61. The author mentions South Korean adventurer Heo Young-Ho to prove that ________.

A. Heo Young-Ho also loved playing with Lego bricks

B. Lego bricks helped him become a mountain climber

C. Lego bricks do not interest children except adults

D. Lego bricks are a must when one goes on an adventure

60. Lego bricks have remained popular over the past 50 years as a result of ________.

A. attracting many children worldwide

B. bringing imagination to the children worldwide

C. helping the children and even adults to be creative and imaginative

D. having infinite links that bring out people’s imagination

59. From the passage we can infer that ________.

A. the writer is a brave man who dare face complaints

B. the writer became a famous song writer eventually

C. the writer is popular teacher at the university

D. the writer’s articles are welcomed by his students

(B)

Lego, the inventor of those colourful bricks that have inspired kids’ imaginations world-wide, has celebrated its 50^th anniversary.

On January 28, 1958, a man named Godtfred Kirk Christiansen created the plastic building bricks that can now be found in almost every child’s toy box. The simple building block has become one of the most well-known and popular toys around the world.

“The Lego brick continues to be very attractive, because it allows children, and adults, to develop their creativity and imagination,” said Charlotte Simonsen, a spokeswoman for the Danish Lego company.

The company’s building brick allows an infinite number of links. With just two bricks there are 24 different links, and with six, there are 915 million possibilities, according to Lego.

A half century after its creation, more than 400 million children and adults spend five billion hours a year putting the bricks together and pulling them apart. Also, the bricks made today can still interlock (连结) with those made in 1958.

Lego bricks are not just children’s play: they also attract the interest of adults. South Korean adventurer, Heo Young-Ho, who climbed Mount Everest in 1987, left a Lego toy behind in the snow during his climb.

After its great success Lego experienced a severe crisis at the end of the 1990s, hit hard by fierce competition from electronic games. This so-called “Toy of the Century” then suffered a dark period that lasted several years.

With great effort, the company began to prosper (繁荣) again, and in 2006 it earned about 1.5 billion dollars in 130 countries. Seven boxes of Lego are now sold every second around the world, and 19 billion bricks are produced each year: enough to encircle the earth five times!

58. “The Obvious Song” was written to ________.

A. make people show their care and love to other people

B. make the writer be famous

C. show the writer’s love for Mark Johnson

D. tell the readers a love story

57. Why did the writer always say things that were obvious to Mark Johnson?

A. Because Mark Johnson was a careless man.

B. Because the writer was Mark Johnson’s teacher.

C. Because the writer cared about Mark Johnson.

D. Because Mark Johnson was deaf.

56. Mark Johnson thought the writer was the kind of person who ________.

A. always says what is obvious

B. always gets complaints from others

C. doesn’t care about others

D. cares about his own business

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53．　 A. time　　　　　　　　　　 B. turn　　　　　　　　　　　 C. fault　　　　　　　　　　　 D. way

52．　 A. Suddenly　　　　　　 B. Nervously　　　　　　　 C. Strangely　　　　　　　 D. Fortunately