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【題目】 When you use crayons, you can color things any way you want. Life wasn’t always so colorful, though. A hundred years ago, all crayons were black. They were used in factories and shipyards. Kids couldn’t use them because they were toxic.

Then a company called Binney & Smith had an idea. They decided to make Crayola crayons for kids and teachers to use in schools. They figured out a formula（配方）that was safe, and they also decided to add colors. The first box of eight Crayola crayons included black, brown, blue, red, purple, orange, yellow, and green. The box cost five cents. The crayons were a huge hit!

Today, many companies make crayons, but Crayola is still the biggest. They take crayons very seriously especially when it comes to colors.

For example, Crayola has a team of seven chemists and chemical engineers who do nothing all day but develop new crayon colors. Their laboratory adds the unique, secret formula to every crayon color. They blend（混合）different colors to come up with new shades（色度）. Once the engineers discover a new color they like, they test it on hundreds of kids and parents to make sure it’s really useful. Only then is a crayon ready for the box.

Then comes the hard part——figuring out what to name a new color. In 1993, Crayola introduced 16 new colors for its “Big box” of 96 crayons. More than two million kids and adults wrote in to advise on the names of the colors. Some winners were tickle me pink (bright pink), timber wolf (gray), purple mountains majesty (purple), tropical rainforest (bright green), granny smith apple (light green), and mauvelous (light pink).Over the years, Crayola has changed the names of some colors.

Around the globe, kids still say that red and blue are their favorite crayon on colors.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容選擇最佳答案。

【1】The underlined word “toxic” in the passage means “___________” in Chinese.

A.昂貴的B.多彩的C.有毒的

【2】The second paragragh tells us _______.

A.the first box of Crayola crayons

B.the colors of Crayola crayons

C.a company called Binney & Smith

【3】What do the engineers do when they discover a new color they like?

A.They throw away all the other colors.

B.They test it on kids and parents.

C.They draw pictures with it.

【4】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.Colorful crayons existed a thousand years ago.

B.Crayola is the biggest crayon company.

C.Red and brown are kid’s favorite colors.

【5】What is the passage mainly about?

A.Some new color names suggested by kids.

B.The colors developed by engineers.

C.The making and naming of Crayola crayons.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】B

【4】B

【5】C

【解析】

本文介紹了“繪兒樂”蠟筆的制作和命名。

【1】詞句猜測題。根據(jù)下文They decided to make Crayola crayons for kids and teachers to use in schools. They figured out a formula（配方）that was safe“他們決定制造繪兒樂蠟筆給學(xué)校的孩子和老師使用。他們想出一個安全的配方”，可知，之前的蠟筆孩子不能使用，是因為蠟筆的配方對孩子有害。結(jié)合所給選項，可知，toxic表示“有毒的”。故選C。

【2】主旨大意題。根據(jù)第二段Then a company called…The first box of eight Crayola crayons included black, brown, blue, red, purple, orange, yellow, and green，可知，這家公司決定制造一種能給孩子和老師使用的蠟筆，所以他們想出了一個安全的配方，在這個基礎(chǔ)上添加了顏色，第一盒“繪兒樂”蠟筆包含了8種顏色。由此可知，本段介紹了第一盒“繪兒樂”彩色蠟筆的誕生。故選A。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Once the engineers discover a new color they like, they test it on hundreds of kids and parents to make sure it’s really useful，可知，一旦工程師發(fā)現(xiàn)了一種他們喜歡的新顏色，他們對數(shù)百名的孩子和家長進(jìn)行測試，來確保它真的有用。故選B。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)A hundred years ago, all crayons were black，可知，一百年前，所有的蠟筆都是黑色的，所以A選項是錯誤的。根據(jù)Today, many companies make crayons, but Crayola is still the biggest，可知，如今許多公司生產(chǎn)蠟筆，但是“繪兒樂”仍然是最大的，所以B選項是正確的。根據(jù)kids still say that red and blue are their favorite crayon on colors，可知，紅色和藍(lán)色是孩子們最喜歡的蠟筆顏色，所以C選項是錯誤的。故選B。

【5】主旨大意題。本文第一段和第二段主要講述了“繪兒樂”蠟筆誕生的原因，第三段至最后一段講述了“繪兒樂”蠟筆制作和命名的過程，由此可知，本文主要講述的就是“繪兒樂”蠟筆制作過程和命名。故選C。