China plans to select 3,000 kindergartens to become youth soccer nurturing grounds by the end of this year as authorities push ahead with reforms aimed at making the country a global power in the sport.

Kindergarten is a key stage in the development of children's sporting interests, habits, understanding and skills, and the kindergartens will conduct play-oriented training to help develop pupils' interest in the sport. The ministry will provide soccer training to 200 kindergarten teachers and 200 principals.

The country also plans to build another 30,000 primary and secondary schools with soccer programs in their curricula by 2025 to foster children's interest in the sport and promote high-quality coaching, training and competition. China has 24,126 primary and secondary schools with soccer as their main physical education emphasis, involving around 20 million students. To qualify as soccer-focused schools, they must have at least one soccer course each week for all students and also provide them with after-school soccer training and competitive matches.

More than two-thirds of China's primary and secondary schools do not have soccer fields. There were more than 120,000 soccer fields in primary and secondary schools as of September, Wang said, but the country has more than 380,000 primary and secondary schools.

An avid soccer fan, President Xi Jinping has said he has three World Cup dreams for China: to take part in the tournament again, to host the event and to win it. "There is no shortcut, and only earnest teaching, training, fair competition and strong public participation can help improve the country's soccer level".

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1.What does China plan to do?

A To build more kindergartens in China.

B To develop primary and secondary schools in China.

C To introduce more teachers in China.

D To develop youth soccer nurturing grounds in China.

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据第一段第一句China plans to select 3,000 kindergartens to become youth soccer nurturing grounds...可知答案，故选D。

2.Kindergarten is a key stage for _______.

A developing sporting interests

B developing habits

C developing understanding and skills

D all of the above

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据第二段第一句 Kindergarten is a key stage in the development of children's sporting interests, habits, understanding and skills...可知答案，故选D。

3.What does the underlined word “foster” mean in Chinese in the third paragraph?

A 减少.

B 提供.

C 拥有.

D 培养.

解析：选D。词义猜测题。根据第二段第一句...to help develop pupils' interest in the sport...及第三段foster后的 interest可推测，应该是“培养”之意，故选D。

4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A China has more than twenty thousand primary and secondary schools with soccer as their main physical education emphasis.

B Less than one-fourth of China's primary and secondary schools do have soccer fields.

C The ministry will provide soccer training to 200 kindergarten teachers and 200 principals.

D To qualify as soccer-focused schools, students must attend at least one soccer course each week.

解析：选B。推理判断题。根据第四段第一句More than two-thirds of China's primary and secondary schools do not have soccer fields.可知多于三分之二的学校没有足球场，即少于三分之一的学校有足球场，选项B应是三分之一而不是四分之一，故选B。