Question

Western China is a large and beautiful region. It includes one major city, Chongqing, six provinces, and five autonomous regions (自治区). The six provinces are Sichuan, Shanxi, Gansu, Yunnan, Qinghai, and Guizhou. The five autonomous regions are Tibet, Ningxia Hui, Xinjiang Uygur, Guangxi Zhuang, and Inner Mongolia. Among all these provinces and autonomous regions, Xinjiang is the largest region and Ningxia is the smallest region.
Western China has an area of 5,400,000 square kilometers. This is about 56% of the total area of the country. However, there are many mountains, highlands, and deserts, and there are fewer rivers and lakes than in the East. Only around 22% of the population (人口) of China lives in the West, so there are far more people living in the East than living there.
Western China has a lot of natural resources. It is rich in oil and gas and it has many different kinds of minerals (矿). Tourists like to visit the area. There are many famous museums, ancient palaces, tombs (坟墓), and caves (洞), such as the Dazu museum, Shanxi History Museum, the Potala Palace, the Dunhuang Caves, and many other beautiful places such as Yunnan Dali and Sichuan Jiuzhaigou Valley.

Western China
Regions	It includes the city of Chongqing, six provinces and five autonomous regions. Among them, Ningxia is 【小题1】  than any other region.
Land	It covers over half of the total area of China, more than five 【小题2】   square kilometers. It has many mountains but 【小题3】    water than that in the East.
Population	Only about 22% of the population of China is here.
【小题4】    resources	It is rich in oil, gas and different kinds of minerals.
Tourism	Travellers can visit the famous【小题5】   , old palaces, tombs and caves.

Answer 1

【小题1】smaller
【小题2】million
【小题3】less
【小题4】Natural
【小题5】museum

解析试题分析：中国西部是一个大而美丽的地区。它包括一个直辖市重庆，6个省，5个自治区。六省份四川、山西、甘肃、云南、青海、贵州。五个自治区是西藏、宁夏回族、新疆维吾尔族、广西壮族和内蒙古自治区。 接下来对西部地区的资源与特点进行介绍。
【小题1】细节理解题。联系原文：Ningxia is the smallest region.句意：宁夏是最小的自治区。问题中是以比较级的形式出现，因此运用smaller.故填smaller
【小题2】细节理解题。联系原文：Western China has an area of 5,400,000 square kilometers. 句意：中国西部的土地面积有5400000平方千米。结合问题，单位应该填写为百万million.故填million
【小题3】细节理解题。联系原文：there are fewer rivers and lakes than in the East. 句意：西部的河流和湖泊比东部少。结合问题，以水进行比较，水是不可数名词，因此表示更少要用less.故填less
【小题4】细节理解题。联系问题：石油、天然气等等都是自然资源，因此前面应该为自然资源natural resources.故填Natural
【小题5】细节理解题。联系原文：There are many famous museums, ancient palaces, tombs (坟墓), and caves (洞).句意：这有很多著名的博物馆, 古老的宫殿, 坟墓和洞穴。明确答案为博物馆。故填museum
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