7．解析：直到他申请了专利。file a patent “申请专利”。

答案：C

6．解析：从下文的 “until he’d ________ a patent” 可知，在获得专利之前，Rich不

让Sheri装饰的Crocs鞋子离开他们家。decorated “装饰的，点缀的”。

答案：D

5．解析：那天晚些时候，在办企业方面很有经验的丈夫Rich回到了家里。put up “张

贴，举起”；set up “建立”；take up “占据，开始”；pick up “捡起，振作起来”。

答案：B

4．解析：原来每一双看起来都很相似的鞋忽然间变得独特了。unique “独特的，唯一的”；

simple “简单的”；widespread “分布广的，普遍的”；racial “种族的”。

答案：A

3．解析：然后我把纽扣、人造钻石、布片粘在Crocs拖鞋的洞里。gain “获得”；recommend

“推荐，介绍”；stick “粘住”；tease “取笑，戏弄”。

答案：C

2．解析：联系下文，从倒数第二段中的 “________her his business card”，再结合选项

可知，这里指年龄最大的女儿。

答案：D

[解题导语] 生活赋予每个人成功的机会是同等的，只是人们的心态不同。有的人把工

作视为无奈之举，而有的人则抓住机会，用积极的态度对待工作，所以生活就把美丽的

收获给了他们。

[重点词语链接] ride the wave顺应潮流

make it big成功，成名

1．解析：这就是几年前Sheri所发现的。spot “认出，看出”；pick “采，摘”；puzzle

“使迷惑，为难”；seek “寻找”。

答案：A

A

Seizing life’s possibilities

Some people look at a hole and see empty space.Others see opportunity.That’s what Sheri Schmelzer __1__ a few years ago when everyone-including her three children-started wearing Crocs，the colorful shoes dotted with holes.

“My kids and I were clowning around，and my eldest __2__，Lexie，got the sewing kit out.I brought one of the Crocs(卡骆驰拖鞋)，pulled some buttons，rhinestones(人造钻石)，and fabric(布)out of the kit，and __3__ them in the holes.Lexie said，‘Mom，I love that！’”says Sheri.

Sheri and Lexie，then seven，spent the rest of the day filling holes in the family’s 12 pairs of Crocs.Every look­alike shoe was suddenly __4__.Crocs had sold millions of pairs of shoes by then.When her husband，Rich，experienced in __5__business，came home later that day，the couple figured they could create a business simply by riding the wave.Rich refused to let a __6__ Croc leave their house，which is in Boulder，Colorado，until he’d __7__a patent.

They decided to __8__the business Jibbitz.While Sheri designed，Rich strategized.They decided to sell the charms online.

Six months later，in February 2006，Sheri was doing so well that Rich left his business to work with her __9__.She was making hundreds of Jibbitz to order，by hand，by herself，in their basement.

Someone at Crocs was sure to notice the charms-after all，the company was headquartered just ten miles down the road.Duke Hanson，one of Crocs’ __10__，spotted Lexie and her Jibbitz at the local pool，__11__ her his business card，and said，“Have your mom call me.”

Sheri and Rich met with Crocs executives，but no one suggested buying the company.Sheri was actually relieved because she wanted to see if she，not Crocs，could make it big.And she did.In December 2006，Crocs __12__ Jibbitz for $ 20 million，with Sheri and Rich staying on board(董事会)．

1．A.spotted　 B．picked　 C．puzzled　 D．sought

2．A.colleague　 B．classmate　 C．son　 D．daughter

3．A.gained　 B．recommended　

C．stuck　 D．teased

4．A.unique　 B．simple　 C．widespread　 D．racial

5．A.putting up　 B．setting up　 C．taking up　 D．picking up

6．A.delivered　 B．elected　 C．selected　 D．decorated

7．A.announced　 B．published　 C．filed　 D．proved

8．A.call　 B．review　 C．end　 D．receive

9．A.part time　 B．separately　 C．full time　 D．online

10．A.workers　 B．performers　 C．founders　 D．friends

11．A.showed　 B．handed　 C．expressed　 D．sacrificed

12．A.calculated　 B．guaranteed　 C．bought　 D．promised

B

Germans don’t mess around-not even with the lost objects of drunken guests.For this，guests at the annual Oktoberfest(啤酒节)in Munich are very lucky.During the festival，young people __13__ all over the world gather in big tents to drink __14__ they burst.And，somewhere along the way，many guests __15__ their valuable objects.Fortunately for them，the German organizers have developed a lost­and­found system to help reunite lost keys，phones and iPods __16__their owners.

Maik Unller，director of the Lost and Found said about a fifth of the 5,000 items lost each year end up getting found.The recovery rate for phones and wallets is even __17__-between 60-70%.Sam Sealy，a 19­year­old boy from the US was one of the benefactives(受益者)．Once he was __18__，and lost his bag，which __19__ his passport，iPod，and camera.He was willing to pay some money to get them back.“I’m amazed I went to a Lost and Found and actually found __20__ was missing.That never happens in the US，”he said.

5．解析：体裁判断题。从通篇所使用的语言来看，里面既没有深奥的科技术语，也没有

官方的规定等，因此该文属于一般科普文章。

答案：C