高一英语阅读理解.快.

ISLANDSintheworldarefamousfordifferentthings.ButHawaiiisspecialforitsvarietyoffeatures.Beautifulsandybeaches,activevolcanoes(火山),agreatcanyon(溪谷)andspecialhistoryandcultureadduptocreateitsfamouslyromanticatmosphere.

Formedbyvolcanoesatthebottomofthesea,theHawaiiislandsarelikeanecklace(项链)inthemiddleofthePacificOcean,6,000kilometresoffthewestcoastofMexico.ThereareeightmainislandsinthegroupHawaii(orBigIsland),Maui,Kahoolawe,Lanai,Molokai,Oahu,Kauai,andNiihau.

Theyoungestandbiggestisland,alsocalledHawaiiwasformed430,000yearsagoandisstillgrowing.Kauai,theoldestwasformed5.1millionyearsago.Fortourists,thesightofthelava(熔岩)thatstillflowsfromsomeofthevolcanoesdowntothesea,isamajorattraction.

HawaiiisthenewestandsmalleststateintheUS.In1900theislandsjoinedtheUS.InmodernhistoryitwillalwaysberememberedfortheattackonPearlHarborbytheJapaneseairforce1941.

About1,000yearsagotheislandsweresettledbyPolynesians(波利尼西亚人)CaptainJamesCookledthefirstgroupofWesternerstherein1778.

NativeHawaiianshaveaspecialcultureandlanguages.AlthoughnowadaysEnglishistheofficiallanguageofHawaii,folkmusicanddancingarestillwidelypracticed.Thetraditionaldanceoftheislandsisthehula,aHawaiianwordthatmeansdance.

Hawaii'sreputationforromancewasspreadwhenHollywoodstartedtouseitstypicalmusicinmoviesinthe1960s.

Today,Hawaiiisfamousforitsmixofcultures.Chinese,JapaneseandFilipinosalllivethere.

Chinesearrivedintheislandsasearlyasthelate18thcentury.DrSunYat-sen,thefamousChineserevolutionary,grewupthere.

EveryoneinHawaiiisamemberofanethnicminority(少数民族)andgenerallytheyexistinapleasantharmony(和谐)ofracesandcultures.

31.WhichofthefollowingdirectlyledtotheformationoftheHawaiiislands?

A.Thesea.

B.Thevolcanoes.

C.Theviolentmeetingoftheearth'sdifferentplates.x05x05

D.Thenonstopturningoftheearth.

32.Whichofthefollowingshowsthecorrectorderofthelistedevents?

a.Japan