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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    The Ministry of Education reportedly plans to make school admission (许可) age more flexible. As part
of the reform program, it will allow primary schools to enroll students aged under 6, the country's present
age of admission. While some people applaud it, this might not necessarily be a helpful revision.
    Once the current six-year-old limitation is cancelled (取消), no parents will want to send their children
to school at that age while other children enter school at younger age. As a result, Chinese children will
have to go to school increasingly early.
    The earlier they are sent to school, the less freedom young children will enjoy. They will be thrown into
endless examinations. While their heads become filled with knowledge, their simple happiness will decrease.
This is harmful for their growth, especially when they are thrown into the rigors of a curriculum before
they are five years old.
     In countries such as Germany and Australia, parents all hope to send their children to school at an older
age when they have developed more fully physically and psychologically. 
    The current fixed schooling age is an effective mechanism to protect children against harm brought on
by early schooling. If it is broken, Chinese children might again face a more stressful childhood.

1. Currently in China, children of ______ or older than ______ can go to primary school.

A. 7; 7
B. 6; 6
C. 5; 5
D. 4; 4

2. If the current six-year-old limitation is cancelled, ______ will send their children aged under 6 to primary
    school.

A. no parents
B. perhaps all parents
C. only some parents
D. maybe a half of the parents

3. The children will enjoy            if they go to school earlier.

A. themselves
B. more freedom
C. less freedom
D. less love

4. If the children go to school at an older age, they will ______.

A. love their parents better
B. learn more foreign languages
C. violate the rules of the school more easily
D. develop better in body and thought

5. According to the passage, the writer           .

A. doesn't care how old a child goes to school
B. doesn't agree the children to go to school younger than 6
C. suggests the Ministry of Education carry out the new program
D. thinks that China should not follow the western countries