Question

Western China is a large and beautiful region. It includes one major city, Chongqing, six provinces, and five autonomous regions (自治區(qū)). 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 (礦). Tourists like to visit the area. There are many famous museums, ancient palaces, tombs (墳?zāi)?, 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】

試題分析：中國西部是一個大而美麗的地區(qū)。它包括一個直轄市重慶，6個省，5個自治區(qū)。六省份四川、山西、甘肅、云南、青海、貴州。五個自治區(qū)是西藏、寧夏回族、新疆維吾爾族、廣西壯族和內(nèi)蒙古自治區(qū)。 接下來對西部地區(qū)的資源與特點進行介紹。

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