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Don't go to Kauai. Go to any of the other Hawaiian Islands—Maui, Lanai, the Big Island—but leave Kauai for us. The weather in Kauai is so unpredictable that sometimes it rains all day—in fact, it's the secondwettest spot on the earth. Yes, there are giant double rainbows all the time, and the sunlight through the clouds is magical. But if you are not interested in these, go somewhere else. You just can't control the nature on Kauai, and who wants to surrender to(听任……摆布) the nature when you could be at a fine hotel, lying in a comfortable chair next to a swimming pool, with food served upon request?
So what if Kauai produces surf champions the way Texas produces cowboys? Most of its 300 whitesand beaches are unmarked. Unless you connect with the local people, the hidden spots are hard to find. While Hanalei is the most beautiful town you've ever dreamed of, you can forget about discos and clubs. Worse, it doesn't have one single fourstar restaurant. What it does have is the original drivethrough places where you pass by a rambutan tree(红毛丹树), and pick a piece of fruit.
Shopping in Kauai? Forget it—unless you are interested in shell necklaces and beautifully carved wood bowls. Kauai is not about pampering. It's about going natural and finding the nature within you. It's a doityourself place that offers walking along the coast, driving and swimming in the Pacific Ocean, and lying on the beach.
Don't go to Kauai unless you have a lot of time, because there's only one road, which can be slightly dull. It winds through the beautiful scenery of waterfalls, rivers flowing into the ocean, and taro(芋头) fields. You have no choice but to look at everything, because the speed limit is 35 mph.
If you're not interested in colour, don't bother with Kauai, because that's what you get—red roads, blue oceans, and a hundred different shades of green. It's like diving on land. Many people on Kauai believe that this is Lemuria—a lost island in the Atlantic. Can you imagine? Those Hawaiians, surfers, New Agers, and people who love nature and beauty and want a different quality of life—what do they know, anyway? Forget about it—you're not going to like it. Go somewhere else. Leave Kauai for us.
语篇导读
本文为应用文，题材为旅行指导类。尽管考艾岛雨水频繁，但其雨后的彩虹、绚丽的云朵、美丽的沙滩、秀丽的美景等自然景观的确令人流连忘返。
21．After reading the text, we come to know that it is ________.
A．a piece of shocking news
B．an exciting story
C．an angry complaint about a tourist attraction
D．a moving advertisement
解析 D 主旨大意题。整篇文章所介绍的是游客在考艾岛上能欣赏的美景及从事的活动等，而所有这些都会对人们有很大的吸引力，故选D项。
22．Who would like to visit Kauai?
A．Those who love nature.
B．Those who love city life.
C．Those who love the comfort in a fine hotel.
D．Those who love going shopping.
解析 A 推理判断题。考艾岛只有美丽的自然风光，没有豪华宾馆，没有购物商场，所以只有爱好大自然的人才去，故选A项。
23．It can be learned from the text that ________.
A．Kauai is an island near the Hawaiian Islands
B．Kauai is another name of the Hawaiian Islands
C．Kauai is one of the Hawaiian Islands
D．Kauai doesn't belong to the Hawaiian Islands
解析 C 细节理解题。根据第一段第二句可知，考艾岛是夏威夷群岛的小岛之一，故选C项。
