19.Many little girls like flowers and Barbie toys.A lot of them also like cars,robots and ships which are boys'favorites.But most girls'clothing only has pictures of flowers and Barbie toys.
11-year-old Penny always wears the dress with pictures of Barbies.These days,she wants a dress with pictures of robots Transformers(变形金刚).Her mother Sara goes shopping in stores and also on the Internet,but she can't find this type of dresses.Penny refuses to wear anything but such a dress.
"I really wish the stores can sell such a dress which has a Transformer on it.If so,my daughter will wear that.And I think someone should do that.Why shouldn't I?"Then Sara learns to make a dress with a Transformer picture by herself.Penny really enjoys wearing it.Her classmates ask her where they can buy the same dress.Penny feels very proud,so does Eva who is good at doing business.Eva thinks Sara can do something more,and their business comes into being.They are friends,but it's the first time they have been partners.The women sell the first 70 dresses they make at a local market.The dresses sell out so fast that they can't make them fast enough.They decide to expand their business.
They prepare to build a new factory and have more workers.Money is not the challenge for them.The organization Crowfunding agrees to lend them money.Eva and Sara meet their goal of $35,000 within days."What we really need is to have more creative ideas and make the company develop rapidly,as people seem to want us to."Sara says.
21.Why does Sara make a dress by herself for her daughter?D
A.Dresses are too expensive to buy.
B.She is interested in making clothes.
C.She wants to make mone y by making clothes.
D.No shop sells the kind of dress her daughter wants.
22.What can we learn from the text?C
A.Penny doesn't like girls'toys
B.Eva had worked with Sara before
C.Sara's products enjoyed a good market.
D.Penny's classmates think nothing of her new dress.
23.What's the biggest challenge for Eva and Sara?A
A.They are in need of new design ideas.
B.They have no experience of managing business.
C.They can't find skilled workers to make dresses.
D.They don't have enough money to build a factory.
分析 本文主要讲述了一位名叫Sara的女性在为女儿做了变形金刚衣服后,该产品无意走红的故事.
解答 21.D 细节题.根据文章内容,Her mother Sara goes shopping in stores and also on the Internet,but she can't find this type of dresses…Then Sara learns to make a dress with a Transformer picture by herself因为女儿要的变形金刚图案的裙子没有的卖,因此Sara 给她做,结合选项,故选D
22.C 推理题.根据文章内容,The women sell the first 70 dresses they make at a local market.The dresses sell out so fast that they can't make them fast enough.They decide to expand their business…They prepare to build a new factory and have more workers.Money is not the challenge for them.她们的商品很快铺到当地一家商场.裙子卖的如此快,她们根本来不及做.因此他们决定扩大生意,建厂房、雇工人..由此可知,选C
23.A 细节题.根据文章内容What we really need is to have more creative ideas and make the company develop rapidly,由此可知,她们需要大量的新颖的设计款式,结合选项,故选A
点评 本文是人物故事类阅读理解.做这类题材阅读理解时要求考生对文章通读一遍,做题时结合原文和题目有针对性的找出相关语句进行仔细分析,结合选项选出正确答案.推理判断题也是要在抓住关键句子的基础上合理的分析才能得出正确答案,切忌胡乱猜测,一定要做到有理有据