16、Mary Roda's parents came to New York from Australia．They lived in a tall building．A man named Donald Smith lived in the building，too．He   1   a toy company．One day Donald gave Mary，the 4-year-old girl，a new   2  ．She played with the toy and said．“This is fun!” A few weeks later Donald gave her   3   toy．She played with it．She said，“I am not  4   this toy．It doesn’t work．” She was a(n)    5    little girl．Donald liked her honesty，and they became friends．For years Donald gave Mary new toys，and she gave him very good   6    about the toys．

When Mary was thirteen years old，Donald    7    her a new ball．The ball had a balloon（氣球）inside it．Mary wanted to fill the balloon with water．She wanted to paint the ball in crazy colors．She wanted to   8    rice or beans（豆子）in it to make it noisy．The company made these    9  ．Mary’s ideas were a great success! The company   10   thousands of the balls．

That Christmas Donald gave Mary a（n）  11   gift．He made her a vice-president（副董事長）of the toy company．  12    made$200，000 a year．Her job was to see   13   the new toys were fun．She took a ear from her school to her office．She worked for three or four hours a day at her job，  14    she had to do her homework．Mary was a busy teenager．She had  15 _ time to be with her family．Her parents taught her that working hard and doing her best is very important．

Today Mary works at a college．The little vice-president with bright ideas helps students think about their future．

1．A．owned                    B．found                  C．helped                 D．chose

2．A．gift                       B．book                    C．toy                        D．bag

3．A．one                       B．a(chǎn)nother                C．other                     D．the other

4．A．a(chǎn)ngry with            B．surprised at             C．tired of                  D．interested in

5．A．kind                      B．honest                 C．helpful                   D．lovely

6．A．ideas                       B．skills                    C．names                    D．facts

7．A．lent                       B．called            C．returned                 D．showed

8．A．grow                      B．eat                       C．put                        D．cook

9．A．inventions              B．rules                       C．mistakes                D．changes

10．A．sent                     B．had                      C．sold                       D．received

11．A．a(chǎn)mazing                 B．interesting              C．beautiful                 D．boring

12．A．He                       B．She                     C．It                          D．They

13．A．that                     B．if                         C．how                             D．why

14．A．so                       B．but                      C．or                          D．then

15．A．less                     B．more                   C．much                         D．most

15、If the traffic light is red，you          cross the road．It's very dangerous．

A．don't                   B．mustn't                   C．needn't                   D．wouldn't

14、--Why not go to the Great Wall this Saturday?

--I'm afraid it's not a good         ．Many of us have been there．

A．place                     B．day                      C．plan                       D．idea

13、Jack is afraid of flying．He feels          before he gets on a plane．

A．surprised               B．excited                C．proud                   D．nervous

12、--Have you heard the latest news?

--No，what         ?

A．is it                     B．is there                C．a(chǎn)re they                 D．a(chǎn)re those

11、I          to Cape Town so I know nothing about it．

A．don't travel           B．won't travel             C．haven't traveled          D．hadn't traveled

10、--What a hot day! How about going swimming after school?

--         ! Let's ask Daniel to go with us．

A．That's OK            B．No problem             C．Good luck            D．Sounds great

9、We're going to the bookstore．You can come with us          you can meet us there later．

A．a(chǎn)nd                     B．but                      C．or                          D．then

8、--Nancy is not coming to the party tonight．

--But she          me she'd love to．

A．tells                     B．told                     C．had told                 D．is telling