Question

【题目】Many little girls like flowers, watching butterflies and riding small horses. A lot of them also like cars, robots and spaceships. But most girls’ clothing only has pictures of flowers, butterflies or horses.

Two mothers decided to make clothes that include all the things that little girls do and love.

Six-year-old Bella loves to play with cars. So her dress has pictures of cars on it.

“We haven’t found this type of dress in the store,” Cathy, Bella’s mother, says.

The car dress is from a new girl’s clothing line called Princess Awesome. Rebecca Melsky set up the business. She says its products (产品) for girls have some designs normally found on boys’ clothes.

It all started two years ago when Rebecca was hoping to buy clothing for her two-year-old, who liked robots, trucks and spaceships.

“One day when I walked through a girls’ store. I thought to myself I wish they’d make one of those beautiful dresses that also have a robot on it because she will love that. And I thought someone should do that. Maybe I should do that.” Rebecca said.

Her friend Eva St. Clair believed she should, and their business was born. The women sold the first 70 dresses they made at a market. So they decided to expand(扩展）their business online. Their products sold very well there, too.

“They sold out so fast that I could not make them fast enough. We decided it was time to think about a factory,” Rebecca said.

So they started to raise money from people over the Internet. The women raised more than $215,000 within days, far more than the $35,000 they expected.

“Our biggest challenge (挑战) is going to be how we expand as rapidly as people seem to want us to,” Rebecca said.

The women hope Princess Awesome will expand into products for girls of all ages and all interests.

【1】Bella’s clothing is special because it has pictures of ________.

A. flowers B. horses

C. cars D. butterflies

【2】Princess Awesome was started ________.

A. by Cathy and Rebecca B. because of six-year-old Bella

C. with the help of a girls’ store D. to make unusual clothing for girls

【3】The dresses made by Rebecca and her friend ________.

A. sold better online than at the market B. helped them get a job in a factory

C. were popular among girls D. were sold expensively

【4】What is the most difficult thing Rebecca and her friend will face?

A. Meeting the needs of all girls.

B. How to make interesting products.

C. Raising enough money for their business.

D. How to expand their business as people expected.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】C

【4】D

【解析】本文属于记叙文阅读，介绍了一些女孩喜欢男性化的服装，Rebecca Melsky和她的同伴适应市场需要，设计并出售了男性化的女孩服装，卖的非常好。

【1】C

细节理解题。根据第三段Six-year-old Bella loves to play with cars. So her dress has pictures of cars on it.可知Bella的衣服上有汽车图案。故选C。

【2】D

细节理解题。根据文章第五段The car dress is from a new girl’s clothing line called Princess Awesome. Rebecca Melsky set up the business. She says its products (产品) for girls have some designs normally found on boys’ clothes.可知Rebecca Melsky创办的Princess Awesome旨在于给女孩子生产一些原来适合男孩的服装。故选D。

【3】C

细节理解题。根据倒数第五段第二句The women sold the first 70 dresses they made at a market. So they decided to expand(扩展）their business online. Their products sold very well there, too.可知她们生产的产品很受欢迎，卖的非常好。故选C。

【4】D

细节理解题。根据倒数第二段“Our biggest challenge (挑战) is going to be how we expand as rapidly as people seem to want us to,”可知她们面临的最大困难是如何按着人们所期盼的扩大业务。故选D。