5．Do you like traditional Chinese paper-cutting？Ding Xiang，a student at Nongsishi Middle School in Xinjiang，is really good at it．At the eighth National Excellent Talents Competition last month in Beijing，the 15-year-old girl got the gold award（金獎(jiǎng)） for her paper-cutting skills．
At the competition，Ding cut a piece：Millennium Dream（千年夢(mèng)想）．The piece has two papers．One shows an ancient cave painting（壁畫） and the other a Chinese-made spaceship．The two papers form a sharp contrast（對(duì)比）．Ding said she wanted to show three things with the piece：China's long history，China's rapid development，and her hope for the future of paper-cutting．This piece helped Ding walk away with the gold award．
"I was very surprised to get the award．"Ding said in an interview with Yili Daily，a Xingjiang newspaper．"I should thank paper-cutting for bringing me the award．"
All the hard work has paid off．In two years，Ding's skills have improved a lot，and she has the gold award to prove（證明） it．
Ding said she has learned a lot from paper-cutting．"I have learned to observe things carefully，"Ding told Yili Daily．"I have become more confident，too．It is a great help in my studies．Also，I have learned a lot of history from the art．"
39．Ding Xiang got the gold award because ofA．
A．a(chǎn) wonderful paper-cutting work
B．a(chǎn)n ancient cave painting
C．a(chǎn) Chinese-made spaceship
D．a(chǎn) dream for many years
40．Which one is NOT TRUE according to the passage？C
A．Ding Xiang does well in paper-cutting．
B．Ding Xiang is talented in paper-cutting．
C．Ding Xiang is tired of paper-cutting
D．Ding Xiang works hard at paper-cutting．
41．The underlined word"it"in the fourth paragraph refers toB．
A．She likes paper-cutting a lot
B．She is very good at paper-cutting．
C．She is very happy to get the gold award
D．Paper-cutting brings him the award．
42．In Ding Xiang's opinion，the art brought her a lot exceptB．
A．joy
B．carelessness
C．confidence
D．Knowledge．
