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     A 16-YEAR-OLD is usually a high school student. However, Zhang Xinyang, 16, has just entered
Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (北京航空航天大学) as the youngest PhD (博士生)
student in China.
     Zhang is from Liaoning. His father found his son had a better memory than other children when Zhang
was only 3. The little boy remembered more than 1,000 Chinese characters (汉字) in just three months.
     Many students consider studying to be boring and hard, but Zhang enjoys it. His favorite subject is
math. It's also what he does best.
     When Zhang was 10, he became the youngest college student in China after joining Tianjin Engineering
College. In less than three years, Zhang finished all four years of schoolwork and his final thesis (毕业论
文). At 12, Zhang passed the exam for a master's course at the Beijing University of Technology (北京工
业大学).
     At the time, people said that Zhang must have spent all his time studying and never got a chance to play.
But Zhang has many interests besides his studies.? He loves almost all kinds of sports, especially soccer
and basketball.
     Although Zhang is a star student, professor Zhou Meng, his doctoral supervisor (博士生导师), will not
treat him any differently. "He has a strong learning ability, but I'll ask him to do everything other students
do."
     When he talks about the future, Zhang says he wants to enter a post-doctoral (博士后的) research
station. "I hope to do some great things in math," he said.
     注解:  experience 经历     undergraduate student 本科生
               graduate student 研究生     doctoral student 博士生

1. What does Zhang Xinyang think about studying?

    A. It's boring.
    B. It's hard.
    C. It's enjoyable.
    D. It's tiring.

2. Which of the following about Zhang Xinyang is NOT true?

    A. He could remember things quickly when he was a little boy.
    B. He is good at studying and his favorite subject is math.
    C. He spent all his time studying before going to college.
    D. He has many interests, like soccer and basketball

3. The correct order of the following events is _____.
a. Zhang remembered 1,000 Chinese characters in just three months.
b. Zhang entered Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
c. Zhang passed the exam for a master's course.
d. Zhang became the youngest college student in China.

    A. bacd
    B. abcd
    C. adcb
    D. adbc

4. The passage is mainly about _____.

    A. what Zhang likes to do in his free time
    B. Zhang's experiences growing up
    C. why Zhang became the youngest PhD student
    D. what Zhang wants to do in the future

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It is very difficult the little boy carry the big box.

I was walking around in a store. I saw an assistant pass this little boy his money back, saying, “I’m sorry, but you don’t have enough money to buy this doll.” I walked toward him and asked him who he wished to give this doll to.
“It’s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas. She was so sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her.” he said.
I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus will bring it to her, and he shouldn’t worry. But he replied to me sadly, “No, Santa Claus can’t bring it to her where she is now. I have to give the doll to my mommy so that she can give it to my sister when she goes there.” His eyes were so sad while saying this. “My sister has gone to be with God. Daddy says that Mommy is going to see God very soon too, so I thought that she could take the doll with her to give it to my sister.” My heart nearly stopped. I quickly reached for my wallet and said to the boy, “What if we checked again, just in case (万一)you do have enough money?”
“Ok,” he said. “I hope that I have enough.” I added some of my money to his without letting him see and we started to count it. There was enough for the doll and even some spare money left . The little boy said, “Thank you God for giving me enough money!”
I left the store, feeling as if my life had been changed forever.
【小题1】Whom did the boy want to give the doll to?

【小题2】The boy finally had enough money for the doll because_________.