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 suitcase loads of dark
glasses and jeans. Thankfully, we can get all these anywhere in India now,
Still ,her
answer surprised me:“Green tea,”
As long as I can
remember she didn’t even drink Indian
tea.
I dutifully
bought a big packet of Longjing and headed home to hear the story. My mother
and her brother, both regular newspaper readers, believed that Chinese green
tea was the wonder drug for all illnesses
At the turn of
the century, China was not really familiar to the average Indian, It was a
strange country
How things
change [And how soon]
Now every town
of any size seems to have a “China Market”. And everyone is talking about
China
The government
of India 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 street, I just heard about a thousand Shenzhen office workers who
have gone to Rangalore to train in software. Meanwhile, all the IT majors are
setting up a strong presence in China,
No wonder that
trade, which was only in the millions just ten years ago, is expected to his
about us15billionforlastyearandus20 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 mother drinking Chinese tea.
1.Why did the
mother ask for Chinese green tea?
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-way street’ in paragraph 10?
A. China and
India have different traffic rules
B. Tea trade
works wonders in both India and China
C. Chinese
products are popular in both China and India,
D. The exchanges
between India and China benefit both
3.What do we
know about the Indian IT industry?
A. It will move
its head office to Shenzhen
B. It is seeking
further development in China
C. It has
attracted an investment of US$15 billion
D. It caught up
with the US IT industry in2008.
4.In the text
the author expresses_____,
A. his concern
for his mother’s health
B. his support
for drinking Chinese green tea
C. his surprise
at China’s recent development
D. his wonder at
the growth of India’s IT industry