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　　Mrs Weeks was reading a newspaper story to her class. The story said：Were you ever in a hospital when you were small? How did you feel? The doctors in Children's Hospital are asking for money for children's toys. Some children in the hospital must stay in bed for many weeks. Toys are needed to keep the sick children happy and quiet. Money for them can be sent to the hospital.

　　After Mrs Weeks read the story, she said, “This story gave me an idea.”

　　“You want us to bring some money for the toys.” “We could bring some of our own toys to the children in the hospital,” said the boys and the girls one after another.

　　“Well, your ideas would be nice,” Mrs Weeks said, “but mine is different.”

　　“We could make some toys,” shouted one of them.

　　Mrs Weeks smiled. “Do you think you could make toys?” she asked. “Yes, yes,” the whole class answered.

　　“Great! Let's begin to make toys tomorrow,” said Mrs Weeks.

　　On Saturday afternoon Mrs Weeks took the children to the hospital with the toys made by her students. The children in the hospital felt very happy to see the toys. So did the children in the class.

　　A few days later, Mrs Weeks read another newspaper story to the class:

　　Some school pupils brought toys to Children's Hospital last week. The toys were made by the pupils of Grade Three in Green Street School. The doctors said, “We have never had so many wonderful toys. Our children are very happy with them. They say, ‘THANK YOU GRADE THREE’.”

1．What was the first newspaper story mainly about?

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A．Mrs Weeks and her students.

B．Toys made by the boys and the girls.

C．Sick children in Children's Hospital.

D．Doctors in Children's Hospital.

2．What “idea” did Mrs Weeks have in mind?

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A．Ask the class to give some money to the children in the hospital.

B．Ask the class to send some of their own toys to the children in the hospital.

C．Tell the class to go to see the children in the hospital.

D．Let the class make some toys and give them to the children in the hospital.

3．The doctors in Children's Hospital didn't have ________ to keep the children happy.

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4．At first, the doctors in Children's Hospital wanted to ________ the sick children.

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A．get some money to buy toys for

B．give enough money to

C．make some toys for

D．borrow some toys for

5．From the passage we can learn that Mrs Weeks really wanted to ________.

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A．let everyone know her class from the newspaper

B．make herself well known by asking her class to make toys for the sick children

C．a(chǎn)sk her class to save money for toys and send them to the sick children

D．teach her pupils to do things themselves and be helpful to others

Think back to a time in your life when you tried something new.
When I was a teenager I volunteered to pass out water at a local race. I was so excited to see all the different runners who passed by and quickly took a cup of water. Some ran past，some walked past and a few wheeled past.
I saw so many types of people doing it. I thought maybe I could do it too! The next year I decided to run for the race，but I had little running practice. I just wanted to finish.
On the day of the race，it was terribly hot. After running for about 5 miles，I was thinking，“I must be crazy. Why did I do this? What was I thinking？” And at one moment，I said to myself，“I am never doing this again！”
That first 10 km race was quite an experience. I jogged (慢跑)，I walked，I jogged and walked. At times，I didn’t know if I could finish.
Near the end，a 70­year­old man ran past me，very fast，and I felt a little embarrassed (尷尬的) that I was more than 50 years younger than he and I couldn’t even keep up with him. But then I realized something. He was running his race and I was running mine. How often in life do we compare(比較) ourselves to others when we really shouldn’t? I decided that I would not give up on running races，and that one day I would be one of those 70­year­olds who were still running.
As I crossed the finishing line，I was proud of myself. I didn’t regret (后悔) having such an experience.
【小題1】What did the writer do at a local race as a volunteer?