很多同学在英语阅读里遇到资源类文章就觉得难。其实，把祖国的自然资源用英语讲清楚，不但是中考阅读理解的高频考点，也是我们向世界介绍中国的底气。
今天给大家带来一篇标准中考难度阅读理解，认真读完，既能练阅读，又能掌握核心英语表达。
一、中考阅读理解原文
China’s Natural Resources
China has rich natural resources. Its land resources have three main features: (1) many types, including farmland, forests, grasslands and deserts; (2) more mountains and plateaus (高原) than flat land and basins (盆地); (3) uneven distribution: farmland is mainly in the east, grasslands in the west and north, and forests in the far northeast and southwest.
Today, 108 million ha of China’s land is farmland, mostly in the Northeast Plain, North China Plain, Middle-Lower Yangtze Plain, Pearl River Delta and Sichuan Basin. The fertile black soil of the Northeast Plain is good for wheat, corn and soybeans. The Middle-Lower Yangtze Plain, with many lakes and rivers, is called the “land of fish and rice” and is great for rice and fish.
Forests cover 128.63 million ha of China. The northeast has China’s largest natural forests, with trees like Korean pine and larch. The southwest has many precious trees, and Xishuangbanna in Yunnan is a “kingdom of plants” with over 5,000 plant species.
Grasslands cover 400 million ha, stretching over 3,000 km from northeast to southwest. They are important for animal husbandry (畜牧业).
China is rich in mineral resources (矿产资源), with 151 different kinds found. It is the world’s top producer of many metals like tungsten and antimony. China’s water resources rank fourth in the world, but per capita (人均) resources are only one fourth of the world average, making it one of the countries short of water.
二、阅读理解练习题
1. 细节理解题
Where is most of China’s farmland located?
A. In the west
B. In the east
C. In the north
D. In the south
2. 词义猜测题
What does the underlined word “fertile” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?
A. Good for growing crops
B. Very cold
C. Full of rocks
D. Dry and sandy
3. 推理判断题
What can we infer from the passage?
A. China has enough water for everyone.
B. China’s forests are only in the northeast.
C. China’s per capita water resources are low.
D. All of China’s land is flat and good for farming.
4. 细节理解题
How many plant species are there in Xishuangbanna?
A. Over 3,000
B. Over 4,000
C. Over 5,000
D. Over 6,000
5. 主旨大意题
What is the main idea of the passage?
A. The water problem in China
B. China’s rich and various natural resources
C. The forests in China
D. The farmland in China
三、词汇学习（文末附）
- plateau n. 高原
- basin n. 盆地
- mineral resources 矿产资源
- per capita 人均
- animal husbandry 畜牧业
