题目内容
Mary Roda's parents came to New York from Australia. They lived in a tall building. A man named Donald Smith lived in the building,too. He 1 a toy company. One day Donald gave Mary,the 4-year-old girl,a new 2 She played with the toy and said, "This is fun！” A few weeks later Donald gave her 3 toy. She played with it. She said, "I am not 4 this toy. It doesn't work. " She was a( n) 5 little girl. Donald liked her honesty,and they became friends. For years Donald gave Mary new toys,and she gave him very good 6 about the toys.
When Mary was thirteen years old,Donald 7 her a new ball. The ball had a balloon (气球) inside it. Mary wanted to fill the balloon with water. She wanted to paint the ball in crazy colors. She wanted to 8 rice or beans (豆子) in it to make it noisy. The company made these 9 Mary's ideas were a great success!The company 10 thousands of the balls.
That Christmas Donald gave Mary a( n) 11 gift. He made her a vicepresident (副董事长) of the toy company. 12 made $200,000 a year. Her job was to see 13 the new toys were fun. She took a car from her school to her office. She worked for three or four hours a day at her job,14 she had to do her homework. Mary was a busy teenager. She had 15 time with her family. Her parents taught her that working hard and doing her best is very important. Today Mary works at a college. The little vicepresident with bright ideas helps students think about their future.
( ) 1. A. owned B. found C. helped D. chose
( ) 2. A. gift B. book C. toy D. bag
( ) 3. A. one B. another C. other D. the other
( ) 4. A. angry with B. surprised at C. tired of D. interested in
( ) 5. A. kind B. honest C. helpful D. lovely
( ) 6. A. ideas B. skills C. names D. facts
( ) 7. A. lent B. called C. returned D. showed
( ) 8. A. grow B. eat C. put D. cook
( ) 9. A. inventions B. rules C. mistakes D. changes
( ) 10. A. sent B. had C. sold D. received
( ) 11. A. amazing B. interesting C. beautiful D. boring
( ) 12. A. He B. She C. It D. They
( ) 13. A. that B. if C. how D. why
( ) 14. A. so B. but C. or D. then
( ) 15. A. less B. more C. much D. most
1. A 从上下文来看,Donald Smith是一个玩具公司的老板，所以说他拥有一个玩具公司。
2. C 从"She played with the toy"中的the toy来看，是特指，说明前面提到过。由此判断： Donald Smith给Mary的是一个玩具。
3. B 因为前面给过Mary—个玩具，再次给一个玩具要用another"另一，再一"。
4. D 根据句子"It doesn't work"判断：Maiy对这个玩具不感兴趣。
5. B 文中有句"Donald liked her honesty"说明Mary是一个诚实的小女孩。
6. A 因为Donald喜欢Mary的诚实，童言无忌，就玩具给Donald提了许多宝贵的建议。
7. D 通过上下文来看，Donald把气球给Mary看是要听取建议的。
8. C Mary想把大米或豆子放在气球里用来制造响声。
9. D Donald按照Mary的建议，作了这些改动。make a change/make some changes有"作出变动/修改"之意。
10. C Donald按照Mary的建议，作了这些改动, 取得了巨大的成功，这种玩具很畅销。
11. A 13岁的中学生获得了公司副董事长的职位，的确令人吃惊。
12. B Mary获得了公司副董事长的职位，年薪20万美元。
13. B Mary的工作就是看看这些玩具是否有趣。
14. D Mary是个学生，每天在公司工作三四个小时，然后必须回家做作业。
15. A Mary工作、学习都很刻苦，所以没有时间陪父母。less是little的比较级，修饰不可数名词，表示否定的意思。
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