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(shuō)明文。主要說(shuō)明了2017年，樂(lè)高超越了當(dāng)?shù)鼐揞^阿爾法集團(tuán)，成為中國(guó)領(lǐng)先的玩具公司。樂(lè)高在中國(guó)的崛起迅速而引人注目。雖然在2017年樂(lè)高收入和利潤(rùn)出現(xiàn)10多年來(lái)的首次下滑，但是中國(guó)新富起來(lái)的父母幫助樂(lè)高恢復(fù)了元?dú)�。原因是中�?guó)父母意識(shí)到玩耍對(duì)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(biāo)中國(guó)美術(shù)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(jī)停機(jī)坪、胡蘿卜地和并進(jìn)行其他改進(jìn)。修飾名詞bricks應(yīng)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(yǔ)動(dòng)詞。句意：要把一個(gè)孩子從人民廣場(chǎng)附近樂(lè)高的大型商店拖走，就像拆開(kāi)兩塊難以分離的樂(lè)高積木。結(jié)合下文two stubborn bits of Lego可知是從樂(lè)高積木上“拆下”積木，且like此處為介詞后跟動(dòng)詞-ing形式，故填unsticking。故選I。

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

【4】考查動(dòng)詞時(shí)態(tài)。句意：2017年，它超越了當(dāng)?shù)鼐揞^阿爾法集團(tuán)，成為中國(guó)領(lǐng)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(guò)了”阿爾法集團(tuán)。且根據(jù)上文時(shí)間為2017年，故應(yīng)用一般過(guò)去時(shí)。故填overtook。故選H。

【5】考查動(dòng)詞時(shí)態(tài)。句意：2017年，樂(lè)高裁員1400人，收入和利潤(rùn)出現(xiàn)10多年來(lái)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(lái)收入和利潤(rùn)的首次下滑，且根據(jù)上文In 2017應(yīng)用一般過(guò)去時(shí)。故填recorded。故選K。

【6】考查動(dòng)詞時(shí)態(tài)。句意：因此，樂(lè)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(guó)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手去年從芭比娃娃中賺取了5年來(lái)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(lè)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(shí)，故填retained。故選F。

【7】考查動(dòng)詞時(shí)態(tài)。句意：因此，樂(lè)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(guó)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手去年從芭比娃娃中賺取了5年來(lái)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(yīng)用一般過(guò)去時(shí)。故填earned。故選G。

【8】考查動(dòng)詞。句意：中國(guó)新富起來(lái)的父母幫助樂(lè)高恢復(fù)了元?dú)�。結(jié)合上文China have helped Lego可知中國(guó)新富裕起來(lái)的父母幫助樂(lè)高從虧損中恢復(fù)元?dú)�。短語(yǔ)help sb do sth“幫助某人做某事”，此處應(yīng)用原形recover。故選B。

【9】考查動(dòng)詞時(shí)態(tài)。句意：和西方一樣，積木的教育價(jià)值吸引了中國(guó)家長(zhǎng)。根據(jù)上文內(nèi)容中國(guó)家長(zhǎng)幫助樂(lè)高恢復(fù)元?dú)饪芍�，中�?guó)家長(zhǎng)是因?yàn)楸环e木的教育價(jià)值所吸引。短語(yǔ)appeal to“吸引”。此處應(yīng)為一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)，主語(yǔ)為the educational merits of bricks，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用原形。故填appeal。故選C。

【10】考查形容詞。句意：去年，98%接受樂(lè)高調(diào)查的中國(guó)人表示，玩耍對(duì)孩子的健康至關(guān)重要，這一點(diǎn)甚至超過(guò)了美國(guó)人和丹麥人。結(jié)合上文was可知應(yīng)填形容詞作表語(yǔ)，且結(jié)合下文even more than Americans and Danes可知對(duì)中國(guó)家長(zhǎng)來(lái)說(shuō)玩耍對(duì)孩子的健康很重要。故填essential。故選D。