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 markersto the world, I carried suitcase loads of dark glasses and jeans. Thankfully,we can get all these anywhere in India now, Still ,her answer surprisedme:“Green tea,” As long as I can remembershe didn’t even drink Indiantea. I dutifully bought a bigpacket of Longjing and headed home to hear the story. My mother and herbrother, both regular newspaper readers, believed that Chinese green tea wasthe 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 howsoon] Now every town of any sizeseems to have a “China Market”. And everyone is talking about China The government of India hasplanned to send a team to China to see how things are done A minister once saidthat India must open the doors for more foreign investment (投资) and such a stepwould “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 toRangalore to train in software. Meanwhile, all the IT majors are setting up astrong presence in China , No wonder that trade, whichwas only in the millions just ten years ago, is expected to his about us$15billion for last year and us$20 billion by 2008, a goal set by bothgovernments, No wonder, my colleaguewrote some weeks ago about this being the Sino-Indian (中印) century as thetwo countries started on January I the Sino-Indian Friendship Year, But what is still a wonderto me is my mother drinking Chinese tea. 56 Why did themother ask for Chinese green tea? A, she was tired of Indiantea B, she had a son working in China . C, she believed it had acuring effect D, she was fondof Chinese products, 57 What does theauthor mean by “it’s a two-way street’ in paragraph 10? A. China and India have different traffic rules B. Tea trade works wondersin both India and China C. Chinese products arepopular in both China and India , D. The exchanges between India and China benefit both 58 What do weknow about the Indian IT industry? A. It will move its headoffice to Shenzhen B. It is seeking furtherdevelopment in China C. It has attracted aninvestment of US$15 billion D. It caught up with the US ITindustry in2008. 59 In the text the authorexpresses_____, A. his concern for hismother’s health B. his support for drinkingChinese green tea C. his surprise at China ’srecent development D. his wonder at the growthof India ’sIT industry