Question

A few years ago，Masaru Ibuka，the head of Sony，was at a company planning a meeting.Suddenly he had an idea.He stopped the meeting and asked everyone what would happen if Sony took away the recording function (功能) and speakers and sold headphones with a tape player instead.

Almost everyone thought he was silly.Still，Ibuka kept his idea and worked at it.The result，of course，turned out to be the successful Sony Walkman.Good ideas often start with a really silly question.Bill Bowerman was making breakfast one day.As he stood there making cakes for his son，he asked himself what would happen if he put rubber into his mold(模具)．Later，he tried it and the result was something like the bottom of most sports shoes we see today.Still，when he took his idea to several shoe companies，he was laughed at.In fact，every single company turned him down．Though rather disappointed，Bill Bowerman went on to form his own company，making NIKE sports shoes.

We know today，that each of these ideas caused a successful thing that has changed the way many of us live.The best questions are usually open­ended and are often silly.Children aren't afraid to ask such questions，but adults usually are.Think how different the world might be if people never asked “silly” questions!

1.At first，almost everyone thought Masaru's idea was________.

A. good    B. easy    C. silly    D. difficult

2.Bill Bowerman got his idea________.

A. at a meeting

B. while he was making breakfast

C. from another company

D. while he was making sports shoes

3.What might the underlined phrase in Paragraph 2 mean in Chinese?

A. 拒绝    B. 欢迎    C. 调低    D. 讨厌

4.Bowerman felt very disappointed because ________.

A. he didn't make a cake for his son

B. he had to set up his own company

C. his idea was hard to come true

D. no companies accepted his idea

5.From the passage we know________.

A. it's easy to make one's idea come true

B. adults like asking open­ended questions

C. good ideas only start with a really silly question

D. sometimes “ silly ” questions may cause successful inventions

Answer

1. C

2. B

3. A

4. D

5. D

【解析】

本文主要讲了愚蠢的想法也可能创造成功的发明，并列举了两个事例。一个事例是索尼公司的主管Masaru Ibuka想到了买耳机和磁带播放机，发明了索尼随身听。另一个事例是Bill Bowerman正在做早餐时，当他站在那里为他的儿子做蛋糕时，他问自己，如果他把橡胶放进去，会发生什么？创造了耐克运动鞋。

1.题意：起初，几乎每个人都认为Masaru的想法是_____________。考查细节理解。A. good好的；B. easy容易的，简单的；C. silly傻的，愚蠢的；D. difficult困难的。根据第二段第一句Almost everyone thought he was silly（几乎所有的人认为他的想法是愚蠢的）可知选C。

2.题意：比尔·鲍尔曼_________想（得）到了这个主意。考查细节理解。A. at a meeting在会议上；B. while he was making breakfast当他做早餐的时候；C. from another company从另一家公司；D. while he was making sports shoes当他在制作运动鞋的时候。根据第二段第五和六句Bill Bowerman was making breakfast one day. As he stood there making cakes for his son，he asked himself what would happen if he put rubber into his mold(一天，比尔·鲍尔曼正在做早餐。当他站在那里为他的儿子做蛋糕时，他问自己，如果他把橡胶放进模具里会发生什么。)可知，在他做早餐的时候有了想法，故选B。

3.题意：第二段下画线的短语汉语意思是什么？考查词义猜测。A. 拒绝；B. 欢迎；C. 调低；D. 讨厌。根据上文Still，when he took his idea to several shoe companies，he was laughed at（不过，当他把想法带到几家制鞋公司时，他被别人嘲笑。）和下文Though rather disappointed（虽然相当失望）可知此句In fact，every single company turned him down．（事实上，每个公司都拒绝了他。）故turn down是“拒绝”的意思；故选A。

4.题意：鲍尔曼感到非常失望，因为______________。考查细节理解。A. he didn't make a cake for his son他没有给他儿子做蛋糕；B. he had to set up his own company他不得不自己开公司；

C. his idea was hard to come true他的想法很难实现；D. no companies accepted his idea 没有公司接受他的想法。根据第二段最后两句In fact，every single company turned him down．Though rather disappointed，Bill Bowerman went on to form his own company，making NIKE sports shoes.（事实上，每家公司都拒绝了他。尽管比尔·鲍尔曼相当失望，他还是成立了自己的公司，生产耐克运动鞋。）可知，因为所有公司拒绝了他的想法，所以他很失望，故选D。

5.题意：从文章中我们知道______________。考查主旨理解题。A. it's easy to make one's idea come true实现自己的想法很容易；B. adults like asking open­ended questions成年人喜欢问开放式的问题；C. good ideas only start with a really silly question好主意只从一个愚蠢的问题开始；D. sometimes “ silly ” questions may cause successful inventions 有时“愚蠢的”问题可能导致成功的发明。本文主要讲了愚蠢的想法也可能创造成功的发明，并列举了两个事例，结合第三段第一句We know today，that each of these ideas caused a successful thing that has changed the way many of us live.（今天，我们知道，这些想法中的每一个都导致了一件成功的事情，它改变了我们许多人的生活方式。）可知“有时“愚蠢的”问题可能导致成功的发明”；选D。