India is next to China. Like China, India is a developing Asian country. They have a lot in common. They are both big countries with different languages and different kinds of food. They both have a lot of farmers and are both the fastest growing countries in the world.
The two countries both do well in IT business. China is strong in hardware while India is strong in software. Indian software business has been growing very fast since the 1990s. Today India sells software and services to nearly 95 countries around the world.
In the coming years, China and India have similar problems. Both of them have a large population. China has about 1.3 billion people and India has about 1 billion. That’s one-third of the world’s population. The two countries need to keep growing fast provide jobs for billions of people every year.
【小题1】China and India have a lot in common Except that      .

Do you know how many boys and girls are not getting education around the world? If you want to find out what’s happening, have a look at the education information in UNICEF’s report, The State of the World’s Children 2006.

Numbers of Primary—school—age Children not in School（in millions）

1. The form shows us____________.

  A. girls have more chances to go to school than boys in the world

  B. the numbers of boys and girls who are not going to primary school

  C. the numbers of boys and girls in different countries

  D. there are more boys than girls in the world

2. In industrialized counties, ______________.

  A. there’re less children who are not going to primary school than in other countries

  B. every child has the chance to go to school

  C. the number of girls who go to primary school in smaller than that of boys

  D. most children do not get primary education at the right age

3. The total number of girls in the world who are not getting primary education is __________.

  A. 53.7 million   B. 61.7 million  C. 115.4 million    D. 45.4 million

4. ___________ has the largest number of girls who are not in primary school.

  A. Sub—Saharan Africa                B. South Asia

  C. East Asia and Pacific                D. Middle East and North Africa

5. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

  A. Developing countries have more children who are not getting primary education.

  B. Children in industrialized countries may have more chances to go to primary school.

C. The number of boys who are not getting primary education in every part of the world is smaller that that of girls.

  D. The total number of girls who are getting primary education is more than 60 million.

It is said that more than four million people die each year from smoking. That number is ncreasing. Seven in ten of those deaths are in developing countries. These numbers are frightening.

    Yet people around the world continue to smoke. In the United States, about forty-seven million adults smoke. This year, more than 430,000 Americans died of diseases which have something to do with smoking. The American Cancer Society says smoking harms the body greatly. It warns that smoking even a small number of cigarettes is dangerous.

    It is not easy to give up smoking. However, doctors say you probably will live longer if you do stop smoking. You will feel better and look better. You also will protect the health of family members who breathe your smoke.

    The American Cancer Society says there is not one right way to stop smoking. They say any way that helps is worth trying. People can take long walks or spend time in places where smoking is not allowed. Also, they can eat a small piece of fruit or vegetable when they want to have a cigarette. The American Cancer Society says the sooner smokers stop smoking, the more they will reduce their chances of getting cancer and other diseases.

    Stop smoking before smoking stops you!

1. About           people in the US this year died of diseases that have something to do with smoking.

     A. 4,000,000          B. 1,700,000            C. 47,000,000          D. 430,000

2. If a person smokes，         .

     A. he will die of cancer

     B. he will protect the health of family members

     C. he will join the Cancer Society

     D. he will increases his chances to get cancer and other diseases

3. According to the passage, one way to stop smoking is          .

     A. to eat less fruit and vegetables

     B. to take long walks or stay in places where smoking is not allowed

     C. to eat a small piece of fruit or vegetables when smoking a cigarette

     D. to make more friends and spend time with them

4. The word "reduce" means          in Chinese.

     A.增加                       B. 获得                       C.减少                        D.诱发

5. Which of the following is true?

    A. About 2,800,000 people die each year from smoking in developing countries.

    B. People are frightened and they have all stopped smoking.

    C. It's safe to smoke only a few cigarettes.

D. People are sure to live longer if they give up smoking.

Almost every Chinese person can recite(背诵) the two lines of the famous poem, “Every grain on the plate comes from hard work ”. But sadly, many of us don’t actually get the real meaning of these lines: Don’t waste food.
A CCTV program reported that the food Chinese people throw away every year is enough to feed 200 million people for a year. Do we have too much food? Absolutely not. According to the UN World Food Program, there were 925 million hungry people around the world in 2011, especially in developing countries. Six million children die of hunger every year.
Chinese people are well-known for being friendly and generous. Many even feel that they lose face if their guests have eaten all the food on the table. Luckily, a number of people have realized the importance of saving food. What should we do in our daily lives to waste less food?
1. Don’t order too much in a restaurant. Only order as much as you want to eat. If you cannot eat all the food you ordered, take the rest of it home.
2. Don’t leave any food in your bowls while having meals.
3. Keep an eye on what food you have at home. Don’t buy too much, especially for vegetables and fruit.
【小题1】What’s the real meaning of the underlined sentence?