1 . Joey Hudicka began his entrepreneurial (企业家的) journey by creating a strategy game called Puckz when he was just 10 years old, by combining two of his favorite interests – strategy games like checkers, and sports like ice hockey. Seeing the amazing experiences unfold for her big brother, Heidi Hudicka set out to create her own first business, a fashion clothing line for her 18 dolls.
But one day, Joey and Heidi met after school and experienced a real breakthrough. “I was telling Joey I was asking friends if they would like me to outsource（外包给）the sewing of my designs to them, since it is not really my favorite part of that business, but none of my friends understood what I meant by outsourcing,” recalls Heidi.
“When Heidi told me what happened after school that day I was like, ‘Yeah! I have the same problem.’ Most kids just don’t understand when we talk about our business, or even why it is important to understand how businesses work,” says Joey. “And that’s when we decided to do something about it, to create a fun and engaging way to teach more kids about the power of their creativity through innovation and entrepreneurship.”
Joey and Heidi, along with their parents, founded Fizzee Labs, and began creating engaging learning resources such as Outta This World, a board game that activate your imagination by applying it to invent amazing new products or experiences, in a fast-paced, competitive format.
“Outta This World is a journey through the depths of outer space. You have brought very limited supplies with you on your mission, and you must creatively repurpose these supplies, transforming them into brand-new products or experiences that can be sold to the different civilizations you will meet along your journey, raising the funds you need to reach your destination!” describes Joey.
1. What inspired Heidi to start her first business?| A．Her parents’ inspiration. | B．Her passion for a fashion clothing. |
| C．Her brother’s game business. | D．Her friends’ ignorance of business. |
| A．The students who want to play board games. |
| B．The kids who want to sell engaging products. |
| C．The children who want to invent amazing products. |
| D．The pupils who want to learn about the power of creativity. |
| A．Players can raise funds through the game. |
| B．Players can live a fast-paced way of life after the game. |
| C．Players can experience a journey to turn their creativity into benefits in the game. |
| D．Players can sell their original supplies to the different civilizations in the game. |
| A．Creative and cooperative. | B．Innovative and honest . |
| C．Humorous and aggressive. | D．Competitive and ambitious. |
2 . When I got home after dropping out of college in my junior year because of depression, I didn’t want to get out of bed every day. But my parents wanted me to, so I just transferred myself to the couch in the living room. Sometimes I would turn on the TV and watch marathons, but mostly I just sat there, lost in thought.
One day when I was lying on the couch, not knowing what to do, I thought since I had been out of school for a long time, I might as well do something productive in my life. I looked at my options. I could attend online college classes, go to in-person events just to get out of the house, or take up a hobby. But none of these things made me happy, and my depression seemed to keep me drowning in low spirits.
However, there was something that was my thing-entrepreneurship (创业). No matter what kind of day I’m having now, the mere mention of start-ups still cheers me up. I have been doing business in some kinds of forms ever since I was a kid, and despite everything, this passion has never changed.
So I started thinking of ideas, seeing which one could become practical business. I spent my days being glued to a wide purple notebook and a pen in hand, sometimes moving from the couch to the table on our back porch in the mornings. If I got up early enough, I’d watch the sun come up. It was there, in the still mornings, that I learned about life and started to look back on mine.
With time going on, the depression started to lift. I was making more progress in my recovery, and the good days were more frequent than the bad. I started a couple of different businesses, eventually settling on a web design business, and did a lot of experiments and changed my ideas. After a period of time, things started to work.
1. Why did the author return home from college?| A．She had mental problems. |
| B．She got tired of her campus life. |
| C．She wanted to prepare for a marathon. |
| D．She wanted to spend some time accompanying her parents. |
| A．Attending sports events. | B．Going to in-person events. |
| C．Taking online college classes. | D．Managing a business of her own. |
| A．Being busy with. | B．Being absorbed in. | C．Being excellent in. | D．Being associated with. |
| A．How I overcame my depression | B．How I found peace inside |
| C．Why I dropped out of college | D．Why I wanted to start a business |
