2009年度高考英语二轮复习专项限时训练 阅读理解.pdfVIP

电 话:010 本资料来源于《七彩教育网》 2009年高考英语二轮复习专项限时训练·阅读理解（三十九） A Mauritius, with its full name the Republic of Mauritius, an island country,lies 1,200miles off the southeastern coast of Africa, and just east of Madagascar, another African island country, which is larger byfar than Mauritius. It covers788square miles andhas apopulation of1,100,000, about 750,000 Indians, 300,000 Chinese and 20,000 Whites included. They are living together peacefully, although they share such different beliefs as Hindu, Roman Catholic, Muslim and so on. The country can be divided into many parts with different climates all because of its peculiar terrains (地形). In the center there are volcanoes (火山) several thousand feet high, and 90% of its arablelandiscoveredwithsugarcane. There were no people living on the island before the Dutch landed on it in 1638. The Dutch relinquished it in 1710, and five years later, the French came and succeeded in planting sugarcane there. It was conquered (征服) by Britain in 1818.As a result, its official language is English. The mainbigcities areBeau-Bassin andMahebourg,with Port Louisasitscapital. Mauritius has many rare and unique animals, such as the snakes, parrots and lizards. The giraffe is a type of animal with a very long neck and legs and yellow skin with dark spots. It is the tallest ofall livinganimals. Mauritius was extremely poor when it declared its independence in 1968. In the past ten years, obvious economic prosperity (繁荣) has shown itself in this island country. Nowadays its business, culture and tourism are developing rapidly. Every year, thousands of millions of people rush there to enjoy the silver sad beach and song and dance performances with native national characters. 1.Theunderlinedword“relinquished”inthethirdparagraphmeans______