真题例句：

• Tibetans live in very high mountainous areas in southwestern China.

  藏族人生活在中国西南部非常高的山区。

  [2019年 齐齐哈尔 阅读理解]

真题例句：

• Giant pandas bring protection to a host of plants and animals in the southwestern and northwestern parts of China.

  大熊猫为中国西南部和西北部的许多动植物带来了保护。

  [2022年 新高考Ⅰ卷 语法填空]

真题例句：

• Reserves proposed earlier this year for Australia's southwestern and northwestern coastal regions have also been criticised for failing to give habitats adequate protection.

  今年早些时候为澳大利亚西南和西北沿海地区提议的保护区也被批评为未能给予生境足够的保护。

  [2020年 CET6 阅读理解C]

• The southwestern reserve offers protection to the offshore areas where commercial opportunities are fewest and where there is little threat to the environment.

  西南保护区为商业机会最少、对环境威胁较小的近海地区提供保护。

  [2020年 CET6 阅读理解C]

• 173 marine scientists were concerned that the proposals for the southwestern region had not been based on the "core science principles" of reserves.

  173名海洋科学家担心，西南地区的提议没有基于保护区的“核心科学原则”。

  [2020年 CET6 阅读理解C]

真题例句：

• As many as 2 million lesser prairie chickens once lent red to the often grey landscape of the Midwestern and southwestern United States.

  多达200万只的小草原榛鸡曾为美国中西部和西南部常年灰暗的风景增添了一抹红色。

  [2016年 英语二 阅读理解A]