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After achieving a 9percent GDP growth, hosting a successful Olympic Games and carrying out itsfirst space walk, you'd think China would be happy．YetChina is not pleased．That at least is the opinion of a new bookwritten by a group of Chinese authors．

China Is Not Happy wasreleased in March．It is a follow-up to the 1996 work China Can SayNo, a bestseller that complained about the influence of the West, and the US inparticular, on China．Thirteen years later, the authors of China IsNot Happy list their dissatisfaction with how China is being treated in theworld today．They argue that China needs to use its growingpower and economic resources to build its own position of outstandingperformances．"From looking at the history of humancivilization, we are most qualified to lead this world．Westernersshould be second," the book says．

The authors, single outthe US for special scorn (轻蔑), and say their book's message has been helpedby the economic crisis．"This economic problem has shown theChinese people that America does have problems, and that what we've been sayingis right," said Wang Xiaodong, one of the authors in an interview with TheWall Street Journal．Since being released on March 13, the book hasbecome a bestseller in many Chinese bookstores．The publisher hasprinted 270,000 copies, and says sales are far better than expected．

Yet much of theresponse to the book has been negative．Several reviews in theChinese media have criticized the book's radical opinions．Thebook is a way to "fish money from the pockets of the angry youth and angryelderly," wrote one critic in the China Youth Daily．Meanwhile,a well-known sociologist, Li Yinhe, has said that China needs patriotism (爱国精神), but there is a limit．In her blog shewrote, "If we are to bully other countries, take the world's resources andtry to lead it, we're going over the top." Wang Xiaodong admitted in aninterview with the US' Time magazine that the book's title is a bit of a trick．"Thosewords in the title are just for the purpose of promoting the book in themarketplace," he says．"We didn't choose them．Itwas the people selling the book who chose the title, because it would sellwell."

1．Whatis the best title of the article?

         A．HappyChina makes wonders          B．China—happyor unhappy?

         C．Chinais not happy                    D．Chinachallenges the world

2．Whichof the following statements doesn’t agree with the opinions of the new book?

         A．Chinahas made great historical breakthroughs in the past several years.

         B．China’scivilization has advantages over the westerners’.

         C．Chinaneeds to use its growing power and economic resources to build its own world

Position

         D．Chinashould be the number one leader in the world

3．Thebook is named China Is Not Happy because___________ .

         A．Chinawants to put pressure on the western countries.

         B．itreflects the national feelings of Chinese people.

         C．itis a good selling point.

         D．theauthors of the book want to make a hit in the market.

4．Thewriter presents the article with the purpose of ___________.

         A．introducinga new book                 B．promotinga new book

         C．raisingdiscussions about a new book       D．honoringthe authors of a new book

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 C

 A

 C

 A

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