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Asiaishometomorethanhalfoftheworld'spopulationandthreeofthefourmostcrowdedcountriesarein
Asia.ChinaIndiaandIndonesiaalonehavemorethan2.5billionpeople.
UntilrecentlymostAsiannationsfellbehindthewesterncountriesinmanyfields.Governmentreform(改革)
howeverhasledtoimportantprogressineachoftheseAsiancountries.Acrosstheareaeducationsystems
havebeenimprovedandeconomies(经济)havebeengrowing.MostAsiancountriesnowhaveasystemof
compulsory(义务的)education.Manycountrieshaverecentlyallowedprivateuniversitiestobebuiltwhich
wasnotallowedbefore.Therearemorechancesforstudentstogotouniversitynow.
HoweverinAsiatherearestillnotenoughchancesforstudentstogethighereducationandmanypeople
prefertogoabroadforfurtherstudy.AsaresultIndiaChinaSouthKoreaJapanandotherAsiancountries
sendthousandsofstudentstostudyintheUnitedStatesandEuropeeachyear.
PartofthepeopleinAsiancountriescanspeakEnglishandEnglishhasbecomethemostimportantlanguage
forbusinessacrossthearea.Thepercentage(百分比)isthelargestinJapanSingaporethePhilippines
SriLankaandSouthKorea.ManypeopleinChinaIndiaandMalaysiacanalsospeakEnglish.Somecountries
havemadeEnglishpartoftheprimaryandsecondaryeducationprogramme.Insomecountrieschildrenbegin
tostudyEnglishevenattheageof4or5.
1.ThepopulationofAsiaisabout .
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A.2.5billion
B.halfoftheworld'spopulation
C.1.3billion
D.6billion
2.MostAsiancountries thewesterncountriesinmanyfields.
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A.arebetterthan
B.aremorepowerfulthan
C.getgreaterprogressthan
D.arenotasgoodas
3.Inthepast wasnotallowedinmanyAsiancountries.
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A.speakingEnglish
B.movingtoothercountries
C.buildingprivateuniversities
D.buildingmiddleschools
4.WhydosomanystudentsinAsiagotostu
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