Gift giving is different from culture to culture and person to person．

When giving gifts，sometimes color is important．For example，for many Chinese people around the world，red is a lucky color，and people often like to wrap（包装）gifts in this color．However，do you know that in Korea（朝鲜），red is a color of death? That is why you should not wrap gifts in this color if you are giving a gift to a Korean person．

What about western countries? In western countries，the color of wrapping paper is not really important．But color does matter when giving flowers，especially roses．You should not give red roses to a western person you don't know very well because they are a symbol（象征）of love．You could give yellow roses instead as these are a symbol of friendship．You could also send pink roses as girls to say thank you．

What other things should you remember when giving gifts to someone from a different culture? Well，one thing you should keep in mind is the person's religion（宗教）．When choosing a gift for a Muslim（回教徒的）or Jewish（犹太族的）friend，you should never get food including pork，or things made from pigskin．Another thing that you should not get for a Muslim person is alcohol（酒）．

根据短文内容简要回答下面问题。

1．In which country do people think red is the color of death?

2．How can we show our friendship to the western friends?

3．Can we give a Muslim friend a bottle of alcohol as a gift?

4．How many colors are mentioned（提到）in this passage?

5．What’s the main idea of this passage?

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      .

1. In Tanzania crops can't grow well because there is     

  A. no farm       B. less help        C. no land     D. less rain

2. Shanghai succeeded in bidding for   

A. the 2008 Olympic Games                 B. the 2005 International Books Expo   

C. the World Expo 2010                    D. the FIFA World Cup 2006

3. Ba Jin was born in         

  A.1900           B.1904               C.1906            D.1907

4. The Qinghai-Tibet train will run at the speed of          an hour.

  A.100kin      B.120km        C.160km        D.300km

5. Which of the following is true according to the news above?

  A. Shanghai won the bidding after beating five rivals.

B. All Bajin's books are regarded as Landmarks of modem Chinese culture. 

C. Only the Olympics is considered the top international event in the world.

D. It takes you 48 hours to go from Beijing to Lhasa by train now.