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 markets 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 hit 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 1 the Sino-Indian Friendship Year.

But what is still a wonder to me is my mother drinking Chinese tea.

 

56 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.

57 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.

58 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.

59 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

The great   46  scientist, Charles Darwin, was born on February 12, 1809. His father was a well-known doctor, and   47  that his son also would become a doctor.
As a boy, Charles liked to go for walks in the fields and   48  ,   49  nature and comparing what he saw with everything he had read in natural science books. He was fond    50   collecting animal and plant specimens   51   insects, birds, flowers and leaves.
At sixteen, Charles   52   Edinburgh University   53 . But he was interested in 54    . Then he was sent to Cambridge University,    55   he graduated in1831.
56    he heard that the ship Beagle(贝格尔号) was   57  to South America and wanted a naturalist. His biology professor advised him to go. He said the journey would be just the thing for Charles. So the Beagle left England in December 1831, Charles Darwin was   58  .
The expedition   59  almost five years. The Beagle   60   the waters near the east and west   61   of South America, and many other places. He    62  all kinds of plants and animals, which he sent home from the    63   he visited.
After returning from the expedition, Darwin continued his studies of changes in nature. Darwin understood that plants and animals do not    64   the same, that they always change.
By 1859 Darwin had finished his famous book “The Origin of Species”. It made a great noise in the word of science. Darwin was attacked by the    65   and even by some scientists. But later, more and more scientists agreed with him.
Darwin tirelessly continued his scientific studies until he died on April 19,1882.

【小题1】
A.American
B.British
C.German
D.Italian
【小题2】
A.hoped
B.wanted
C.wished
D.required
【小题3】
A.woods
B.forests
C.mountains
D.countryside
【小题4】
A.noticing
B.watching
C.looking over
D.seeing
【小题5】
A.at
B.of
C.with
D.in
【小题6】
A.for example
B.like as
C.such as
D.like
【小题7】
A.had been sent to
B.was sent to
C.was sent for
D.had been sent for
【小题8】
A.to find machine
B.to study medicine
C.to make medicine
D.to study machine
【小题9】
A.nature scene
B.social history
C.natural history
D.biological lives
【小题10】
A.from where
B.in which
C.from which
D.at which
【小题11】
A.Late
B.Later
C.After that
D.From then on
【小题12】
A.going on a trip
B.traveling about
C.about to a journey
D.making a journey
【小题13】
A.at board
B.in ship
C.on board
D.on trip
【小题14】
A.was lasted
B.had lasted
C.lasted
D.had kept
【小题15】
A. watched
B, studied  
C. explored  
D. researched
【小题16】
A.parts
B.land
C.coasts
D.beaches
【小题17】
A.got
B.collected
C.caught
D.fed
【小题18】        
A.ports
B.cities
C.places
D.towns
【小题19】         
A.remain
B.show
C.mean
D.make
【小题20】
A.government
B.relatives
C.Church
D.professors
 

The story is told about what happened on a flight between a passenger and an air hostess. The passenger rang and told the air hostess (乘务员) that he needed a cup of __21__to take his medicine when the plane just took off. She told him that she would_22__him the water in ten minutes.
Thirty minutes later, when the passenger’s ring for_23__sounded, the air hostess was in a hurry. She was kept so_24__that she forgot to deliver (送) him the water. As a result, the passenger was_25__to take his medicine.She_26__over to him with a cup of water, but he_27__it.
In the following hours on the_28__, each time the air hostess passed by the _29__ she would ask him with a smile_30__he needed help or not. But the passenger__31__paid attention to her.
When the passenger was going to get__32__the plane, he asked the air hostess to__33__him the passengers’ booklet (意见薄). She was very__34__. She knew he would write down_35__words, which might result in the loss of her job. _36__with a smile she handed it to him.
Off the plane, she_37__the booklet, and cracked a smile, _38__the passenger put it, “On the flight, you asked me whether I need help or not for twelve times_39__. How can I refuse your twelve sincere(真诚的) smiles?”
That’s__40__! Who can refuse twelve sincere smiles from a person?

【小题1】
A.coffeeB.teaC.waterD.cola
【小题2】
A.takeB.bringC.carryD.hold
【小题3】
A.foodB.drink C.serviceD.medicine
【小题4】
A.tired B.silentC.calm D.busy
【小题5】
A.delayingB.delayedC.delaysD.delay
【小题6】
A.hurriedB.wentC.came D.got
【小题7】
A.refused B.acceptedC.likedD.hated
【小题8】
A.seatB.airC.floorD.flight
【小题9】
A.customerB.passengerC.guestD.visitor
【小题10】
A.whetherB.whenC.whatD.that
【小题11】
A.neverB.oftenC.alwaysD.seldom
【小题12】
A.onB.toC.offD.from
【小题13】
A.handB.takeC.throwD.lend
【小题14】
A.gladB.angry C.curiousD.sad
【小题15】
A.goodB.sharpC.politeD.nice
【小题16】
A.SoB.BecauseC.AndD.But
【小题17】
A.hidB.toreC.openedD.closed
【小题18】
A.if B.forC.afterD.when
【小题19】
A.in allB.above allC.or elseD.or so
【小题20】
A.wrongB.wonderfulC.impossibleD.right


  The Darwin Myth: The Life and Lies of Charles Darwin
By Benjamin Wiker
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In the 150 years since the publication of Origin of Species, Charles Darwin has been considered between two extremes--- a great biologist or heretic(持异端学说者). However, the truth is much more difficult to understand than that. In any case, Darwin’s theory of evolution and natural selection had the greatest influence in history.
In The Darwin Myth,author Benjamin Wiker offers a full-side analysis of Darwin’s theories as well as the social, scientific, and religious effect of his work. Scientists often cause debates(争论) that will last for generations for their new theory. Still, no scientist has caused more debates than Charles Darwin. To some he is the revolutionary “father” of evolution. To others his theory of evolution unconsciously disagrees with many ideas in modern eugenics.(优生学) In The Darwin Myth: The Life and Lies of Charles Darwin, author Benjamin Wiker will make them clear.
Contents
So who is Charles Darwin? What did he really believe and what did his research really prove? In this book, Benjamin Wiker cuts through the myths. In The Darwin Myth, Wiker tells us:
How Darwin set out to create a godless Theory of Evolution
★Why many of his best friends criticized Darwin’s theory, and why he never defended himself;
★Why Darwin’s theory in a certain way supported slavery, an institution he hated;
★How much of what we know about Darwin comes from his autobiography(自传), which the key points are completely misleading.
1. If you buy three copies of The Darwin Myth at a time, how much should you pay?
A. $88.35    B.$55.35   C. $50    D. $27.97
2. According to the passage, what is The Darwin Myth mainly about?
A. An analysis of Darwin’s theory and the debates about him.
B. A brief introduction to Darwin’s life.
C. How Darwin created Theory of Evolution.
D. Why many people criticized Darwin’s Theory of Evolution.
3. From the passage, we know that ________.
A. The Darwin Myth is Darwin’s autobiography
B. The debate about Darwin’s theory has been going on since Origin of Species was published.
C. Darwin theory agrees with modern eugenics.
D. Darwin himself supported slavery.
4.We can infer from the passage that ________.
A. Darwin lost many of his best friends because of his theory
B. Darwin’s autobiography has misled many readers.
C. Benjamin Wiker was one of Darwin’s friends who knew him well
D. The Darwin Myth will end the debates about Darwin

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