2013届高考英语二轮专题总复习 精选综合能力专练 阅读理解十.docVIP

2013届高考英语二轮专题总复习精选综合能力专练：阅读理解10 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 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, was 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. [语篇解读]　文章主要讲述了一个印度人对中国的印象：中国的发展令他惊讶不已。另外，中国和印度相互合作，实现了双赢。 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. [解析]　根据第五段最后一句话可知答案。 [答案]　C 2．What do