Hello, everyone. My name is Li Jie. I am twelve years old. I am studying in Yucai Middle School. I like drawing in my free time. I have a happy family. I love my family very much. Look! This is a photo of my family.

The man with a pair of black glasses is my father. His name is Li Jian. He is forty three years old. He is a manager in a big computer shop. His job is to sell computers. He goes to work at six o’clock every morning and comes back home at six o’clock in the afternoon. He likes reading newspapers and watching TV.

The woman next to my father is my mother. Her name is Liu Hua. She is forty years old. She is a doctor. She works in a children’s hospital. She likes to work for children. She likes Chinese medicine very much.

The girl in a pink dress is my sister. Her name is Liu Li. She is fifteen years old. She studies in Badong No. 1 High School. She likes singing and dancing in her free time.

1.How many people are there in Li Jie’s family?

A.Two. B.Three. C.Four. D.Five.

2.What does Li Jie’s father do?

A.He is a doctor. B.He is a manager.

C.He is a student. D.He is a cook.

3.Where does Li Jie’s mother work?

A.In a hospital. B.In a factory. C.In a post office. D.In a bank.

4.What does Liu Li like doing in her free time?

A.Drawing. B.Reading. C.Watching TV. D.Singing and dancing.

5.Which of the following about Li Jie’s father is RIGHT?

A.He is forty years old. B.He goes to work at six o’clock p.m.

C.He works in a computer shop. D.He likes playing computer games.

When I was 10, my father lost his work. My mother was dispirited. I decided to make her happy by buying her a special Mother's Day gift.

One day after school, I rode my bike to the Agins. It was a popular shop because of its high-end fashions and style. I introduced myself to Sylvia Agins, the shopkeeper, and told her I was looking for a Mother's Day present.

I was a child but she treated me like an important person. She asked "What does your mother want?" I told her I wasn't sure. After walking around the store for a few minutes, she came with a box. She opened it and there was a yellow Italian purse made of soft leather.

"What about this purse? I think your mother will like it. How much money do you have?" she asked. "Twelve dollars," I said. "You're lucky, "she told me. "It's enough. You can have a dollar left for a card.“

She gift-wrapped the purse and gave it to me. I rode my bike with the package under my arm. It wasn't until many years later, when I learned that the purse was worth 300 dollars. I always felt bad that I never had a chance to thank her. How wonderful Sylvia Agins was to me. Letting me have the purse for just a few dollars was unbelievable enough. I'll never forget her and her kindness.

1.What does the underlined word " dispirited " mean?

A.开心的 B.兴奋的 C.沮丧的 D.难以置信的

2.According to the story, I exactly spent __________on the purse.

A.$1 B.$11 C.$12 D.$300

3.Which of the following is TRUE?

A.I knew what my mother would like.

B.I got a yellow box as the present.

C.The Agins was famous for its old style.

D.I never had a chance to thank Sylvia Agins.

4.What's the best title of the passage?

A.A Happy Mother's Day B.A Special Italian Purse

C.An Honest Shopkeeper D.A Popular Fashion Shop

I recently watched a TV program Real Sports where the presenter looked into the culture of handing out participation(参与)trophies to children. There's no doubt that today's kids live in a world of scoreless games and everyone gets a trophy. Sometimes when a league decides to award(奖励)just the winners instead of all participants, the parents buy their own trophies for the whole team!

However, when we try to protect children from losing at the early ages, are they less prepared when real competition kicks in? People who support giving trophies say they want to make each child feel special, but how does this make them feel special? Stanford University looked at this recently and found that although kids react positively to praise-they enjoy hearing that they're talented, smart and so on, they break down at the first experience of difficulty. Discouraged by their failure, they say they'd rather cheat than risk failing again.

There are also endless social-science studies showing the harmful effects of easy competition, not just on the psyche(精神)but more surprisingly on achievement. If children know they will get an award simply by showing up, what is the reason for improvement? Jean Twenge, writer of Generation Me, warns that when living rooms are filled with participation trophies, it's part of a larger cultural message: to succeed, you just have to show up. In college, those who've grown up receiving these endless awards do the required work, but don't see the need to do it well. In the office, they still believe that attendance is all it takes to get a promotion(晋升).

When I was a child, I earned my fair share of trophies but none of them was for just showing up. I also missed out on even more and had to watch my friends collect them while I stood by and clapped. I realized that in life, I'm going to lose more often than I win, even if I'm good at something, and I've got to get used to that to keep going.

When children make mistakes, our job should not be to turn those losses into decorated(装饰性的)victories. Instead, our job is to help kids overcome difficulties, to help them see that progress over time is more important than a certain win or loss, and to help them politely congratulate those who succeed when they fail. To do that, we need to refuse all the meaningless trophies.

1.The writer mentions Stanford University's study to show that

A.kids should be awarded for their special talents

B.necessary protection helps kids deal with failure

C.parents should try their best to keep kids out of competition

D.overpraise is likely to reduce kids' ability to face difficulties

2.The writer probably agrees that

A.attendance is the key to making progress

B.participation is more important than victory

C.getting awards easily stops kids from working hard

D.participation trophies give kids a sense of achievement

3.From his childhood experience, the writer has learned that

A.it's difficult to accept friends' victories

B.it's beneficial to learn from teammates

C.it's important to face winning or losing properly

D.it's necessary to be excellent at something to succeed

4.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A.Participation Trophies: Do They Really Matter?

B.Participation Trophies: Why Are They Special?

C.Participation Trophies: How Do They Help Kids?

D.Participation Trophies: Who Should Award Them?

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