D

You’ve probably heard of the butterfly effect that small changes in one place can lead to great damage elsewhere. The Toy Story II, Made-in-China, appearing on the internet, TV screens and front pages of newspapers worldwide since August, was a live show. China’s fame as “the world’s factory” was badly damaged this summer by a small, but powerful magnet (磁鐵), and colorful paints on toys.

Mattel, the world’s largest toy company in the US, on August 14 announced the biggest recall (召回) of toys in its history. Among the recalled products were 17.4 million toys that had a design problem. They contained a small, powerful magnet that could harm children if it was swallowed. Another 2.2 million toys were recalled because of impermissible levels of lead (鉛) in their paint.

Although the designing problem has nothing to do with where the toys were made, the reports in the western media of the recall started to draw a horrible picture in many American parent’s minds.

The toy recall issue followed shortly after recalls earlier in the year of Chinese-made pet food and toothpaste and left users all over the world worried about buying anything labeled (貼上標(biāo)簽) “Made-in-China”.

The recall of the toys teaches Chinese companies that quality is extremely important. However, many of the complaints by western countries about Chinese goods reflect complicated feelings about the growing Chinese economy, culture differences and various political systems.

However, more than 100 US multinational companies from many industries, including Boeing and Microsoft, signed a letter to the US Congress on September 28, to say no to the proposal against China. “Imposing (加強(qiáng)) unfair barriers to trade in the name of product safety is not a solution,” the companies wrote.

Toys are made for children to learn about the reality world and become more mature (成熟), however, the Chinese version of Toy Story helps lots of adults learn about responsibility, importance of quality, understanding, communications, and more.

53. The author mentions the butterfly effect at the beginning of the passage to ______.

A. explain what the butterfly effect is

B. tell the readers what causes the butterfly effect

C. say that the toy effect is similar to the butterfly effect

D. compare the differences between the butterfly effect and the toy effect

54. Which of the following are the reasons mentioned to have caused the recall?

a. The picture on the toys.

b. The designing problem.

c. The colorful paints on toys.

d. The materials toys are made of.

e. The small powerful magnet on toys.

A. abe                   B. bde                   C. bce                   D. acd

55. Boeing and Microsoft signed a letter to the US Congress because ______.

A. the growing Chinese economy makes them afraid

B. the Chinese companies have realized the importance of quality

C. the Toy Story has made some Chinese companies suffer great losses

D. they think it’s unfair to impose barriers in the name of product safety

56. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

A. Made in China.                              B. Butterfly Effect.

C. Western Media.                              D. Toy Story.

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