【題目】I grew up in Malaysia. Since we did not have many toys, we used rubber bands (橡皮筋) to make a jump rope. Three years ago, when my daughters Michelle and Theresa were 9 and 12 years old, they were making bracelets (手環(huán)) using rubber bands. It struck me that I knew how to do that. I like to impress my daughters and show them that their dad is cool, so I tried it too. To my surprise, I couldn’t work with the bands because my fingers were too big.

Since I studied engineering, I decided to come up with a solution (解決辦法). I ran down to my basement and found a piece of wooden board, some pushpins and hooks (圖釘和鉤子). With the help of these things, I managed to make a bracelet. One of my daughters said, “Wow, that’s cool, but I can make it by hand.” So I started to put two, three, four, five rows together. I crossed the bands into diamond patterns using rainbow colors, which is how the Rainbow Loom (彩虹織機(jī)) got its name.

My daughters were so excited that they showed the bracelets to their friends. We started to get requests for them. But they were still difficult to make. I thought, “If I can make a small, easy-to-use loom, I’m onto something big.” It took six months and a lot of support from my kids to perfect the idea.

I tried to sell the loom by making videos about how to use it and taking my daughters to stores to show it. Many store owners thought it might be too difficult to use. For a year, we sold it only on our website. When it became popular with kids, it got noticed by toy stores.

It is so exciting that a simple idea my kids and I came up with together at our living-room table has become a nationwide fad.

【1】The author tried to show his daughters how to make bracelets but _____.

A. was refused B. regretted

C. failed D. was misunderstood

【2】The author made up his mind to find a method of _____.

A. making bracelets

B. using a jump rope

C. impressing his daughters

D. inventing the Rainbow Loom

【3】The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 3 refers to _____.

A. looms B. bracelets

C. friends D. rainbows

【4】What did store owners think of the author’s invention at first?

A. They thought highly of it.

B. They had a long wait for it.

C. They showed a great interest in it.

D. They thought there was no market for it.

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】B

【4】D

【解析】

試題分析：作者看到兩個女兒玩橡皮筋，也想要做，但是失敗了。這件事激發(fā)了他的創(chuàng)造力，他做了一個彩虹織機(jī)來制作手環(huán)受到小朋友的喜歡，這項(xiàng)技術(shù)也得到認(rèn)可，最后他和女兒們制作的手環(huán)也走遍了全國。

【1】C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段的最后To my surprise, I couldn’t work with the bands because my fingers were too big.可知，作者想要做手環(huán)但是沒有做成，因?yàn)槭种柑罅�。故選C。

【2】A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段的With the help of these things, I managed to make a bracelet.可知， 作者決心找到一個用橡皮筋做手環(huán)的方法，故選A。

【3】B 詞義推測題。根據(jù)本詞所在的句子的意思可知，這里是說父親做的手環(huán)成功了，女兒的朋友們都來索要手環(huán)，故選B。

【4】D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章最后的Many store owners thought it might be too difficult to use. For a year, we sold it only on our website. 可知，一開始很多商家不看好作者的發(fā)明， 故選D。

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