Dear Tony,

   Do you want to visit Taiwan? The island is 36 ,000 square kilometers. Taipei is a capital city of many wonders. Taiwan has a population of 23 million. 98 % of them are Han Chinese. It is full of holiday fun for children.

   Warm all year round,you can make a comfortable tour of Taiwan in any season. If you want to take a plane,there are five China Airlines flights every week from Sydney to Taiwan,and three flights a week from Brisbane to Taiwan. Eva Airlines also have three flights every week from Brisbane to Taiwan.

   Taiwan is a child-friendly country. Children are welcome in restaurants. Many restaurants offer fried chicken,fish or other special meals for children.

   Do you like shopping? Taiwan has large shopping centres and night markets. Cheap clothing and toys can be bought at the popular night markets. Dream Mall that has been opened recently in Kaohsiung is nine stories high. And it's the sixth largest shopping centre in Asia. It houses a Hello Kitty Ferris Wheel (摩天輪) for families with children.

   By the way,Australian visitors can enter Taiwan without a visa (簽證) and stay for 30 days. I'm sure you will have a good time in Taiwan.

Love,Darning

1. Taiwan has about Han Chinese.

   A. 36,000 thousand   B. 98 thousand

   C. 22. 54 million   D. 23 million

2. After reading the passage,we can guess Tony is from .

   A. Taiwan   B. Australia

   C. Hong Kong   D. Asia

3. Tony wants to fly from Brisbane to Taiwan,how many flights are there in a week?

   A. Eleven. B. Five.

   C. Six. D. Eight.

4. Which is true about Dream Mall?

   A. It's a new shopping centre.

   B. Cheap clothing can be bought there.

   C. It is six stories high.

   D. The Ferris Wheel is free.

5. Darning is writing the letter in order to .

   A. make an advertisement for China Airlines

   B. ask Tony to enjoy fried chicken

   C. enter Taiwan without a visa

   D. advise Tony to visit Taiwan

1. C 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. D

  本文是一篇應(yīng)用文。作者以書信形式介紹了去臺灣旅 游的季節(jié)、航班、購物及簽證等情況，并祝Tony旅途愉快。

1. C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段的“Taiwan has a population of 23 million. 98 % of them are Han Chinese. ” 可計算出臺 灣擁有的漢族人口。

2. B推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文最后一段可知，本文介紹的是澳大利亞人如何去臺灣旅行，由此吋推斷Tony來自澳 大利亞。

3. C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“…and three flights a week from Brisbane to Taiwan. Eva Airlines also have three flights every week from Brisbane to Taiwan. ” 可計算出有六次航班從墨爾本飛往臺灣。

4. A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“Dream Mall that has been opened... shopping centre in Asia. ” 可知，Dream Mall 是一個新的購物中心。

5. D主旨大意題。根據(jù)最后一句“I'm sure you will have a good time in Taiwan. ”可知，作者在介紹如何去臺灣旅游時含有建議去臺灣旅游的意思。

square n.平方;正方形

population n.人口 airline n.航空公司

障礙句分析

   Dream Mall that has been opened recently in Kaohsiung is nine stories high.最近在高雄開業(yè)的夢時代購物中心有9層 樓高。

   定語從句 that has been opened recently 修飾 Dream Mall,that在從句中作主語;high常用于表示物體距地面的空間高 度，如果表示建筑物時，細(xì)長的建筑物一般說a tall building, 而寬度與深度都相當(dāng)大的建筑物，一般說a high building。

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