Question

Madison Stump is a 13-year-old entrepreneur (企业家) in the USA. To save our planet, she has  1  a green business, PaperAgain.

Madison lives in a “green” family. She is   2  trying to be 100% earth friendly. One day, Mandison was thinking over what else she could do to help the environment.  3 , she thought, “Why not  4  those used boxes and paper to create beautiful notebooks? And I can sell them to help people in need.” That night, Mandison made her first notebook with scrap paper (废纸), and she used an empty gum box for a 5 . It was the  6  of her green business.

Mandison’s first customer was her sister. She, of course, never   7  it! However, Mandison didn’t mind because she got to see her use it. Before you know it, all Mandison’s school friends were asking to buy the amazing notebooks. Then, Mandison’s dad came up with the   8  idea of starting a website, PaperAgain.com, so that these notebooks could be bought online.

Now Mandison is the   9  of a real business! Her notebooks are selling at the store in her hometown. And she is often  10  on the local television news!

1.                A．set out         B．set off          C．set up    D．set at

2.                A．always         B．already         C．never    D．nearly

3.                A．Happily         B．Luckily         C．Finally    D．Suddenly

4.                A．return         B．recycle         C．repair    D．replace

5.                A．cover          B．paper          C．face D．book

6.                A．end           B．change         C．start D．entrance

7.                A．paid for        B．made for        C．sent for   D．waited for

8.                A．familiar         B．silly            C．dull  D．wonderful

9.                A．worker         B．winner         C．owner    D．master

10.               A．explained       B．reported       C．replied    D．spread

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.A

6.C

7.A

8.D

9.C

10.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了一位美国的少年企业家，为了保护环境，她利用废旧纸箱和废纸制作笔记本，并且在网上销售。

1.短语辨析。A.出发，陈述；B.动身，引起；C.建立，开业；D.袭击，设置成。联系下文，可知他建立了一个绿色产业。故选C。

2.副词辨析. A.一直,总是;B.已经;C.从来不,永远不;D.几乎,差不多.结合语境可知此处指的是她总是尝试百分百的对地球友好.故选A.

3.联系下文描述,可知此处指的是她突然想到,故选D,突然地.

4.动词辨析. A.归还;B.回收利用;C.修理;D.取代,代替.联系下文,可知此处指的是回收利用些箱子和纸,做成美丽的笔记本,故选B,回收利用.

5.名词辨析, A.盖子,封面;B.试卷,纸张;C.外观,脸;D.书.联系下文,可知此处指的是她用一个空的胶水盒作封面,故选A.

6.结合语境可知此处指的是这是她的绿色产业的第一次开始,故选C,开始,启动.

7.结合语境可知此处指的是她的妹妹永远不会为此付款,故选A,为……付款。

8.形容词辨析。A.相似的；B.愚蠢的；C.迟钝的，呆滞的；D.奇妙的，极好的。联系下文，可知此处指的是好主意，故选D。

9.联系下文，可知此处指的是她是一个真实的产业的所有人，故选C，所有者。

10.联系下文，可知当地电视新闻上常常报道她。故选B，报道，报告。

考点：传记类记述文