TristandaCunhaa38-square-mileislandisthefarthestinhabitedislandintheworldaccordingtotheGuinnessBookRecords.Itis1510milessouthwestofitsnearestneighborSt.Helenaand1950mil

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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 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 is the most distant and—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 moat 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 moat?

A ． Tristan da Cunha ． B ． Pitcairn Islana ．

C ． Easter Islana ． D ． St. Helena ．

3 ． Which country does Easter Island belong to?

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