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 (氣球) 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 (副董事長(zhǎng)) 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 從上下文來看,Donald Smith是一個(gè)玩具公司的老板,所以說他擁有一個(gè)玩具公司。

2. C 從"She played with the toy"中的the toy來看,是特指,說明前面提到過。由此判斷: Donald Smith給Mary的是一個(gè)玩具。

3. B 因?yàn)榍懊娼o過Mary—個(gè)玩具,再次給一個(gè)玩具要用another"另一,再一"。

4. D 根據(jù)句子"It doesn't work"判斷:Maiy對(duì)這個(gè)玩具不感興趣。

5. B 文中有句"Donald liked her honesty"說明Mary是一個(gè)誠(chéng)實(shí)的小女孩。

6. A 因?yàn)镈onald喜歡Mary的誠(chéng)實(shí),童言無忌,就玩具給Donald提了許多寶貴的建議。

7. D 通過上下文來看,Donald把氣球給Mary看是要聽取建議的。

8. C Mary想把大米或豆子放在氣球里用來制造響聲。

9. D Donald按照Mary的建議,作了這些改動(dòng)。make a change/make some changes有"作出變動(dòng)/修改"之意。

10. C Donald按照Mary的建議,作了這些改動(dòng), 取得了巨大的成功,這種玩具很暢銷。

11. A 13歲的中學(xué)生獲得了公司副董事長(zhǎng)的職位,的確令人吃驚。

12. B Mary獲得了公司副董事長(zhǎng)的職位,年薪20萬(wàn)美元。

13. B Mary的工作就是看看這些玩具是否有趣。

14. D Mary是個(gè)學(xué)生,每天在公司工作三四個(gè)小時(shí),然后必須回家做作業(yè)。

15. A Mary工作、學(xué)習(xí)都很刻苦,所以沒有時(shí)間陪父母。less是little的比較級(jí),修飾不可數(shù)名詞,表示否定的意思。

題目來源:中考英語(yǔ)組合訓(xùn)練完形填空+短文填詞 > 組合訓(xùn)練22

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