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Amy was looking for a gift for her little daughter. Suddenly she stopped before a store of dolls.
“Girls like dolls,” she thought as she was walking into it. Looking around, she saw a grandma doll - one with gray hair and a pair of glasses. In her mind appeared Joyce, her mother.
When Amy was a little girl, she got her first doll from Joyce for her birthday. Then the second, the third...A doll a year from Joyce never arrived late. “Why always a doll?” This question had been in Amy's mind until one day her father gave the answer, Little Joyce dreamed to have a doll. Her parents promised one for her fifth birthday. Sadly, they both died in a traffic accident before it arrived. The never-received gift was the most precious in her eyes. Her mother's story being recalled(回忆) , Amy got an idea.
It was Joyce's 60th birthday. A package was delivered(递送) to her, with a card that read:
Dear Joyce,
I forget to send you the package(包裹) that you should have received on May 20, 1956, your fifth birthday. The gift inside has aged, but I felt that you might still wish to have it.
Angel of Joy
Joyce opened the package and saw a lovely grandma doll. She held the doll that she had waited for so many years, with tears running down her face. The doll, given by “Angel of Joy”, made her the happiest “child” in the world.
We can tell from the story that Joyce is .

A．Amy’s daughter	B．Amy’s mother
C．the grandma doll	D．Angel of Joy

Why did Joyce often buy a doll for her as a birthday present every year?

A．Because Amy liked dolls.

B．Because Amy’s mother Joyce liked dolls.

C．Because the dolls made Joyce think of the never-received gift given by her parents.

D．Because Joyce’s parents liked dolls.

The underlined word “precious” probably means .

A．expensive

B．Beautiful

C．useful

D．valuable

How do you understand the last sentence “The doll, given by ‘Angel of Joy’”, made her the happiest “child” in the world?

A．Amy’s doll gift made Joyce feel so happy that she smiled like a child

B．Though Joyce was old, she still wished to have a doll that is often liked by a child

C．Joyce seemed to realize the dream in her childhood----receiving her parents’ gift.

D．Joyce thought the doll was only suitable for children.

Liang Xiyan still misses her long black hair, which was cut two weeks ago.
Liang became a senior high school student in September. In her new school, the rules say that boys’ hairstyles must be cropped (剪短) and girls’ hair cannot fall below their shoulders.
Liang’s school is not alone: many have similar rules on hairstyles. Teachers think a cool hairstyle is a waste of time and money. It may also distract students from their studies. “Your personality is not shown in how you wear your hair but in your ability,” say teachers.
It’s difficult for students to follow these rules. Teenage students like to look nice but they are asked to wear school uniforms. Liang says the only way in which they can be different lies in how they wear their hair. And they want to copy their favorite stars’ hairstyles. They wouldn’t be happy in a school with strict rules.
“I prefer a school with rules on hairstyles,” said Li Man, a Senior 1 student. She said her school’s rules on hairstyles are OK but there could be some little changes. “For example, boys should be allowed to have their hair a little longer,” Li said. “But students must not dye or curl their hair (染发或烫发). This way there will not be so many complaints.”
Which of the following hairstyles is not allowed in Liang’s school?

Paragraph 3 mainly tells us .

A．what rules schools have

B．what students think of the rules

C．why schools have the rules

D．how many schools have similar rules

What’s the meaning of the underlined word “distract” in Chinese?

A．引领

B．使分心

C．保护

D．使远离

We can learn that students in Liang’s school.

A．can show their personalities by hairstyle

B．must not have a cool hairstyle

C．should wear the same shoes to school

D．can show they are different by wearing their favorite clothes

William Shakespeare was a writer of plays and poems. Some of his most famous plays are Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth. He wrote thirty-seven plays in all. They are still popular today.
He was born in England. At school he liked watching plays. He decided to be an actor when he finished school at the age of fourteen. In 1582,he married a farmer’s daughter. She was eight years older than he was. Their first child was a daughter. Later they had twins. In 1585, Shakespeare left his hometown, Stratford-upon-Avon. His wife and children stayed behind. No one knows why he left or what he did between 1585 and 1592.
At twenty-eight, he moved to London and joined a theatre company which opened the Globe Theatre in 1599.He became an actor, and he also wrote plays. He usually acted in his own plays. He made almost no money from his writing. But he made a lot of money from acting. With the money he bought a large house in his hometown.
At the age of forty-nine, Shakespeare retired（退休）and went to live in Stratford-upon-Avon. He died at the age of fifty-two in 1616. He left his money to his family. He left the genius（天才）to the world. You still see his plays in English and in many other languages. He is one of the most famous writers in the world.
Shakespeare wrote many famous plays except .

A．Hamlet

B．Macbeth

C．Romeo and Juliet

D．Man and Superman

Shakespeare decided to be an actor in .

A．1578

B．1582

C．1599

D．1616

In 1585,Shakespeare left his hometown Stratford-upon-Avon .

A．with his wife

B．with his daughter

C．with his wife and children

D．Alone

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If you think you are too shy and want to be a little bit braver, just try the following things.
Be open to others. Tell people you are shy. There is no need to hide it. When they get to know you are a shy kid, they will understand you better. This also helps you feel more comfortable in talks.
Try to smile more. When you smile, people think you are friendly and easy to talk with. Remember that other people have feelings, too; and most people don’t like the one with an angry-looking face.
Learn to be a good talker. If you find it hard to start a conversation, say something nice about people around you. Think about how great you feel when someone says something nice to you. Doesn’t it make you want to keep talking to that person?
Get your attention elsewhere. Think more about ways to enjoy parties or games. Don’t waste time worrying about your look or whether people like you or not. You will become relaxed and find it’s not so hard to talk with others.
Take one small step at a time. Each time when you say “Hi!” or smile at someone, say to yourself “ I can make it.” Keep trying and one day you’ll be braver when you talk to others.
Title: Advice on __________ to be a little braver

Advice	Reasons
Don’t ____the fact.	If you tell people you are shy, they will understand you better.
Smile more.	People will stay ____ from an angry-looking face.
Start a conversation with nice ____.	People will feel great and want to talk to you.
Pay more attention to ways to enjoy parties or games.	You will become relaxed.
Encourage yourself to say “Hi!” or smile at someone.	Keep doing this and you’ll never talk _______ in the future.

In modern society there is a great deal of argument about competition. Some value it highly, believing that it is responsible(负责任) for social progress. Others say that competition is bad; that it sets one person against another; that it leads to unfriendly relationship between people.
I have taught many children who held the belief that their self-worth depended on how well they performed at tennis and other skills. For them, playing well and winning are often life-and-death affairs(事件). The development of many other human qualities is sadly forgotten.
However, while some seem to be lost in the desire(渴望)to succeed, others take an opposite attitude. In a culture which values only the winner and pays no attention to the common players, they are strongly against competition. Most of them are young people who have suffered under competitive pressures from their parents or society. Teaching these youngsters, I often observe(观察) in them a desire to fail. They seem to find failure by not trying to win or achieve success. By not trying, they always have an excuse: " I may have lost, but it doesn't matter because I really didn't try." What is not usually accepted by themselves is the belief that if they had really tried and lost, that would mean a lot. Such a loss would be a measure(估量) of their worth. Clearly, this belief is the same as that of true competitors who try to prove themselves. Both are based on the mistaken belief that one's self-worth depends on how well one performs in the competition. Both are afraid of not being valued. We can discover a new meaning in competition only as this kind of fear begins to disappear.
What does this passage mainly talk about?

A．Competition helps to set up self-respect.

B．Opinions about competition are different among people.

C．Competition is harmful to personal quality development.

D．Failures are necessary experience in competition.

Why do some people favor(赞同) competition according to the passage?

A．It pushes society forward.

B．It builds up a sense of duty.

C．It improves personal abilities.

D．It encourages efforts.

What is the similar belief of the true competitors and those with a desire to fail?

A．One's worth lies in his performance in the competition.

B．One's success in competition needs great efforts.

C．One's achievement is decided by his special skills.

D．One's success is based on how hard he has tried.

Which point of view may the author agree to?

A．Every effort should be paid back.

B．Competition should be encouraged.

C．Winning should be a life-and-death matter.

D．Fear of failure should be removed in competition.

A．Five.	B．Three.
C．Four.	D．I don’t know.

A．A school.	B．A shop.
C．A hospital.	D．Not mentioned.