English Entrance Exam (5 stars for clear solution)?

(1) ____________________________ (2) Depending on what it resembles, a doll may seem to the little girl who plays with it to be a baby, a child, or an older person. (3) The baby doll presumably appeals to the girl’s developing sense of her own nature as a female, and by "mothering" the doll she strengthens her role identity. (4) Some dolls, on the other hand, can be bought in the same size and "age" as the child, up to maxima usually of about 40 inches and 6 years of age; these dolls can actually wear the same clothes the little girl herself wears. (5) Collecting dolls is a very popular hobby. (6) Their appeal therefore seems to lie in a sort of companionship they provide in the girl’s imagination. (7) Finally, the dolls that represent older people presumably provide a focus for the child’s ego ideal, appealing to his or her sense of a desired future identity. (8) In Japan, for instance, where dolls have been very important for millennia, both boys and girls celebrate annual festivals during which they are presented with dolls that represent men and women outstanding in Japanese history; during the festivals manly and womanly virtues are praised for the children’s edification.

1. The paragraph should begin with _______.

(A) Baby dolls, child dolls, older dolls are common examples of dolls

(B) There seems to be three ways in which dolls are valued

(C) Dolls attract children regardless their age and sex

(D) There are several kinds of dolls that girls prefer to buy

(E) The annual doll festivals are very important for Japanese children

2. The sentence which is irrelevant to the topic of the text is sentence number _______.

(A) three

(B) four

(C) five

(D) six

(E) seven