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7 E" H0 T" U- `1 v+ M- E* dThese days, "what do you want to do when you grow up?" is the wrong question to ask children in the USA. The _____(51) should be: "what job are you doing now?" American companies are employing more and more young people as consultants to evaluate products for child _____(52). The 12-to-19 _____(53) group spends more than $100 billion a year in the USA. Specialist agencies have been created to help manufacturers ask kids about all the latest trends in clothes, food and _____(54) markets. One _____(55), Teenage Research Unlimited, has panels (评判小组) of teenagers who give their verdict (裁决) on products _____(56) jeans (牛仔裤). Another company, Doyle Research Associated, holds two-hour sessions in a room _____(57) the "imaginarium (想象室)." Children are encouraged to play games to get _____(58) a creative mood. They have to write down any ideas that _____(59) into their heads. @9 \; r. G, P8 b
Some manufacturers prefer to do their own _____(60) research. The software company Microsoft runs a weekly "Kid's Council" at its headquarters in Seattle, _____(61) a panel of school children give their verdict on the _____(62) products and suggest new ones. One 11-year-old, Andrew Cooledge, told them that they should make more computer games which would appeal equally _____(63) boys and girls. Payments for the work are increasingly attractive. Andrew Cooledge was paid $250 and given some software _____(64), even if their ideas are valuable, the children will never make a fortune. They cannot have the copyright to their ideas. These are not jobs they can hold for long they are too old. _____(65) their mid-teens they can be told that they are too old.
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52 A employees B labourors C consumers D employers
1 \# p# Z+ u5 N3 s4 p' G53 A age B year C time D generation& D; `2 B8 ]- ^* Z
54 A the B another C other D others
7 j/ P4 I" a/ r0 ^3 J7 p; P55 A school B firm C store D college
/ f$ M, o1 ~4 Q& R& s) K56 A as B like C of D with
- F3 t* T0 @3 }% M6 |0 ~, C" G) P57 A called B calls C calling D call
|" i5 J6 l0 `& c$ N s58 A into B out of C along with D over, m- w& F- E' K
59 A happen B come C occur D fall
4 e6 D% c; V+ W; }60 A science B creation C production D market4 _' s" h( C: F8 b x
61 A there B here C where D which2 K2 `- J# `. F& ~0 K
62 A last B late C later D latest
4 _4 m4 ^2 H" G2 ~" I9 p) B63 A to B for C with D on
. E1 S$ ?" I0 L/ A$ m64 A Therefore B However C Besides D Otherwise
9 y7 {- E7 D1 F+ p* H g65 A Above B On C By D Over
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