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 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 street.I just heard about a thousand Shenzhen office workers who have gone to Bangalore to train in software.Meanwhile, all the Indian 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.

1.According to the passage, the author left _____ for ______.

     A.India; China             B.China; India     

       C.China; Longjing          D.India; Shenzhen

2.The reason why the writer’s mother asked for Chinese green tea is that_____.

     A.she had a son working in China          B.she believed it had a curing effect

     C.she enjoyed Chinese products      D.she was tired of Indian tea

3.The underlined part “it’s a two-way street” in Paragraph 10 probably means ____.

     A.The exchanges between Indian and China benefit both.

     B.China and India have different traffic rules.

     C.Tea trade works wonders in both India and China.

     D.Chinese produces are popular in both China and India.

4.It can be inferred from the passage that _______.

     A.the author was concerned for his mother’s health

     B.the author was in favor of drinking Chinese green tea

     C.the author was surprised at China’s recent development

     D.the author was curious about the growth of India’s IT industry

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[1]Today,millions of people want to learn or improve their English but it is difficult to find the best method.Is it better to study in Britain or America or to study in your own country?

[2]The advantages of going to Britain seem obvious.Firstly,you will be able to listen to the language all the time you are in the country.You will be aurrounded completely by the language wherever you go.Another advantage is that you have to speak the language if you are with other people.In Italy,it is always possible,in the class,to speak Italian if you want to and the learning is slower.

[3]On the other hand,           staying at home to study.You don’t have to make big changes to your life.As well as this,it is also a lot cheaper than going to Britain but it is never possible to achieve the results of living in the UK.If you have a good teacher in Italy,I think you can learn in a more concentrated way than being in Britain without going to a school.

[4]so,in conclusion,I think that if you have enough time and enough money,the best choice is to spend some time in the UK.This is simply not possible for most people,so being here in Italy is the only viable(可行的)option.The most important thing to do in this situation is to maximise your opportunities:to speak only English in class and to try to use English whenever possible outside the class.

What is the text mainly about?(no more than 10 words)

                                                                               

Which sentence in the text is closest in meaning to the following one?

All the people and everything around are related with English,and you’ll have more opportunities.

                                                                               Fill in the blank in Paragraph 3 with proper words.(no more than 8 words)

                                                                               

What suggestion does the author give to those who learn English in their own country?(no more than 20 words)

                                                                                

                                                                               

Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 into Chinese.

                                                                                

                                                                               

BEIJING, Oct. 8(Xinhua)——There are ten times as many Chinese newspapers and magazines than there were 30 years ago. That’s when the country adopted the reform and opening-up policy.

    Figures from the General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP)show there were 186 newspapers and 930 magazines in China in 1978. Today, the country has 2,081 newspapers and 9,363 different magazines.

    In the meantime, official figures show China has some 600 publishing houses producing nearly 300,000 kinds of books. That’s a dramatic increase from the 105 publishers of the past that produced only 10,000 different books.

    Rapid economic development and universal education since China adopted the reform has helped fuel the need for more information sources.

    Under the market economy, hundreds of publishing houses and newspapers have taken steps to restructure management systems into corporations listed on the stock market.

    The legal system overseeing the news and publishing industries in China has also changed over the last three decades. Since 1990 a law and five relevant(相关) regulations were adopted in 1990 to govern the sectors.

    Since it started in 1993, digital publishing has flourished. Its industrial volume amounted to 20 billion yuan (2.93 billion U.S. dollars) in 2006. More than 500,000 kinds of digital books were produced last year alone in China, which is more than any other country in the world.

Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

    A. Digital books take the place of common ones in China.

    B. China has more newspapers and magazines.

    C. More information sources are developing with the economy.

    D. A law should be adopted to govern the publishing industries.

There are ten times as many newspapers and magazines because ________.

    A. the publishing houses want to make more money.

    B. there are more readers along with the bigger population.

    C. economic and education have developed under the policy.

    D. the legal system overseeing the publishing industries has changed.

Which is true according to this text?

    A. The development of publishing industry in the past was out of control.

    B. Hundreds of publishing houses have closed down and turned to stock market.

    C. China adopted the reform and opening-up policy about 20 years ago.

    D. China produces more digital books than any other country.

The underlined word “flourished” in Paragraph 7 probably means ________.

    A. first appeared                   B. fell down

    C. well developed                   D. successfully ended

You will probably read this text in the ________ column of XINHUA NET?

    A. culture and education                B. entertainment

    C. science and technology           D. business

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