三、阅读理解
Hulun Buir Grassland is located in Hailaer in the north-east of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (内蒙古自治区) in China. The terrain (地势) of Hulun Buir Grassland is high in the east and low in the west, with a total area of about 100,000 square kilometres. It is one of the four biggest grasslands in the world. Hulun Buir Grassland is the best grassland in China, with more than 500 lakes and over 3,000 rivers. It is home to over 120 pastures (牧场) and more than 1,300 kinds of plants.
Hulun Buir Grassland is named after Hulun Lake and Buir Lake. The Hulun Lake is the fourth largest freshwater lake in China. Buir Lake is south of it. Buir Lake is the
boundary lake between China and Mongolia. There is a story of two young Mongolian lovers named Hulun and Buir. They saved the grassland from evil spirits (恶灵). The local people named the lakes and the grassland after them because of their courage (勇气) and wisdom.
Besides its beautiful landscape, the Hulun Buir Grassland also produces meat, milk, fur and other livestock products. As the birthplace of Genghis Khan (成吉思汗), it is also a world-famous place of interest.
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) 1. What is Hulun Buir Grassland's terrain like?
A. It is flat from the north to the south.
B. It is high in the west and low in the east.
C. It is high in the east and low in the west.
D. It has many mountains in the western part.
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) 2. What can we learn about Hulun Buir Grassland from paragraph 1?
A. It is in the south-east of Inner Mongolia.
B. It has less than 3,700 rivers and 400 lakes.
C. It has an area of 120,000 square kilometres.
D. It is one of the world's four biggest grasslands.
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) 3. What may the underlined word "boundary" in paragraph 2 mean?
A. A line.
B. A river.
C. A name.
D. A hill.
(
) 4. Which of the words can best describe (描述) Hulun and Buir?
A. Lovely and hard-working.
B. Brave and clever.
C. Lonely but cheerful.
D. Lazy but creative.
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) 5. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?
A. The history of Hulun Buir Grassland.
B. More information on Hulun Buir Grassland.
C. The special landscape of Hulun Buir Grassland.
D. The livestock on Hulun Buir Grassland.
解析：
【分析】
这是一篇介绍呼伦贝尔草原的阅读理解题，解题时需采用“定位原文，逐一比对”的思路：
1. 第1题：直接定位到第一段描述地势的句子，提取关键信息匹配选项；
2. 第2题：将每个选项与第一段内容逐一核对，排除与原文不符的选项，锁定正确答案；
3. 第3题：根据上下文“Buir Lake is the boundary lake between China and Mongolia”，结合常识判断“boundary”的含义，边界是一条划分的线，对应选项；
4. 第4题：定位到第二段最后一句关于Hulun和Buir的评价，将“courage”和“wisdom”转化为对应的形容词；
5. 第5题：分析最后一段内容，该段既提到物产，又提到历史文化地位，是对草原的补充介绍，据此判断主旨。
【解析】
1. 第1题：根据第一段第二句“The terrain (地势) of Hulun Buir Grassland is high in the east and low in the west”，可知地势东高西低，对应选项C。
2. 第2题：
A选项：原文是“north-east of Inner Mongolia”，并非“south-east”，错误；
B选项：原文是“more than 500 lakes and over 3,000 rivers”，并非“less than 3,700 rivers and 400 lakes”，错误；
C选项：原文是“about 100,000 square kilometres”，并非“120,000 square kilometres”，错误；
D选项：第一段第三句提到“It is one of the four biggest grasslands in the world”，与选项一致，正确。
3. 第3题：根据“Buir Lake is the boundary lake between China and Mongolia”，可知贝尔湖是中蒙之间的边界湖，“boundary”意为“边界；界线”，对应选项A。
4. 第4题：第二段最后一句提到“because of their courage (勇气) and wisdom”，courage对应brave，wisdom对应clever，所以选B。
5. 第5题：最后一段提到草原的物产（meat, milk, fur等）和历史文化地位（birthplace of Genghis Khan, world-famous place of interest），是对呼伦贝尔草原的更多信息补充，对应选项B。
【答案】
1. C
2. D
3. A
4. B
5. B
【知识点】
1. 细节理解
2. 词义猜测
3. 主旨大意
【点评】
这篇阅读理解围绕呼伦贝尔草原展开，考查了细节查找、词义推断和主旨归纳等核心阅读能力。题目设置贴合文本内容，需要学生精准定位原文信息，同时具备一定的词汇转化和归纳能力，能有效检验学生的基础阅读素养。
【难度系数】
0.7
