Question

【題目】Directions; Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

Why Do Chinese Parents Prefer Legos to Barbies?

Budding engineers cluster around a table - sized model of the China Art Museum, a landmark of Shanghai, adding helipads, carrot patches and other improvements with 【1】 bricks. Prising a child from Lego’s vast shop near People’s Square can be like 【2】 two stubborn bits of Lego. Li Yang, visiting for a few days from Shenzhen, has been waiting for her daughter for two hours. Zhu Yunfei, watching his son, 【3】 at the variety: “Coming here to play with him is making up for my childhood,” he says. They drop by every week.

Lego’s rise in China has been rapid and dramatic. In 2017 it 【4】 Alpha Group, a local giant, to become the country’s leading toy company (not including video games). In the past two years it has opened 89 stores. It wants 50 more by December, which will bring it to 30 cities. Its first Chinese factory started molding bricks in 2016. The toy industry is growing by 9% annually in the country, but the Danish firm’s Chinese arm notches up “very strong double digits,” says Paul Huang, its boss.

It has done so even as the brick maker’s global business has looked shakier. In 2017 Lego cut 1,400 jobs and 【5】 its first drop in revenues and profits in over a decade. But last year both ticked up again, by 4% each. Lego has thus 【6】 its status as the world’s biggest toy-maker, taken from Mattel in 2014 -- even as its American rival last year 【7】 its highest revenues in five years from its Barbie dolls.

Newly affluent（富裕的）parents in China have helped Lego 【8】. “We have not maxed out there, by far,” says Niels Christiansen, whom Lego brought in as chief executive two years ago. As in the West, the educational merits of bricks 【9】 to Chinese parents. Last year 98% of those surveyed by Lego said that play was 【10】 for their child’s well-being, even more than Americans and Danes.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】E

【2】I

【3】J

【4】H

【5】K

【6】F

【7】G

【8】B

【9】C

【10】D

【解析】

這是一篇說明文。主要說明了2017年，樂高超越了當?shù)鼐揞^阿爾法集團，成為中國領先的玩具公司。樂高在中國的崛起迅速而引人注目。雖然在2017年樂高收入和利潤出現(xiàn)10多年來的首次下滑，但是中國新富起來的父母幫助樂高恢復了元氣。原因是中國父母意識到玩耍對于孩子健康的重要性。

【1】考查形容詞。句意：初露頭角的工程師們聚集在上海地標中國美術館的一張桌子大小的模型周圍，用五顏六色的磚塊添加直升機停機坪、胡蘿卜地和并進行其他改進。修飾名詞bricks應用形容詞，且結(jié)合句意“五顏六色的”，故填colorful。故選E。

【2】考查非謂語動詞。句意：要把一個孩子從人民廣場附近樂高的大型商店拖走，就像拆開兩塊難以分離的樂高積木。結(jié)合下文two stubborn bits of Lego可知是從樂高積木上“拆下”積木，且like此處為介詞后跟動詞-ing形式，故填unsticking。故選I。

【3】考查動詞時態(tài)。句意：看著兒子的朱云飛驚嘆于這種多樣性:“來這里和他玩彌補了我的童年，”他說。結(jié)合句意可知短語marvel at“對……驚奇”，且此處描述一般性事實用一般現(xiàn)在時，主語為Zhu Yunfei，謂語動詞用單數(shù)。故填marvels。故選J。

【4】考查動詞時態(tài)。句意：2017年，它超越了當?shù)鼐揞^阿爾法集團，成為中國領先的玩具公司(不包括視頻游戲)。結(jié)合下文to become the country’s leading toy company (not including video games).可知是“超過了”阿爾法集團。且根據(jù)上文時間為2017年，故應用一般過去時。故填overtook。故選H。

【5】考查動詞時態(tài)。句意：2017年，樂高裁員1400人，收入和利潤出現(xiàn)10多年來的首次下滑。結(jié)合下文its first drop in revenues and profits in over a decade可知記錄了10多年來收入和利潤的首次下滑，且根據(jù)上文In 2017應用一般過去時。故填recorded。故選K。

【6】考查動詞時態(tài)。句意：因此，樂高保持了2014年從美泰（Mattel）獲得的全球最大玩具制造商的地位，盡管其美國競爭對手去年從芭比娃娃中賺取了5年來的最高收入。結(jié)合后文its status as the world’s biggest toy-maker, taken from Mattel in 2014可知樂高保持了全球最大玩具制造商的地位。且根據(jù)上文Lego has thus可知為現(xiàn)在完成時，故填retained。故選F。

【7】考查動詞時態(tài)。句意：因此，樂高保持了2014年從美泰（Mattel）獲得的全球最大玩具制造商的地位，盡管其美國競爭對手去年從芭比娃娃中賺取了5年來的最高收入。結(jié)合下文highest revenues可知“賺取”了最高收入，且根據(jù)上文last year可知應用一般過去時。故填earned。故選G。

【8】考查動詞。句意：中國新富起來的父母幫助樂高恢復了元氣。結(jié)合上文China have helped Lego可知中國新富裕起來的父母幫助樂高從虧損中恢復元氣。短語help sb do sth“幫助某人做某事”，此處應用原形recover。故選B。

【9】考查動詞時態(tài)。句意：和西方一樣，積木的教育價值吸引了中國家長。根據(jù)上文內(nèi)容中國家長幫助樂高恢復元氣可知，中國家長是因為被積木的教育價值所吸引。短語appeal to“吸引”。此處應為一般現(xiàn)在時，主語為the educational merits of bricks，謂語動詞用原形。故填appeal。故選C。

【10】考查形容詞。句意：去年，98%接受樂高調(diào)查的中國人表示，玩耍對孩子的健康至關重要，這一點甚至超過了美國人和丹麥人。結(jié)合上文was可知應填形容詞作表語，且結(jié)合下文even more than Americans and Danes可知對中國家長來說玩耍對孩子的健康很重要。故填essential。故選D。