SECTION B (10 points)

Direction: Read the following passage and answer the questions according to the information you get in the passage and the required words limit.

Several years ago, Masaru Ibuka, the chairman of Sony, was at a company planning a meeting. Suddenly he had a brilliant idea. He stopped the meeting and asked everyone present what would happen if Sony removed the recording function and speaker and sold headphones(耳机) with a tape player instead. Almost everyone thought he was crazy. Still, Ibuka kept thinking about his idea and worked at refining it. The result, of course, turned out to be the wildly successful Sony Walkman.

Good ideas often start with a really silly question. Bill Bowerman was making breakfast one day. As he stood there making waffles(蛋奶烙饼)for his son, he wondered what would happen if he poured rubber into his waffle iron(蛋奶烙饼烤模).So, he tried and the result looked something like the bottom of most sports shoes we see today. Still, when he took this idea to several existing shoe companies he was literally(确实地)laughed at. In fact, every single company turned him down. Though rather disappointed, Bowerman was determined and went on to form his own company, making NIKE athletic shoes.

Sometimes good ideas grow out of frustration(挫败). When Fred Smith was a student at Yale University, he had some paperwork that he needed to have delivered across the country the next day. Smith was amazed to find out that overnight delivery(隔夜送货) was impossible. He sat for a long while wondering why. Why couldn’t there be reliable overnight mail delivery service? He decided to design one. Smith did just that and turned his design into a class project. His business professor thought it was not a good class project and gave him only a C. However, Smith refined the idea in that class project and eventually turned it into one of the first and most successful overnight mail services in the world——FedEx.

81. What did Masaru Ibuka’s idea turn out to be? （no more than 2 words）

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82. What did Fred Smith’s teacher think of his class project? （no more than 8 words）

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83. Nike athletic shoes came from Bill Bowerman’s idea of____________. （no more than 6 words）

______________________________________________________________________________

84. What is the main idea of the passage? （no more than 12 words）

______________________________________________________________________________

 

Directions: Read the following passage. Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage and the required words limit. Write your answers on your answer sheet.

Several years ago, Masaru Ibuka, the chairman of Sony, was at a company planning a meeting. Suddenly he had a brilliant idea. He stopped the meeting and asked everyone present what would happen if Sony removed the recording function and speaker and sold headphones with a tape player instead. Almost everyone thought he was crazy. Still, Ibuka kept thinking about his idea and worked at refining it. The result, of course, turned out to be the wildly successful Sony Walkman.

Good ideas often start with a really silly question. Bill Bowerman was making breakfast one day. As he stood there making waffles(蛋奶烙饼)for his son, he wondered what would happen if he poured rubber into his waffle iron(蛋奶烙饼烤模).So, he tried and the result looked something like the bottom of most sports shoes we see today. Still,when he took this idea to several existing shoe companies he was literally(确实地)laughed at. In fact, every single company turned him down. Though rather disappointed. Bowerman was determined and went on to form his own company, making NIKE athletic shoes.

Sometimes good ideas grow out of frustration. When Fred Smith was a student at Yale University, he had some paperwork that he needed to have delivered across the country the next day. Smith was amazed to find out that overnight delivery was impossible. He sat for a long while wondering why. Why couldn’t there be reliable overnight mail delivery service? He decided to design one. Smith did just that and turned his design into a class project. His business professor gave him only a C for efforts. However, Smith refined the idea in that class project and eventually turned it into one of the first and most successful overnight mail services in the world——FedEx.

81. What did Masaru Ibuka’s idea turn out to be? （no more than 2 words）

______________________________________________________________________________

82. What did Fred Smith’s teacher think of his class project? （no more than 8 words）

______________________________________________________________________________

83. From what idea did Bill Bowerman make Nike athletic shoes ？（no more than 9 words）

______________________________________________________________________________

84. What is the main idea of the passage? （no more than 12 words）

______________________________________________________________________________

SECTION B (10 points)

Direction: Read the following passage and answer the questions according to the information you get in the passage and the required words limit.

Several years ago, Masaru Ibuka, the chairman of Sony, was at a company planning a meeting. Suddenly he had a brilliant idea. He stopped the meeting and asked everyone present what would happen if Sony removed the recording function and speaker and sold headphones(耳机) with a tape player instead. Almost everyone thought he was crazy. Still, Ibuka kept thinking about his idea and worked at refining it. The result, of course, turned out to be the wildly successful Sony Walkman.

Good ideas often start with a really silly question. Bill Bowerman was making breakfast one day. As he stood there making waffles(蛋奶烙饼)for his son, he wondered what would happen if he poured rubber into his waffle iron(蛋奶烙饼烤模).So, he tried and the result looked something like the bottom of most sports shoes we see today. Still, when he took this idea to several existing shoe companies he was literally(确实地)laughed at. In fact, every single company turned him down. Though rather disappointed, Bowerman was determined and went on to form his own company, making NIKE athletic shoes.

Sometimes good ideas grow out of frustration(挫败). When Fred Smith was a student at Yale University, he had some paperwork that he needed to have delivered across the country the next day. Smith was amazed to find out that overnight delivery(隔夜送货) was impossible. He sat for a long while wondering why. Why couldn’t there be reliable overnight mail delivery service? He decided to design one. Smith did just that and turned his design into a class project. His business professor thought it was not a good class project and gave him only a C. However, Smith refined the idea in that class project and eventually turned it into one of the first and most successful overnight mail services in the world——FedEx.

81. What did Masaru Ibuka’s idea turn out to be? （no more than 2 words）

______________________________________________________________________________

82. What did Fred Smith’s teacher think of his class project? （no more than 8 words）

______________________________________________________________________________

83. Nike athletic shoes came from Bill Bowerman’s idea of____________. （no more than 6 words）

______________________________________________________________________________

84. What is the main idea of the passage? （no more than 12 words）

______________________________________________________________________________

A new research shows that in Britain more and more people are returning to the old tradition that the whole family have a meal at table. Worrying about the obesity and breakdown of a family, people change their eating habits so greatly, according to analysis. They find the number of the family having a meal together increases by 5% from 2002 to 2004, and most people who have meals with their family come from the rich social class.

The new discovery makes doctors and the people struggling against obesity extremely excited. Giving up the tradition that the whole family have a meal together is exactly one of the reasons for a series of problems including children’s overweight. If a child has a meal in front of the television or the computer alone, he will often eat some fast food.

Jason Collins is one of the persons returning to the old tradition. Collins is a manager of a bake(烘面包) house. He finds after he gets used to having a meal at home with his child, the child becomes much more obedient(听话的). Dr. Jin is a child psychologist, and she expresses welcome to this result of the study.  She says it can make parents have a very good chance to chat with the child when the whole family have a meal together.

1. What makes people change their eating habit back to the old tradition in Britain?

A．Worrying about their children.	B．Worrying about some social problems.
C．Worrying about the living expense.	D．Worrying about health and family problems.

2. We can infer from the passage that _______.

A．people’s eating habit has much effect on their family

B．most rich people have meals with their family

C．most children have the problem of overweight

D．most children don’t like having dinner with the parents

3. How do the people who hope to lose weight feel about the new discovery?

A．They feel glad.	B．They feel surprised.
C．They feel sorry.	D．They feel disappointed.

4. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A．The child having dinner with his parents doesn’t like watching TV.

B．Children become overweight all because of having dinner alone.

C．The family having dinner together is more united and friendly.

D．The reason a child has dinner alone is that he likes fast food.

 

A new research shows that in Britain more and more people are returning to the old tradition that the whole family have a meal at table. Worrying about the obesity and breakdown of a family, people change their eating habits so greatly, according to analysis. They find the number of the family having a meal together increases by 5% from 2002 to 2004, and most people who have meals with their family come from the rich social class.
The new discovery makes doctors and the people struggling against obesity extremely excited. Giving up the tradition that the whole family have a meal together is exactly one of the reasons for a series of problems including children’s overweight. If a child has a meal in front of the television or the computer alone, he will often eat some fast food.
Jason Collins is one of the persons returning to the old tradition. Collins is a manager of a bake(烘面包) house. He finds after he gets used to having a meal at home with his child, the child becomes much more obedient(听话的). Dr. Jin is a child psychologist, and she expresses welcome to this result of the study.  She says it can make parents have a very good chance to chat with the child when the whole family have a meal together.
【小题1】 What makes people change their eating habit back to the old tradition in Britain?

A．Worrying about their children.	B．Worrying about some social problems.
C．Worrying about the living expense.	D．Worrying about health and family problems.

【小题2】 We can infer from the passage that _______.

A．people’s eating habit has much effect on their family

B．most rich people have meals with their family

C．most children have the problem of overweight

D．most children don’t like having dinner with the parents

【小题3】 How do the people who hope to lose weight feel about the new discovery?

A．They feel glad.	B．They feel surprised.
C．They feel sorry.	D．They feel disappointed.

【小题4】 Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A．The child having dinner with his parents doesn’t like watching TV.

B．Children become overweight all because of having dinner alone.

C．The family having dinner together is more united and friendly.

D．The reason a child has dinner alone is that he likes fast food.