．S．dollars）in bank savings before they would be eligible（有资格的）to visit Taiwan．

In addition, Taiwan bound mainland tourists would have to come as part of a tour group and would be allowed to stay a maximum of 10 days each time．

The number of mainland tourists allowed to enter the island would also initially be limited to 1,000 people a day．

Although most people from Taiwan are free to travel to China, only a small number of mainland Chinese have been able to visit the island due to restrictions imposed by both sides of the Taiwan Strait after the end of a civil war in 1949．

1．At the moment, according to the passage,　　 ___________．

　 A．no mainland Chinese can visit Taiwan now

　 B．any mainland Chinese can visit Taiwan now

　 C．many mainland Chinese have ever visited Taiwan since 1949

　 D．a few mainland Chinese have ever visited Taiwan since 1949

2．When Taiwan opens up the island to tourists from mainland China,_____________．

　 A．there will be no restrictions to mainland visitors

　 B．mainland visitors who want to travel in Taiwan must have at least ￥50,000 in the bank savings account

　 C．there will be no age restrictions to the mainland visitors

　 D．mainland visitors will be free to travel to Taiwan

3．We can infer from the passage that ______get（s）involved in the implementation of the plan．

　 A．MAC　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．United Daily

　 C．several organizations　　　 D．Bureau of Immigration

4．Which of the following statement is TRUE?

　 A．The implementation of the plan has not been fixed．

　 B．It was originally fixed on July 1 to announce the plan’s implementation．

　 C．For lack of cross-strait communication, the plan will not be officially completed until July．

　 D．When the plan is finalized, it will be announced immediately．