阅读下面短文,从短文后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。
Seventh-grade
Carson Kropfl is an inventor, business owner and environmental activist. He
created a company called Locker board. His story is1that necessity is truly the mother of invention.
Carson
enjoys the excitement of surfing and skateboarding. For years, he liked to use
his skateboard to go to2. But he was3that his school locker was too small to store his board.
As
a student, he could not change the size of his4, but he realized he could5the shape of his
skateboard. And, from that small6, a business was born. Carson first
just made a7skateboard in the shape of a square for
himself. Then he made his first8at school's dining hall, where he put a
few skateboards on a table and his schoolmates started buying them up.
In
less than two years, Carson has sold about 700 skateboards. But not all the9goes to Carson. Some money goes to a nonprofit group that10the health and well-being of the ocean. He11one dollar for every Locker board sold to Ocean Unite because they12on ocean conservation. Carson's
hometown sits along a13coastal area of the Pacific Ocean. And
Carson, the surfer, wants the ocean to14that way.
The
young business owner says he is not exactly sure what he will do when he grows
up. But he sure will stay15, traveling the world and supporting
ocean conservation.
(1)
A .
news
B .
proof
C .
idea
D .
report
(2)
A .
school
B .
home
C .
company
D .
ocean
(3)
A .
confident
B .
shocked
C .
touched
D .
discouraged
(4)
A .
skateboard
B .
school
C .
locker
D .
car
(5)
A .
measure
B .
change
C .
describe
D .
take
(6)
A .
desire
B .
act
C .
size
D .
step
(7)
A .
beautiful
B .
larger
C .
safer
D .
shorter
(8)
A .
friends
B .
survey
C .
sales
D .
mistakes
(9)
A .
agreement
B .
operation
C .
profit
D .
salary
(10)
A .
controls
B .
supports
C .
develops
D .
resolves
(11)
A .
earns
B .
charges
C .
loses
D .
donates
(12)
A .
focused
B .
fed
C .
called
D .
impressed
(13)
A .
dirty
B .
crowded
C .
beautiful
D .
polluted
(14)
A .
become
B .
stay
C .
turn
D .
play
(15)
A .
wealthy
B .
calm
C .
cool
D .
busy
答案:(1)B;(2)A;(3)D;(4)C;(5)B;(6)A;(7)D;(8)C;(9)C;(10)B;(11)D;(12)A;(13)C;(14)B;(15)D;