5、BEUING (Associated Press 美联社)
—China has a growing middle class, a tradition of expecting
education and 21 million new babies every year.Selling
educational toys should be easy.
While China may be the world’s biggest toy maker, many of the
best are exported Department stores here do not have enough high quality toys.It is said that the demand for educational toys is low.
A US company, BabyCare, is trying
to change that with a new way to sell toys in China.
BabyCare works basically together
with doctors in Beijing hospitals. People who join the company’s "mother
club" can get lectures and newsletters on baby and child development at no
extra cost, if they agree to spend 18 dollars a month on the company’s educational toys and child care books.
"We want to build a seven
year relationship with those people," said Matthew J.Estes, BabyCare’s president."It starts during pregnancy
(孕期), when the anxiety and needs are highest." BabyCare works on a one to one basis.Doctors,
nurses, and teachers paid by BabyCare advise parents, explain toys that are
designed for children at each stage (阶段) of development
to age six.
BabyCare opened its first store in
China last June in a shopping center in central Beijing and another near
Beijing Zoo.It plans to
have 80 stores in China within six years.
It is a new model for China and
develops a market in young children’s education and health that no other companies are in.
1.What do the first two paragraphs mainly tell us?
A.Educational toys and
foreign toy markets.
B.Problems with China’s toy market and education.
C.Reasons for pushing
sales of educational toys in China.
D.Baby population and
various kinds of toys made in China.
2.Which of the following is a fact according to the
passage?
A.Club members buy
BabyCare products for free child care advice.
B.Doctors in Beijing
help in making BabyCare products.
C.Parents are encouraged
to pay $ 18 for club activities.
D.BabyCare trains
Chinese doctors at no extra cost.
3.BabyCare is developing its business in China by.
A.opening stores in
Beijing hospitals
B.offering 18 month
courses on child care
C.setting up children’s education centers
D.forming close
relationships with parents
4.Which of the following would be the most suitable
title for the passage?
A.Mother’s Club in China.
B.BabyCare and
Doctors.
C.American Company Model. D.Educational Toys in China.