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BEIJING—Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has visited the "left-behind" (留守) children whose parents are working in cities before Children's Day.
During a visit to northwest China's Shanxi Province, Wen visited the home of Yang Saike, a primary
school boy in a village of Xingping City.
Yang, whose parents were working in Fujian, thousands of kilometers away, was cared for by his
grandparents. His parents fail to go home even once a year.
The premier held Yang in his arms and looked through his exercise book and praised him for his hard work.
Wen talked with many children and asked them many questions about their schooling and life.
"You are so pretty," Wen said to Liu Mengqi, a seven-year-old girl living with her grandmother.
Liu's parents were also working in the city.
"Have you been to school yet?" Wen asked two other girls.
"We are going to the pre-school class," said one.
"Mom and dad at home?" Wen asked. The children shook their heads.
"Children cannot see their parents very often, which is a new problem in the countryside. We should
give them more care and love," said the premier.
With fast economic (经济) development, more people in the country chose to work in cities and left
their children with grandparents or relatives back home, said Wen.
The premier asked local governments to do something to protect and care for such children at home
and freeing (解除)their parents in cities from worries about their children.
1. Wen says a new problem in the country is that "left-behind" children __________.
A. seldom get care from the government
B. seldom get together with their parents
C. cannot do well in school like others
D. cannot get any love from their parents
2. According to (根据) Wen, more country people go to work in cities because of _____
A. great losses of farmland
B. their hope for city life
C. economic development
D. their poor country life
