Question

【题目】Directions; Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

Why Do Chinese Parents Prefer Legos to Barbies?

Budding engineers cluster around a table - sized model of the China Art Museum, a landmark of Shanghai, adding helipads, carrot patches and other improvements with 【1】 bricks. Prising a child from Lego’s vast shop near People’s Square can be like 【2】 two stubborn bits of Lego. Li Yang, visiting for a few days from Shenzhen, has been waiting for her daughter for two hours. Zhu Yunfei, watching his son, 【3】 at the variety: “Coming here to play with him is making up for my childhood,” he says. They drop by every week.

Lego’s rise in China has been rapid and dramatic. In 2017 it 【4】 Alpha Group, a local giant, to become the country’s leading toy company (not including video games). In the past two years it has opened 89 stores. It wants 50 more by December, which will bring it to 30 cities. Its first Chinese factory started molding bricks in 2016. The toy industry is growing by 9% annually in the country, but the Danish firm’s Chinese arm notches up “very strong double digits,” says Paul Huang, its boss.

It has done so even as the brick maker’s global business has looked shakier. In 2017 Lego cut 1,400 jobs and 【5】 its first drop in revenues and profits in over a decade. But last year both ticked up again, by 4% each. Lego has thus 【6】 its status as the world’s biggest toy-maker, taken from Mattel in 2014 -- even as its American rival last year 【7】 its highest revenues in five years from its Barbie dolls.

Newly affluent（富裕的）parents in China have helped Lego 【8】. “We have not maxed out there, by far,” says Niels Christiansen, whom Lego brought in as chief executive two years ago. As in the West, the educational merits of bricks 【9】 to Chinese parents. Last year 98% of those surveyed by Lego said that play was 【10】 for their child’s well-being, even more than Americans and Danes.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】E

【2】I

【3】J

【4】H

【5】K

【6】F

【7】G

【8】B

【9】C

【10】D

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。主要说明了2017年，乐高超越了当地巨头阿尔法集团，成为中国领先的玩具公司。乐高在中国的崛起迅速而引人注目。虽然在2017年乐高收入和利润出现10多年来的首次下滑，但是中国新富起来的父母帮助乐高恢复了元气。原因是中国父母意识到玩耍对于孩子健康的重要性。

【1】考查形容词。句意：初露头角的工程师们聚集在上海地标中国美术馆的一张桌子大小的模型周围，用五颜六色的砖块添加直升机停机坪、胡萝卜地和并进行其他改进。修饰名词bricks应用形容词，且结合句意“五颜六色的”，故填colorful。故选E。

【2】考查非谓语动词。句意：要把一个孩子从人民广场附近乐高的大型商店拖走，就像拆开两块难以分离的乐高积木。结合下文two stubborn bits of Lego可知是从乐高积木上“拆下”积木，且like此处为介词后跟动词-ing形式，故填unsticking。故选I。

【3】考查动词时态。句意：看着儿子的朱云飞惊叹于这种多样性:“来这里和他玩弥补了我的童年，”他说。结合句意可知短语marvel at“对……惊奇”，且此处描述一般性事实用一般现在时，主语为Zhu Yunfei，谓语动词用单数。故填marvels。故选J。

【4】考查动词时态。句意：2017年，它超越了当地巨头阿尔法集团，成为中国领先的玩具公司(不包括视频游戏)。结合下文to become the country’s leading toy company (not including video games).可知是“超过了”阿尔法集团。且根据上文时间为2017年，故应用一般过去时。故填overtook。故选H。

【5】考查动词时态。句意：2017年，乐高裁员1400人，收入和利润出现10多年来的首次下滑。结合下文its first drop in revenues and profits in over a decade可知记录了10多年来收入和利润的首次下滑，且根据上文In 2017应用一般过去时。故填recorded。故选K。

【6】考查动词时态。句意：因此，乐高保持了2014年从美泰（Mattel）获得的全球最大玩具制造商的地位，尽管其美国竞争对手去年从芭比娃娃中赚取了5年来的最高收入。结合后文its status as the world’s biggest toy-maker, taken from Mattel in 2014可知乐高保持了全球最大玩具制造商的地位。且根据上文Lego has thus可知为现在完成时，故填retained。故选F。

【7】考查动词时态。句意：因此，乐高保持了2014年从美泰（Mattel）获得的全球最大玩具制造商的地位，尽管其美国竞争对手去年从芭比娃娃中赚取了5年来的最高收入。结合下文highest revenues可知“赚取”了最高收入，且根据上文last year可知应用一般过去时。故填earned。故选G。

【8】考查动词。句意：中国新富起来的父母帮助乐高恢复了元气。结合上文China have helped Lego可知中国新富裕起来的父母帮助乐高从亏损中恢复元气。短语help sb do sth“帮助某人做某事”，此处应用原形recover。故选B。

【9】考查动词时态。句意：和西方一样，积木的教育价值吸引了中国家长。根据上文内容中国家长帮助乐高恢复元气可知，中国家长是因为被积木的教育价值所吸引。短语appeal to“吸引”。此处应为一般现在时，主语为the educational merits of bricks，谓语动词用原形。故填appeal。故选C。

【10】考查形容词。句意：去年，98%接受乐高调查的中国人表示，玩耍对孩子的健康至关重要，这一点甚至超过了美国人和丹麦人。结合上文was可知应填形容词作表语，且结合下文even more than Americans and Danes可知对中国家长来说玩耍对孩子的健康很重要。故填essential。故选D。