阅读下面短文,从短文后面各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Good ideas often start with really silly questions. Bill Bowerman was making breakfast one day. As he stood there making waffles (华夫饼干) for his son, he
____ what would happen if he poured rubber into his waffle iron. Later, he tried it and the
____ looked something like the bottom of most sports shoes we see today. Still, when he took this idea to several existing
____ companies, he was laughed at. In fact, every single company turned him down. Though rather
____, Bowerman persevered and went on to form his own company, making NIKE
____ shoes.
Sometimes good ideas grow out of
____ When Fred Smith was a student at Yale University, he needed to have some paperwork
____ across the country the next day. Smith was amazed to find out that overnight delivery was
____ He sat for a long while wondering why. Why couldn’t there be a possible overnight mail delivery service? He
____ design one. Smith did just that and turned his design into a class project. His business
____ gave him only a C for his efforts.
____, Smith was not through. He
____ the ideas in that class project and
____ turned them into one of the first and most
____ overnight mail services in the world—FedEx.
We know today, of course, that each of these ideas
____ an incredibly successful product or service which has
____ the way many of us live. The
____ questions are usually open-ended and are often silly.
____ aren’t afraid to ask such questions, but adults
____ are. Think how different the world might be
____ people never asked “silly” question!
21. A.worried | B.wondered | C.talked | D.learned |
22. A.result | B.iron | C.rubber | D.cookie |
23. A.waffles | B.cloth | C.shoe | D.car |
24. A.annoyed | B.excited | C.delighted | D.discouraged |
25. A.athletic | B.casual | C.travel | D.business |
26. A.happiness | B.frustration | C.sadness | D.cau tion |
27. A.finished | B.taken | C.delivered | D.passed |
28. A.slow | B.possible | C.fast | D.impossible |
29. A.decided to | B.promised to | C.refused to | D.forgot to |
30. A.partner | B.boss | C.professor | D.friend |
31. A.Therefore | B.However | C.Otherwise | D.Still |
32. A.improved | B.changed | C.repeated | D.recalled |
33. A.hardly | B.basically | C.absolutely | D.eventually |
34. A.beautiful | B.successful | C.grateful | D.wonderful |
35. A.led to | B.wanted to | C.aimed to | D.failed to |
36. A.stopped | B.kept | C.changed | D.enjoyed |
37. A.first | B.last | C.worst | D.best |
38. A.Students | B.Children | C.Teachers | D.Businessmen |
39. A.frequently | B.rarely | C.constantly | D.never |
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