Mylonoa Island in autumn and winter is peaceful and beautiful. It is perfect for a relaxing stay or a brief visit. One can see and enjoy the blue skies, the wide beaches, and also have wonderful walks in the hills, perhaps not every day, but usually until the beginning of January. Visitors and winter tourists often come to Mykonos to discover the traditional Greek island. They can escape busy Athens after business, or calm down after a long European tour before traveling on further to Egypt, Israel, or Asia.
Apart from the more usual tourists, you will find various hikers, walkers, readers, writers, bikers, and so on in this island. You can also visit the beautiful Delos, hike through mountains walk on beaches, explore another side of the island life with some monasteries(修道院), horse ride, or take part in local gatherings and meet some friendly Mykonians,
Mykonos’ climate is Mediterranean and mild. Autumn is always blue skied and sunny, where the temperature only drops very gradually. The nice days for beach going and swimming last until early January. The real winter months are also mild. Even in January, the temperature never drops very to be on. The island has a great percentage of humidity because of the south-easterly winds and rainfall between mid-January and each- March; there is also a possibility of storms and colder northerly winds at this period. Snow is rare, perhaps one every ten years. The clear blue sky still exists for most of the winter.
Mykonos island lies in _______.
A. Egypt B. Israel C. Greek D. India
What’s the main purpose of this passage?
A. To sum up some situations of many islands.
B. To introduce a beautiful island to people.
C. To compare their climate.
D. To describe the people visiting the island.
Which of the following is NOT wrong?
A. Every year, a great number of people go to Mykonos island to tour, hike, walk, read, write and bike.
B. It often snows in Mykonos island.
C. Mykonos’ climate is very awful.
D. From time to time, you can see the blue sky in Mykonos island.
What’s the Chinese meaning of the underlined word “humidity”?
A. 温度 B. 湿度 C. 紫外线 D. 大气压
We can infer from the passage ______.
A. Mykonos island is a well-known tour resort
B. Mykonos island is a very big island in Europe
C. there are many rare animals in Mykonos island
D. winter is the best season to travel to Mykonos island.