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

RegionsIt includes the city of Chongqing, six provinces and five autonomous regions. Among them, Ningxia is 1. than any other region.

Land

It covers over half of the total area of China, more than five 2. square kilometers. It has many mountains but 3. water than that in the East.

PopulationOnly about 22% of the population of China is here.

4. resourcesIt is rich in oil, gas and different kinds of minerals.

TourismTravellers can visit the famous5. , old palaces, tombs and caves.

 

Answer 1

1.smaller

2.million

3.less

4.Natural

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。

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