7、These days, “What do you want to do when you grow up?” is the wrong question to ask children in the USA. The __1__ should be: “What job are you doing now?” American companies are employing more and more young people as consultants to evaluate(评估)products for child __2__. The 12-to-19 __3__ group spends more than a $ 100 billion a year in the USA. Specialist agencies have been created to help manufacturers(生产商) ask kids about all the latest trends in clothes, food and __4__ markets. One __5__, Teenage Research Unlimited, has groups of teenagers who give their decision on products __6__ jeans. Another company, Doyle Research Associated, holds two-hour meetings in a room __7__ the “imaginarium.” Children are __8__ to play games to get __9__ a creative mood. They have to write down any ideas that __10__ into their heads.

Some manufacturers prefer to do their own __11__research. The software company Microsoft __12__a weekly “Kid’s Council” at its headquarters in Seattle, __13__ a group of school children give their decision on the __14__products and suggest new ones. One 11-years-old, Andrew Cooledge, told them that they should make more computer games which would appeal equally __15__ boys and girls. __16__ for the work are increasingly attractive. Andrew Cooledge was paid $250 and given some software. __17__, even if their ideas are valuable, the children will never make a __18__. They cannot have the copyright to their ideas. These are not jobs they can __19__for long. __20__ their mid-teens they can be told that they are too old.

1.A.sentence            B.word             C. answer           D.question

2.A.employees          B.laborers             C.consumers         D.employers

3.A.age                 B.year              C.time            D.generation

4.A.the other           B.another          C.other            D.others

5.A.factory             B.firm             C.agent            D.college

6.A.as                  B.like              C.in                 D.with

7.A.called              B.regarded            C.intended          D.said

8.A.encouraged           B.discouraged         C.forced                 D.forbidden

9.A. into               B.out of            C.along with      D.over

10.A. happen           B.come            C.take                D.fall

11.A.science          B.clothes            C.production          D.market

12.A.works                 B.runs                    C.serves                 D.cares

13.A.there             B.here             C.where         D.when

14.A.last               B.traditional         C.old            D.latest

15.A.to                B.for               C.with               D.on

16.A.Places                 B.Conditions           C.Payments            D.Advantages

17.A.Therefore        B.However          C. Besides           D.Otherwise

18.A.life                      B.change                C.point                   D.fortune

19.A.seize                   B.hold                    C.catch                  D.grasp

20.A.Above            B.Under             C.By                D.Over

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6、Growing up across the street from each other in Twin Falls, Idaho, Lisa Fry and Paula Turner never doubted their friendship would last forever. But after Fry married, moved to New York City and had a baby, her letters to Turner suddenly went unanswered. “ Do you think I’ve somehow offended her?” Fry asked her husband.

Turner, meanwhile, had convinced herself she was no longer important to Fry. “She’s got a family now,” she told herself. “ We’re just too different to be close like before.”

Finally, Fry summoned(鼓起)the courage to call her old friend. At first, the conversation was awkward, yet soon they both admitted that they missed each other. A month later, they got together and quickly fell into their old habit of laughing and sharing confidences.

“ Thank goodness I finally took action,” Fry says. “ We both realized we were as important to each other as ever.”

There are good reasons to cherish our friendships. Some years ago a public-opinion research firm, Roper Starch Worldwide, asked 2007 people to identify one or two things that said the most about themselves. Friends far outranked homes, jobs, clothes and cars.

 “A well-established friendship carries a long history of experience and interaction that defines who we are and keep us connected,” says Donald Pannen, executive officer of the Western Psychological Association. “ It is a heritage(财产)we should protect.”

Ironically, says Brant R. Burleson, professor of communication at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind. “ the better friends you are, the more likely you’ll face conflicts.” And the outcome can be precisely what you don’t want--- an end to the friendship.

The good news is that most troubled friendships can be mended.

1.Which of the following would be the best title for this passage ?

     A.A Broken Friendship                   B.Cherish Friendship

     C.What makes good friends              D.How to Make Friendship Last Long

2.The underlined word “ awkward” in Paragraph 3 probably means______.

      A.embarrassing      B. casual              C.convenient        D.relaxed

3.According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?

      A.Lisa Fry and Paula Turner believed their friendship wouldn’t last forever.

      B.Turner didn’t reply to Fry’s letters because she was too busy.

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      C.People all think friends are far more important than homes, jobs, clothes and cars.

      D.Lisa Fry and Paula Turner misunderstood each other at first.

4.What do you think the author will talk about next ?

   A.Suggestions on how to mend the troubled friendship.

   B.Some more examples of good friends.

   C.Functions of Friendship.

   D.How to cherish friendship.

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