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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 (气球) 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 (副董事长) of the toy company.
12 made $200, 000 a year. Her job was to see
13 the new toys were fun. She took a car 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
( )2. A. gift
( )3. A. one
( )4. A. angry with
( )5. A. kind
( )6. A. ideas
( )7. A. lent
( )8. A. grow
( )9. A. inventions
( )10. A. sent
( )11. A. amazing
( )12. A. He
( )13. A. that
( )14. A. so
( )15. A. less |
B. found
B. book
B. another
B. surprised at
B. honest
B. skills
B. showed
B. eat
B. changes
B. had
B. interesting
B. She
B. if
B. but
B. more |
C. helped
C. toy
C. other
C. interested in
C. helpful
C. names
C. returned
C. put
C. mistakes
C. sold
C. beautiful
C. It
C. how
C. then
C. much |