Indiansaretheworld’sbiggestbookwormsreadingonaverage10.7hoursaweektwiceaslongasAmericansaccordingtoanewsurvey.TheNOPWorldCultureScoreIndexsurveyed30000peoplein30countriesfromDecember2004

　　Indiansaretheworld’sbiggestbookwormsreadingonaverage10.7hoursaweektwiceaslongasAmericansaccordingtoanewsurvey.

　　TheNOPWorldCultureScoreIndexsurveyed30000peoplein30countriesfromDecember2004toFebruary2005.

　　Analystssaidself-helpanddesirablereadingcouldexplainIndia’shighfigures.

　　TimespentonreadingmeantfewerhourswatchingTVandlisteningtotheradio—Indiacamefourthlastinboth.

　　TheNOPsurveyof30000consumersagedover13sawChinaandthePhilippinestakesecondandthirdplacerespectivelyinaveragehoursaweekspentreadingbooksnewspapersandmagazines.

　　BritonsandAmericansscoredabouthalftheIndians’hoursandJapaneseandKoreanswereevenlower—at4.1and3.1hoursrespectively.

　　R.SriramchiefexecutiveofficerofCrosswordsBookstoresachainof26bookshopsaroundIndiasaysIndiansareextremelyentrepreneurial(有开创精神的)andreading“isafundamentalpartoftheirbeing”.

　　“Theyplaceagreatdealofemphasisonreading.That’sthereasonwhytheydowellineducationathomeandinuniversitiesabroad”hesaid.

　　“Peopleeducatethemselvesanddealwithchangethroughouttheirlives.Andthewaytodothatistoupdatethemselveswithbooks.”

　　Mr.Sriramsayssocialchangeshavealsomadeadifference:“Earlierpeoplecouldturntotheirparentsandgrandparentsforadvice．Nowtheyturntobooks.”

　　1.Accordingtothetimespentonreadingwhichofthefollowinganswersisright?

　　A.Indians>Americans>Chinese>Koreans

　　B.Americans>Chinese>Philippines>Japanese

　　C.Chinese>Indians>Americans>Philippines

　　D.Indians>Chinese>Philippines>Americans

　　2.Thesentence“Indiacamefourthlastinboth.”inparagraphfourmeans_____.

　　A.IndianshavenotimetowatchTVandlistentotheradio

　　B.Indiansarebusywiththeirworkeveryday

　　C.IndiansspentmoretimeonreadingsothattheyhavefewerhourswatchingTVandlisteningtotheradio

　　D.PeopleinothercountriesspentmoretimewatchingTVandlisteningtotheradio

　　3.ThetimethatChinesespentonreadingmaybe______aweek.

　　A.5.35h