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 (投資) 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 2012, a goal set by both governments.
No wonder, my colleague wrote some weeks ago about this being the Sino-Indian (中國和印度的) century as the two countries started on January 1st the Sino-Indian Friendship Year.
But what is still a wonder to me is my mother’s drinking Chinese tea.
小題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.
小題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．There are exchanges between India and China.
小題3:What do we know about the Indian IT industry?
A．It is seeking further development in China.
B．It will move its head office to Shenzhen.
C．It has attracted an investment of US $15 billion.
D．It caught up with the US IT industry in 2008.
小題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
小題5:It is inferred in the text that _______.
A．the author’s mother loves China very much
B．the Indians were not familiar with China before
C．the government of India encourages their people to buy Chinese green tea
D．the two countries didn’t cooperate until last year

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:A
小題4:C
小題5:B

試題分析：文章主要講述了一個印度人對中國的印象：中國的發(fā)展令他驚訝不已。另外，中國和印度相互合作，實現(xiàn)了雙贏。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)第五段最后一句話My mother and her brother, both regular newspaper readers, believed that Chinese green tea was the wonder drug for all illnesses.
可知答案是C 。
小題2:考查句意理解：結(jié)合上下文可知，這句話的意思是“中國和印度互惠互利，共同發(fā)展”。選D
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)題：從倒數(shù)第三段的句子：Meanwhile, all the IT majors are setting up a strong presence in China.可知印度的IT產(chǎn)業(yè)正在中國尋求進(jìn)一步發(fā)展。選A。
小題4:考查作者態(tài)度：綜觀全文可知，作者對中國的發(fā)展變化驚訝不已。因此C 項正確。C
小題5:推理題：從文章的句子：At the turn of the century, China was not really familiar to the average Indian. It was a strange country.可以推斷出印度人對中國不熟悉，B 項正確
點評：本文比較簡單，通過題目可以準(zhǔn)確定位，要求考生仔細(xì)閱讀文本，耐心審題，結(jié)合題目到文章中找到關(guān)鍵的句子做出準(zhǔn)確的判斷。
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