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                                                                       Secret Santas
         On Christmas morning, Linda wakes up, and tries to imagine the wide-eyed surprise of children in another
    household as they unwrap the presents she carefully chose for them. Linda has never met the children, but
    that's all part of the joy of giving as secret Santas, she says.
         "It's an amazing feeling to buy gifts on an anonymous (匿名的)basis," says Linda. "It brings a whole new
    meaning to the holidays."
         Linda and Tony are an American couple living in Toronto, Canada, and Linda did charitable work as a
    member of the American Women's Club of Toronto. As the name suggests, members are U.S. citizens living
    in Toronto, who join together for fellowship and commumty service.
         To find her "adopted" family, Linda goes to the local schools and requests a wish list for a family that's
    struggling to survive. Last year she helped a single mother with three children. The mother works as a cleaning
    lady in a nursing home.
         "The list is always heartbreaking: They have an opportunity to ask for anything and do just the opposite,
    asking for basic clothes or simple toys," she says. "We always buy the kids a new winter coat, hats, and
    gloves." She also buys gifts for the parents.
         Last year Linda asked the mother for a second wish list-one that didn't include the basics. "Every child
    should have a Christmas that sticks with them for a lifetime." She purchased iPods for the two older children
    and a video game system for the youngest. "I have learned a very valuable lesson in all of this," says Linda.
    "Pay attention to what's going on in your own backyard-no matter where you live."
         The joy of giving as secret Santas is much sweeter when the gift is anonymous.
    根据短文内容，回答问题。
    1. What reaction does Linda imagine the children will have? (No more than 5 words)
        ____________________________________________________________________________
    2. Why did Linda join the American Women's Club of Toronto? (No more than 10 words)
        ____________________________________________________________________________
    3. Why did Linda ask for a second wish list? (No more than 15 words)
        ____________________________________________________________________________
    4. What kind of people does "secret Santas" in the passage refer to? (No more than 12 words)
        ____________________________________________________________________________
    1. They will feel greatly surprised.
    2. She joined it for fellowship and community service.
    3. She wanted to give the children some other gifts rather than the basics.
    4. It refers to people who give away anonymous gifts on Christmas.
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           D．Failures are necessary experiences in competition

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

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    In modern society there is a great deal of argument about competition. Some value it highly, believing that it is responsible for social progress and prosperity, 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 relied (依赖) on how well they performed at tennis and other skills. For them, playing well and winning are often life – and – death affairs. In their single – minded pursuit (追求) of success, the development of many other human qualities is sadly forgotten.

    However, while some seem to be lost in the desire to succeed, others take an opposite attitude. In a culture which values only the winner and pays no attention to the ordinary players, they strongly blame competition. Among  the most vocal are youngsters who have suffered under competitive pressures from their parents or society. Teaching these young people, I often observe in them a desire to fail. They seem to se ek 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 admitted 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 of their worth. Clearly, this belief is the same as that of the true competitors who try to prove themselves. Both are based on the mistaken belief that one’s self – respect relies on how well one performs in comparison with others. Both are afraid of not being valued. Only as this basic and often troublesome fear begins to dissolve (缓解) can we discover a new meaning in competition.

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           C．Competition is harmful to personal quality development.

           D．Failures are necessary experiences in competition

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