阅读理解。
China has three economic (经济的) areas: eastern China, central China and western China. Shanxi, Gansu,
Qingdao, Xinjiang, Ningxia, Sichuan, Chongqing, Yunnan, Guizhou and Tibet are in western China. It covers
5,385,700 square kilometers, making up 56.4% of Chinese territory (疆土) and is home to 230 million people.
It is 23% of China's population.
The western area rich in mineral (矿物的) and energy (能量) resources (资源) (water, coal, sun energy and wind power). It also has large grassland, ice and snow resources waiting to be developed. It is home to many
wild animals and plants, and it gives us with important medicinal resources.
The Chinese leaders have decided to develop the western area. Jiang Zemin said,"Without the development
of the western area, how can we modernize the whole country, and how can China become an economic
power?"
Since 1949, when the People's Republic of China was founded, it is not the first time for China to develop
its western part, China will make its western area a long-term base for economic development and use its rich
resources to develop economic power.
1. 判断正误，对的写“T”，错的写“F”。
( )The western area have large Greenland waiting to be developed.
2. 翻译文中画线的句子：
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3. Does China have three economic areas?
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4. What's the population of the western China?
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5. Why did the Chinese leaders decide to develop the western area?
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