TristandaCunhaa38-square-mileislandisthefarthestinhabitedislandintheworldaccordingtotheGuinnessBookofRecords.Itis1510milessouthwestofitsnearestneighborSt.Helenaand1950mileswestofAfricA．Dis

Question

Tristan da Cunha a 38-square-mile island is the far thest 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 ． Dis covered 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 5 ^th 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 is land 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.

 

Answer 1

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．