Question

Mary and Donald Smith lived in the same building. Donald 41 a toy company. One day Donald gave Mary. the 4-year-old girl. a new toy. She played with it and said. "This is fun! A few weeks later Donald gave her 42 toy. She played with it and then said. "I'm not 43 in this toy. It doesn't work." For years Donald gave Mary new toys.  and she gave him very good   44   about the toys.

When Mary was 13 years old. Donald showed her a new ball. Mary wanted to 45 the ball with small stones to make it 46 .The company made this change. Mary's idea was a great success! The company sold thousands of the balls.

   That Christmas. Donald gave Mary an  47 gift. He made her vice-president(副總裁) of the toy company. She made $200,000 a year. Her job was lo see 48 the new toys were fun. She worked 49 three or four hours a day at her job, then she had to do her homework.

Today Mary works at a college. The little vice-president with bright ideas helps students think about their 50.

4I. A. owned        B. rioted        c. owns      D. closes

42 A. other          B. other        C. the other   D. another

43. A. excited       B. interested     C. relaxed    D. bored

44. A. ways         B. designs      C. questions   D. ideas

45  A. fill          B. full         C. add        D. pour

46.  A. noisy       B. quiet        C. light        D. future

47. A. special       B. awful        C. amazing      D. useful

48. A. when        B. if            C. as          D. since

49. A.BI           B. in           C. for          D. with

50. A. company       B. toys       C. homework    D. future

Answer 1

【主旨大意】擁有玩具公司的Donald Smith，經常給鄰居Mary禮物，Mary對禮物的評價幫助Donald Smith把自己的公司越做越好。

41. A 句意為“擁有一家玩具公司”，本片故事是用過去時講述的。

42. D 代詞的辨析，“幾周后Donald Smith給了她另一個玩具”，another，“另一個”，表泛指。

43. B 動詞短語  由“It doesn’t work。”可知“我對這個禮物不感興趣，”。

44. D 她（Mary）對玩具的做出了很好的評價或看法。

45. A “她想往球里面裝小石子”，be filled with 裝滿，盛滿

46. A  “球里面裝上石子讓它發出聲音。”quiet 安靜；light 輕；future未來，將來都講不通。

47. C 根據下文，可知Donald Smith給了Mary一份特殊的禮物。

48. B 考察賓語從句的引導詞。“她的工作是看看新玩具是不是很有趣。”

49.C 介詞的考察，“她一天工作三四個小時”

50.D 名詞辨析 “這個有聰明想法的女孩幫助學生們考慮他們的未來。”