The Nadam Festival, usually held from June 4 to 9(lunar calendar), is one of the most exciting and colorful festivals in the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region. At the center of the festivities are the fierce horse racing, archery(射箭) and wrestling competitions, the traditional sports of the Mongolian warriors (the three “manly” sports, though young girls and women participate in the horse racing and archery contests).
In Mongolian, the word “Nadam” means “amusement and entertainment” and the festival began in 1225 AD, when Genghis Khan organized an expedition to the west and got control of Khwarezm. In order to celebrate the victory they held the magnificent Nadam Fari. The Mongolians used this exciting gathering as a big occasion to compete in the horse racing, Mongolian wrestling and archery, which were regarded as the three basic skills of men.
Gradually more and more events were added to the festival, such as marksmanship(射擊), chess, reciting epics, polo(馬球), film, drama, singing, dancing, track and field competitions and so on.
There are three kinds of Nadam, the big one, the medium one and the small one. The big Nadam requires the participation of 512 wrestlers and 300 horses and usually lasts 7-10 days while the medium Nadam will have the participation of 256 wrestlers and 100-150 horses, lasting 5-7 days. And 64 or 128 wrestlers and 30 or 50 horses will take part in the small Nadam, which lasts 3-5 days. Anyone can apply to compete in Nadam, regardless of his or her ethnic origin and religious belief.
Nadam has become a popular artistic and sports event participated in by people of all ages. Boys and girls can also take the opportunity to show their love, i. e. the so-called “meeting at aobao”.
In addition to sports competition, people also make good use of this gathering to hold talks and establish relations in economic trade or to interchange goods.
小題1:We can infer from the passage that ______.
A．girls are not allowed to take part in horse racing
B．foreigners also have a chance to compete in the Nadam Festival
C．the Nadam Festival is only for sports competition
D．Business activities can’t be held in the Nadam Festival
小題2:It can be inferred that “meeting at aobao” expresses ______.
A．love of parents to kidsB．old friends’ friendships
C．deep feelings between brothersD．love between boys and girls
小題3:What’s the main idea of the passage?
A．The introduction of the Nadam Festival.
B．The origin of the Nadam Festival.
C．The sports events of the Nadam Festival.
D．The modern style of the Nadam Festival.

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:A

試題分析：本文介紹了蒙古人最重要的聚會(huì)——那達(dá)慕。以及那達(dá)慕的具體的詳細(xì)的情況介紹。
小題1:B 推理題。根據(jù)文章第四段最后一句Anyone can apply to compete in Nadam, regardless of his or her ethnic origin and religious belief.說明任何人都可以參加那達(dá)慕大會(huì)，故外國(guó)人也可以。，故B正確。
小題2:D 推理題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段Boys and girls can also take the opportunity to show their love, i. e. the so-called “meeting at aobao”.說明這是男女相會(huì)的場(chǎng)所，故該詞是表示男女之間的愛情故事那么D正確。
小題3:A 主旨大意題。本文介紹了蒙古人最重要的聚會(huì)——那達(dá)慕。以及那達(dá)慕的具體的詳細(xì)的情況介紹。故A正確。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文介紹了蒙古人最重要的聚會(huì)——那達(dá)慕。本文主旨鮮明,很容易在文中找到答案。做題時(shí)要注意文章的首段和每一段的首句或尾句，因?yàn)樗鼈兺褪俏恼碌闹黝}句。閱讀中要注意要點(diǎn)之間的關(guān)系。然后帶著問題，再讀全文，找出答題所需要的依據(jù)，完成閱讀任務(wù)。
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