1 . Tristan da Cunha

This British island group stands in the South Atlantic. The nearest landfall is South Africa, 1, 750 miles east. It’s the world’s most remote inhabited(有人居住的)island chain. There are no package tours for independent travelers, no hotels, no airports, no holiday reps, no night clubs, no restaurants, no jet skis nor safe sea swimming. There are around 10 sailings a year from Cape Town, South Africa, and Namibia, each taking five to six days to reach the islands.

Bouvet

Its cliffs(悬崖)are sheer. It’s almost entirely covered by a glacier. In winter, its seas are pack ice. And its nearest neighbor is Antarctica, 1, 000 miles to the south. The entire island is a nature reserve—so unless you can make a convincing case for visiting, you’ll be blocked by Norwegian authorities. Only arctic geological and marine biology surveying teams can get the permission. Visitors can only be landed by helicopter.

Bishop Rock

Regarded as the world’s smallest island with a building on it, Bishop Rock stands at the end of Britain’s Isles of Scilly. In 1847, engineers started building an iron lighthouse there but it was washed away in a storm. Its extraordinary successor, first lit in 1858, stands to this day. The St. Mary’s Boatsmen’s Association runs daily trips. But even on a “calm” day, you’re in for serious waves.

Boreray

Sixty miles off mainland Scotland, you’ll find the archipelago(群岛)of St. Kilda, with a main island, Boreray, which was abandoned in the 1930s when crops failed. Imagine the surprise of archaeologists when they found that Boreray was occupied in prehistoric times. Since Boreray comes under the protection of the National Trust for Scotland, you need its permission to visit. You also need lots of time and lots of luck— with a rugged shoreline and fierce sea waves, this isn’t an island for landings.

1. Which country does Tristan da Cunha belong to?

A．Norway.	B．South Africa.
C．The UK.	D．Namibia.

2. What is special about Bishop Rock?

A．There are calm waters around it.

B．It’s nearly 1, 000 miles from Britain.

C．It’s the smallest island discovered in the world.

D．There is a lighthouse dating back to the 1850s on it.

3. What do the four places have in common?

A．It’s difficult to visit them.	B．They are tourist destinations.
C．It’s forbidden to live on them.	D．They are under government protection.

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The power of Chinese emperors rose and fell with their control of the Grand Canal. Today, this waterway is shorter than it was once,     1     it is still the longest man-made river in the world.     2     (important), the Grand Canal continues to provide a vital cultural and economic link for modern China.

The original Canal system began around the year 605,     3     China’s emperor Yang realized that he needed a better way to move food and feed his army, so the emperor ordered the construction of the first section of the Grand Canal,     4     (connect) those existing canals, lakes and rivers.

For more than a thousand years, goods     5     (transport) along the Grand Canal. Even today the country’s watery highway plays an important economic role in China. Boats continue to carry tons of coal, food and other goods     6     Hangzhou and Jining. However, local governments eager to increase     7     (tour) and city development have torn down almost all of the older canal-side buildings. In 2005 a group of citizens proposed that the historic Grand Canal be made     8     UNESCO world heritage site, hoping this status would protect both the waterway and the architecture around it. With UNESCO status officially     9     (grant) in 2014, the world’s greatest engineering accomplishments continue to link north and south China for     10     (century) to come.