题目内容
阅读下面短文，从短文后面各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Good ideas often start with really silly questions. Bill Bowerman was making breakfast one day. As he stood there making waffles (华夫饼干) for his son, he what would happen if he poured rubber into his waffle iron. Later, he tried it and the looked something like the bottom of most sports shoes we see today. Still, when he took this idea to several existing companies, he was laughed at. In fact, every single company turned him down. Though rather , Bowerman persevered and went on to form his own company, making NIKE shoes.
Sometimes good ideas grow out of . When Fred Smith was a student at Yale University, he needed to have some paperwork across the country the next day. Smith was amazed to find out that overnight delivery was . He sat for a long while wondering why. Why couldn’t there be a possible overnight mail delivery service? He design one. Smith did just that and turned his design into a class project. His business gave him only a C for his efforts. , Smith was not through. He the ideas in that class project and turned them into one of the first and most overnight mail services in the world—FedEx.
We know today, of course, that each of these ideas an incredibly successful product or service which has the way many of us live. The questions are usually open-ended and are often silly. aren’t afraid to ask such questions, but adults are. Think how different the world might be people never asked “silly” question!
1.A. worried B. wondered C. talked D. learned
2.A. result B. iron C. rubber D. cookie
3.A. waffles B. cloth C. shoe D. car
4.A. annoyed B. excited C. delighted D. discouraged
5.A. athletic B. casual C. travel D. business
6.A. happiness B. frustration C. sadness D. cau tion
7.A. finished B. taken C. delivered D. passed
8.A. slow B. possible C. fast D. impossible
9.A. decided to B. promised to C. refused to D. forgot to
10.A. partner B. boss C. professor D. friend
11.A. Therefore B. However C. Otherwise D. Still
12.A. improved B. changed C. repeated D. recalled
13.A. hardly B. basically C. absolutely D. eventually
14.A. beautiful B. successful C. grateful D. wonderful
15.A. led to B. wanted to C. aimed to D. failed to
16.A. stopped B. kept C. changed D. enjoyed
17.A. first B. last C. worst D. best
18.A. Students B. Children C. Teachers D. Businessmen
19.A. frequently B. rarely C. constantly D. never
20.A. or B. if C. though D. unless
