When I was going home to india last year, I called up my mother to ask if she wanted anything from china, When india had not opened up its markers to the world, I carried suitease loads of dark glasses and jeans, Thankfully, we can get all these anywhere in India now, Still ,her answer surprised me：”Green tea,”
As loog as I can remember she didn’t even drink indian tea．
I dutifully bought a big packct of longjing and headed home to hear the story, My mother and her brother ,both regular newspaper readets, believed that Chinese green tea was the wonder drug for all illnesses At the turn of the century,China was not really familiar tu the average Indian, It was a stronge country
How things changel And how soonl
Now every lown of any sizc seems to have a “China Market”,And everyone is talking about China
The govemment of indin has planned to send a team to China to see how things are done A minister once said that india must open the doors for more foreign investment(投资)and such a step would“work wonders as it did for China”．
But it’s a two-way streat ,I just heard about a thousand shenzhen office workers who have gone to rangalore to train in software．Mcanwhile, all the IT majors are setting up a strong ptesence in China
No wonder that trade, which was only in the millions just ten years ago ,is expected to his about us$15 billion for last year and us$20 billion by 2008, a goal set by both governments, No wonder, my colleague wrote some weeks ago about this being the Sino-indian(中印)century as the two countries started on January I the Sino-Indian Friendship Year
But what is still a wonder to me is my moother dringking Chinese tea．
(1)
Why did the mother ask for Chinese green tea?
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A．
she was tired of Indian tea
B．
she had a son working in China．
C．
she believed it had a curing effect
D．
she was fond of Chinese products,
(2)
What does the author mean by“it’s a two-waystreet’ in paragraph 10?
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A．
China and India have different traffic rules
B．
Tea trade works wonders in beth india and China
C．
Chinese priducts are popular in both China and India,
D．
The exchanges between India and China benefit both
She took up skating at age 85, made her first movie appearance at age 114, and held a concert in the neighborhood on her 121st birthday．
Whe n it comes to long life, Jeanne Calment is the world’s recordholder．She lived to the ripe old age of 122．So is 122 the upper limit to the human life span(寿命)?If scientists come up with some sort of pill or diet that would slow aging, could we possibly make it to 150－or beyond?
Researchers don’t entirely agree on the answers．“Calment lived to 122, so it wouldn’t surprise me if someone alive today reaches 130 or 135,”says Jerry Shay at the University of Texas．
Steve Austad at the University of Texas agrees．“People can live much longer than we think,”he says．“Experts used to say that humans couldn’t live past 110．When Calment blew past that age, they raised the number to 120．So why can’t we go higher?”
The trouble with guessing how old people can live to be is that it’s all just guessing．“Anyone can make up a number,”says Rich Miller at the University of Michigan．“Usually the scientist who picks the highest number gets his name in Time magazine．”
Won’t new anti-aging techniques keep us alive for centuries?Any cure, says Miller, for aging would probably keep most of us kicking until about 120．Researchers are working on treatments that lengthen the life span of mice by 50 percent at most．So, if the average human life span is about 80 years, says Miller,“adding another 50 percent would get you to 120．”
So what can we conclude from this little disagreement among the researchers?That life span is flexible(有弹性的)，but there is a limit, says George Martin of the University of Washington．“We can get flies to live 50 percent longer,”he says．“But a fly’s never going to live 150 years．”
“Of course, if you became a new species(物种)，one that ages at a slower speed, that would be a different story,”he adds．
Does Martin really believe that humans could evolve(进化)their way to longer life?“It’s pretty cool to think about it,”he says with a smile．
(1)
What does the story of Jeanne Calment prove to us?
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A．
People can live to 122．
B．
Old people are creative．
C．
Women are sporty at 85．
D．
Women live longer than men．
(2)
According to Steve Austad at the University of Texas, ________．
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A．
the average human life span could be 110
B．
scientists cannot find ways to slow aging
C．
few people can expect to live to over 150
D．
researchers are not sure how long people can live
(3)
Who would agree that a scientist will become famous if he makes the wildest guess at longevity?
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A．
Jerry Shay．
B．
Steve Austad
C．
Rich Miller
D．
George Martin
(4)
What can we infer from the last three paragraphs?
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A．
Most of us could be good at sports even at 120．
B．
The average human life span cannot be doubled．
C．
Scientists believe mice are aging at a slower speed than before．
D．
New techniques could be used to change flies into a new species．
