英语是AEAS考试培训中至关重要的课程，2016AEAS考试报名时大家关注较多的就是英语方面。为了更好的提高广大考试的AEAS真题模拟成绩，下面澳大利亚中学入学考试网带领大家一起学习英语阅读理解100篇:Tarawa.

Tarawa is one of the two largest of the Gilbert Ilands in the western Pacific Ocean, but it is a very tiny island, with an area of about eight square miles, and a population of about 17,000. Small as it is, three nations fought to control and use it as an air base during World War II. The Japanese took it from the British in 1941, only to lose it to the Americans tow years later after one of the bloodiest (血腥的) battles of the war. Today, the Gilbert Islands having become part of the Kiribati Pepublic, Tarawa is now its capital and major seaport (海港).

1. Which of the following diagrams (图解) gives the correct relationship (关系) between Kiribati, Tarawa and Gilbert Islands?

(K--Kiribati; T--Tarawa; G--the Gibert Islands)

2. Tarawa belongs to ______.

A. Japan. B. the U.S. C. Britain. D. Kiribati.

3. Tarawa lies nearer to ______.

A. Japan than to the U.S. B. the U.S. than to Japan.

C. Britain than to the U.S. D. Britain than to Japan.

4. Tarawa was important during World War II because of its ______.

A. size. B. population. C. position. D. history.

5. In recent history, Tarawa ______.

A. had been ruled by three nations one after another.

B. has been fought over in a tough battle by three nations.

C. has been divided and ruled by three different nations.

D. has always stayed out of the way of wars and battles.

塔拉瓦是一个最大的在西太平洋的吉尔伯特群岛，但它是一个非常小的岛屿，有八平方公里的面积，和人口约17000。尽管很小，三个国家为了控制和使用它作为二战期间的一个空军基地。日本把它从英国在1941，只有失去后最血腥的一晚美国人两年(血腥的)战争的战役。今天，吉尔伯特群岛已成为基里巴斯的一部分，塔拉瓦现在是pepublic，首都和主要海港(海港)。

以上就是澳大利亚中学入学考试网关于英语阅读理解100篇:Tarawa的全部内容，AEAS考试难度还是比较大因此建议同学们做足准备准备工作提高英语能力，制定科学合理的备考策略，循序渐进的提高英语实力！更多AEAS备考资料请持续关注澳大利亚中学入学考试网。

相关阅读：

【澳洲AEAS考试】词汇辨析：woollen/woolly

【澳洲AEAS考试】away/off深度辨析