Child Consultants
5 V7 j, P% V1 O8 iThese 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 $100 billion a year in the USA. Specialist agencies have been created to help manufaqturers ask kids about all the latest trends in clothes, food and_______(54) markets. One_______(55), Teenage Research Unlimited, has panels (评判小组) of teenagers who give their verdict (裁决) on products_______(56) jeans (牛仔裤). Another company, Doyle Research Associated, holds two-hour sessions in a room _______(57) the "imaginarium (想象室)." Children are encouraged to play games to get_______(58) a creative mood. They have to write down any ideas that_______(59) into their heads.
' @3 ^' H! L0 K, ^$ c3 J0 MSome 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.
6 y' E. Z' L( T* ?7 t+ C51 A sentence B word C answer D question
+ f# v d9 @0 O* Q52 A employees B labourors C consumers D employers
8 p9 E; I2 r7 N53 A age B year C time D generation
, k5 z* y! }2 V0 I) ?& K3 O+ s! r54 A the B another C other D others
$ k& C6 ]/ B/ D* |55 A school B firm C store D college
- ~+ ^/ |' m! R0 X |0 g" c8 _56 A as B like C of D with
' J9 P; k _& Q57 A called B calls C calling D call8 n2 _' f* V1 y, Z+ C
58 A into B out of C along with D over- B+ L. O( Y) Q' P
59 A happen B come C occur D fall/ {/ \6 b: `1 j0 B
60 A science B creation C production D market2 b( e' W+ A+ E' q8 T2 q
61 A there B here C where D which
9 [4 B+ o# m0 ~, u9 c" K+ n62 A last B late C later D latest
& [9 O! D& _* S* n l; q8 y9 f% v63 A to B for C with D on
3 N; F3 U! s$ y/ i$ i$ ^9 |64 A Therefore B However C Besides D Otherwise9 z6 @+ _* \6 k* Z% N$ R7 R o0 Q
65 A Above B On C By D Over1 E J! ^- ^4 l/ `8 O
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51 D 52 C 53 A 54 C 55 B$ P; K0 t* }) G O
56 B 57 A 58 A 59 B 60 D) J) S5 h$ s R0 v: L
61 C 62 D 63 A 64 B 65 C |