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9．Thomas Adams first tried to change chicle（樹膠）into rubber products，before making a chewing gum（口香糖）．Thomas Adams attempted to make toys，masks，rain boots，and bicycle tires out of the chicle from Mexican trees，but every experiment failed．Consequently Mr Thomas Adams intended to throw the remaining into the East River．
     It happened that before this was done，Thomas Adams went into a drugstore where he saw a little girl come in to ask for a chewing gum for one penny．So an idea struck him that perhaps they could use the chicle he wanted to throw away as chewing gums．After the child had left the store，Mr．Thomas Adams asked the druggist what kind of chewing gum the little girl had bought．He was told that it was made of paraffin wax（固體石蠟）．When he asked the man if he would be willing to try an entirely different kind of gum，the druggist agreed．
    When Mr．Thomas Adams arrived home，he spoke to his son，Tom Junior，about his idea．Tom Junior was very much impressed，and suggested that they make up a few boxes of chicle chewing g-am and give it a name and a label．Shortly after，he opened the world，s first chewing gum factory．It was made of pure chicle without any flavor．It was wrapped in various colored tissue papers．The price of the box was one dollar．On the coyer of the box was a picture of City Hall，New York，in color．Thomas Adams sold Tutti-Fruttiwith the slogan"Adams'New York Gum No.1"．The firm was the nation's most prosperous chewing gum company by the end of the century：it built a monopoly（專賣）in l899 by combining with the six largest and best-known chewing gum manufacturers in the United States and Canada，and achieved great success as the  maker of Chiclets，the brand of chewing gum．
   In l888，a Thomas Adams'chewing gum became the first to be sold in a vending machine．The machines were located in a New York City subway station．

56．The underlined word"Tutti-Frutti"in Paragraph 4 refers tochewing gum （no more than 3 words）
57．Why did Thomas Adams intend to throw the remaining chicle into the East River？（no more than 10 words）He failed to change chicle into other rubber products
58．How did Thomas Adams get the idea of using chicle as chewing gums？（no more than l2 words）Seeing a girl buy a chewing gum he got an inspiration
59．What was Tom Junior L reaction when he heard what his father said？（no more than 10 Words）He was excited and gave his father some advive．
60．What do you think of Thomas Adams？Please give your reasons．（no more than 20 words）good at trying a new way．he succeeded in making a chewing gun and develping his company．

Answer 1

分析 本文主要講述了口香糖的由來以及發(fā)展歷程．

解答 56．答案：chewing gum 此題是猜測詞意題．根據(jù)第三段內(nèi)容可知，Mr．Thomas Adams 和他的兒子一起制作了口香糖并用精美的包裝盒來出售，所以"Tutti-Frutti"指的是chewing gum，口香糖．
57．答案：He failed to change chicle into other rubber products．此題是細(xì)節(jié)理解題．在第一段．Thomas Adams attempted to make toys，masks，rain boots，and bicycle tires out of the chicle from Mexican trees，but every experiment failed．提到Thomas Adams 把樹膠制作成玩具，面罩，雨靴等等，但最后實(shí)驗(yàn)都失敗了．所以想要扔了剩下的樹膠．
58．答案：Seeing a girl buy a chewing gum he got an inspiration．．此題是細(xì)節(jié)理解題．在第二段開頭一句，提到一天，Thomas Adams 偶然看到一個(gè)小女孩嘴里咀嚼東西，給了他靈感．注意字?jǐn)?shù)限制，考查學(xué)生查找和概括信息能力．
59答案：He was excited and gave his father some advive．信息概括題．第三段提到Tom Junior was very much impressed，and suggested that they make up a few boxes of chicle chewing g-am and give it a name and a label．他兒子不但很有興趣還給他提供很多建議．impressed可以用excited來同意轉(zhuǎn)換．
60答案：He was good at trying a new way．he succeeded in making a chewing gun and develping his company．此題考查主旨大意概括題．通過全文的介紹可以看出Thomas Adams非常善于發(fā)現(xiàn)，也勇于敢嘗試一些新事物，正是這種敢于嘗試的精神最后讓他成功．可以用he was good at trying a new way．he succeeded in making a chewing gun and develping his company．來總結(jié)概括．

點(diǎn)評(píng) 本文是閱讀表達(dá)，主要考生學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理總結(jié)能力．要強(qiáng)考生能對(duì)一些信息轉(zhuǎn)換和重組，還要注意字?jǐn)?shù)的控制