四、阅读理解（每小题2分，共40分）
A
India is next door to China. Besides curry （咖喱） and the Taj Mahal （泰姬陵）, what else do you know about this country? Chinese President Hu Jintao have been to visit India from November 20 to 23. He had free trade （贸易） talks with Indian leaders. His trip brought the two countries closer.
China and India are both developing Asian countries so they have a lot in common. They can learn a lot from each other. Both are big countries with several languages, different kinds of food and different climates （气候）. They have a lot of farmers and are among the fastest growing countries in the world. Even the two countries’ economies （经济） work well together. For example, in computer business, China is strong in hardware while India is strong in software. China’s computer hardware factories developed fast. They make computer chips and hard disk drives. Big computer companies like IBM and Intel are busy building factories in China. The Indian software business has been growing very fast since the 1990s. Today, India sells software and services to nearly 95 countries around the world. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao once said that if China and India helped each other, they “could lead the world’s information technology industry into an ‘Asian century’.”
In the coming years, China and India have similar problems to solve. Both of them have large populations. China has 1.3 billion people and India has 1 billion. That’s one-third of the world’s population. With so many people, the two countries need to “keep growing fast to provide （提供） jobs for tens of millions of people every year,” said Yuwa Hedrick-Wong, an Asian-Pacific economy expert.
52. The purpose of the first paragraph is to _____.
A. introduce two things that can be found in India
B. get the readers interested in the story
C. explain the main idea of the story
D. invite people to visit India
53. China and India are similar to each other in many areas EXCEPT _____.
A. population B. size
C. computer business D. customs
54. Which of the following statements about India is NOT true?
A. It has one third of the world’s population.
B. Its software business has been developing fast.
C. It has a large number of farmers.
D. It has a wide variety of weather.
55. By “Asian century”, Premier Wen Jiabao means _____.
A. Asia will become the major producer of computers
B. Asia will have the most computers in the world
C. Computer business will be strong in Asia for 100 years.
D. It will take 100 years for Asian computer business to grow strong.
56. What do you think the paragraph will relate to next?
A. The India’s agriculture.
B. The India’s computer.
C. The measures to solve problems of India.
D. The relation of China and India.
B
In the world, soccer of football is the most popular sport. This is because many countries have wonderful teams for the World Cup. The World Cup is held every four years.
To remember 2002 FIFA World Cup, children from different countries and more than 60 children from Japanese schools came together and spent three weekends drawing a big picture called “Dream World Cups” in Japan. The children drew animals, flowers and people playing soccer under a blue bright sky. They wished each football team good luck by drawing the flags（旗帜）of all the countries that will take part in the World Cup in Japan and South Korea. The picture was put up in a park near a playground in Yokohama. Some football teams would have games there.
Are you a football fan?The World Cup makes more and more people interested in football. Teenagers like playing and watching football. Many of them love some football stars so much that they get the pictures of their favorite players on the walls of their rooms. That is the way to show their love for the World Cup as children in many countries.
57. If a country wants to take part in the World Cup, she must have______.
A. many football fans
B. a very good team　
C. many football players
D. a big playground
58. The next World Cup will be held in_______.考试大www.examda.com
A. 2007　B. 2008　C. 2009　D. 2010
59. From the passage, in the picture children drew many things except_________.
A. people playing football
B. pictures of some football stars　
C. a sunny sky
D. flowers
60. In “Dream World Cup”, the children drew the flags of some countries______.
A. to show their love for their own country
B. to tell the people their stories
C. to show their good wishes for the football teams
D. to show their new ideas about football
61. Many teenagers own the pictures of some football stars because______.
A. they are interested in football
B. they are football fans
C. they think their favorite players are great
D. all of A, B and C

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