Question

9．Thomas Adams first tried to change chicle（树胶）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（固体石蜡）．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（专卖）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 本文主要讲述了口香糖的由来以及发展历程．

解答 56．答案：chewing gum 此题是猜测词意题．根据第三段内容可知，Mr．Thomas Adams 和他的儿子一起制作了口香糖并用精美的包装盒来出售，所以"Tutti-Frutti"指的是chewing gum，口香糖．
57．答案：He failed to change chicle into other rubber products．此题是细节理解题．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 把树胶制作成玩具，面罩，雨靴等等，但最后实验都失败了．所以想要扔了剩下的树胶．
58．答案：Seeing a girl buy a chewing gum he got an inspiration．．此题是细节理解题．在第二段开头一句，提到一天，Thomas Adams 偶然看到一个小女孩嘴里咀嚼东西，给了他灵感．注意字数限制，考查学生查找和概括信息能力．
59答案：He was excited and gave his father some advive．信息概括题．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．他儿子不但很有兴趣还给他提供很多建议．impressed可以用excited来同意转换．
60答案：He was good at trying a new way．he succeeded in making a chewing gun and develping his company．此题考查主旨大意概括题．通过全文的介绍可以看出Thomas Adams非常善于发现，也勇于敢尝试一些新事物，正是这种敢于尝试的精神最后让他成功．可以用he was good at trying a new way．he succeeded in making a chewing gun and develping his company．来总结概括．

点评 本文是阅读表达，主要考生学生的细节理解和推理总结能力．要强考生能对一些信息转换和重组，还要注意字数的控制