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 ear 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                    B．found                  C．helped                 D．chose

2．A．gift                       B．book                    C．toy                        D．bag

3．A．one                       B．another                C．other                     D．the other

4．A．angry with            B．surprised at             C．tired of                  D．interested in

5．A．kind                      B．honest                 C．helpful                   D．lovely

6．A．ideas                       B．skills                    C．names                    D．facts

7．A．lent                       B．called            C．returned                 D．showed

8．A．grow                      B．eat                       C．put                        D．cook

9．A．inventions              B．rules                       C．mistakes                D．changes

10．A．sent                     B．had                      C．sold                       D．received

11．A．amazing                 B．interesting              C．beautiful                 D．boring

12．A．He                       B．She                     C．It                          D．They

13．A．that                     B．if                         C．how                             D．why

14．A．so                       B．but                      C．or                          D．then

15．A．less                     B．more                   C．much                         D．most

Mary is __41__  English girl, but she is in France (法国) now. She is six __42__ old. Her mother says to her. “You are six,   43  you will be school here. You will like the school because (因为) it’s a __44__ school.” “Is it an English school?” Mary asks. “Yes, it  45  .” Mother answers.

Mary goes to school. The teachers __46__ very friendly and speak good __47__. And there   48  two other English girls in the class, __49__. She begins to like the school.

Her mother takes her  50  school __51__ the morning and brings her home in the afternoon.

One day ,when her mother is at school, Mary runs out  52   the classroom and says, “We have a __53__ girl in our class today. She is six, too. She is very nice, __54__ she isn’t English. She is a German (德国人).” “Doesn’t she speak English?” Mary’s mother asks. “No, but she always laughs __55__ English.” She says happily.

Mary is __41__  English girl, but she is in France (法国) now. She is six __42__ old. Her mother says to her. “You are six,   43  you will be school here. You will like the school because (因为) it’s a __44__ school.” “Is it an English school?” Mary asks. “Yes, it  45  .” Mother answers.
Mary goes to school. The teachers __46__ very friendly and speak good __47__. And there   48  two other English girls in the class, __49__. She begins to like the school.
Her mother takes her  50  school __51__ the morning and brings her home in the afternoon.
One day ,when her mother is at school, Mary runs out  52   the classroom and says, “We have a __53__ girl in our class today. She is six, too. She is very nice, __54__ she isn’t English. She is a German (德国人).” “Doesn’t she speak English?” Mary’s mother asks. “No, but she always laughs __55__ English.” She says happily.