In every little girl’s toy box. there might be a Barbie Doll. Barbie is 50 years old this, year. It was designed(设计)in 1959 by an American businesswoman named Ruth Handler. She and her husband Elliott started the toy company Mattel. She named the new doll after their daughter Barbara. The first Barbie Doll appeared at the toy fair(交易会)New York on March 9th, 1959. This date is used as Barbie’s birthday.
Mattel sold three hundred thousand Barbie Dolls in the first year at a price of three dollars. Today, a fifty-year-old Barbie in good condition might cost more than twenty-seven thousand dollars. Mattel says 90% of the girls in the United States aged from three to ten own at least one Barbie Doll. And girls aged three to six own an average(平均)of about twelve.
When Mattel created Barbie Dolls half a century ago, they never thought this doll would become a legend. Now Barbie Dolls are famous all over the world. They are sold in one hundred and fifty countries, and every second three Barbie Dolls are sold around the world.
【小题1】Who designed the first Barbie Doll in 1959?

A.Mattel.B.Elliott.C.Barbara.D.Ruth Handler.
【小题2】A Barbie D011 cost _______dollars in the first year after it appeared.
A.3B.50C.90D.27,000
【小题3】What does the underlined word “legend” mean in the passage?
A.传播B.传奇C.传承D.传达
【小题4】The writer doesn’t tell us _______.
A.Barbie Dolls are very popular with girlsB.Barbie Dolls sell well around the world
C.what the first Barbie Doll was based onD.the doll Barbie was named after Barbara
【小题5】What’s the best title of the passage? ______.
A.Barbie’s birthdayB.Barbie Dolls
C.A lovely girl named BarbieD.Why are Barbies popular

Jim Green is an announcer(播音员)for the program(节目). Most of the girls___1____ boys like the program. They ___2___like Jim Green. Some of them often make phone calls to him and thank him ___3___ his work. There are lots of ___4___ to him every day, too.
Jim Green gets up at 6:00 every morning. He has bread and a glass of milk ___5___ breakfast. He leaves home at 6:30 and gets to his office at 7:15.
The program ___6____ at 7:30.He plays the new records (唱片)of the pop songs and modern music for his listeners. At 8:00 it’s time ___7____ the news.
Jim finishes work at 10:30. He goes home ____8___ his car. He ___9___ newspaper and listens to music _____10 _____ supper.
He thinks his life is very interesting.
1.A and             B with          C but           D about
2.A too             B to            C also          D so
3.A to          B for           C to            D and
4.A letter          B letters           C friends       D words
5.A at          B with          C for           D to
6.A begins      B finishes      C over          D start
7.A to          B for           C of            D in
8.A by          B in            C on            D takes
9.A looks           B reads             C sees          D watches
10.

A.forB.withC.afterD.to

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