Six Chinese surveillance ships have entered waters near islands claimed by both China and Japan.
China said the ships were carrying out "law enforcement" to demonstrate its jurisdiction(管轄權(quán)) over the islands, known as Diaoyu in China and Senkaku in Japan.
At least two of the vessels left after the Japanese coast guard issued a warning, Japanese officials say.
The move came after Japan sealed a deal to buy three of the islands from their private Japanese owner. Japan controls the uninhabited but resource-rich East China Sea islands, which are also claimed by Taiwan.
The Japanese Coast Guard said the first two Chinese boats entered Japan's territorial waters at 06:18 local time (21:18 GMT Thursday), followed by another fleet of four other ships just after 07:00. The first two ships then left the area. A third ship left later on Friday morning, one report said. No force was used, Japanese officials added. "Our patrol vessels are currently telling them to leave our country's territorial waters," the coastguard said in a statement.
The Chinese foreign ministry confirmed that its ships were there. “These law enforcement and patrol activities are aimed to demonstrate China's jurisdiction over the Diaoyu Islands and its affiliated(附屬的) islets and ensure the country's maritime(海事的) interests,” a statement said.
The US has called for ''cooler heads to prevail'' as tension intensifies between China and Japan over the islands, which lie south of Okinawa and north of Taiwan. US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is due to visit both Japan and China from this weekend as part of a tour of the region that also includes New Zealand.
The dispute has seriously marred diplomatic relations between China and Japan and threatens to damage the strong trading relationship, says the BBC's John Sudworth in Beijing. The row(爭(zhēng)端) has also generated strong nationalist sentiment on both sides that observers say now makes it very difficult to be seen to be backing down, says our correspondent.
The Japanese government says it is buying the islands to promote their stable and peaceful management. Its move followed a bid by right-wing Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara to buy the islands using public donations - an action that would likely have further provoked(觸怒) China.
China, on the other hand, says the islands have historically been its territory and fishing grounds.
Meanwhile Japan's newly-appointed ambassador to China, Shinichi Nishimiya, remains in hospital in Tokyo after he was found unconscious near his home in Tokyo on Thursday. No details have been given on his condition. He was appointed on Tuesday to replace Uichiro Niwa, who has been criticised for his handling of one of the worse diplomatic rows between Japan and China in recent years.
小題1:The Diaoyu Islands are actually inhabited by           .
A．JapanB．ChinaC．AmericaD．Nobody
小題2:Which of the following is true?
A．Japan fired at the 6 Chinese ships to warn them to leave the waters.
B．China admitted that the 6 ships had been forced to leave the waters.
C．The US called on both sides to calm down.
D．Shinichi Nishimiya was unconscious in the hospital because somebody attacked him.
小題3:Why was Uichiro Niwa replaced?
A．He is not iron enough in handling the diplomatic rows between Japan and China.
B．His health condition is not good enough to work there.
C．He didn’t do a good job in dealing with the dispute about the Diaoyu Islands.
D．He criticized the Chinese government publicly in an improper way.
小題4:This news report is most likely to be selected from the          newspaper.
A．BritishB．ChineseC．JapaneseD．American

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:C
小題4:A

試題分析：本文講述了有關(guān)日本和中國(guó)釣魚(yú)島之爭(zhēng)的相關(guān)實(shí)事報(bào)道。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題。從文章第一段Six Chinese surveillance ships have entered waters near islands claimed by both China and Japan.可知，釣魚(yú)島是爭(zhēng)端海域，沒(méi)有人占據(jù)那里。故選D
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)判斷題。從The US has called for ''cooler heads to prevail'' as tension intensifies between China and Japan over the islands, 可知，美國(guó)呼吁雙方都能冷靜下來(lái)，故選C。從At least two of the vessels left after the Japanese coast guard issued a warning, Japanese officials say.可知并沒(méi)有開(kāi)火。文章最后一段也比沒(méi)有講到Shinichi Nishimiya是被人攻擊了。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)題。從最后一段Uichiro Niwa, who has been criticised for his handling of one of the worse diplomatic rows between Japan and China in recent years.可知他沒(méi)有處理好雙邊之間爭(zhēng)端的關(guān)系，故選C
小題4:推斷題。文章講到了BBC報(bào)道，可知這則新聞來(lái)自英國(guó)，故選A
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