Lego, the inventor of those colorful bricks that have inspired kids’ imaginations world-wide, has celebrated its 50th anniversary.

On January 28, 1958, a man named Godtfred Kirk Christiansen created the plastic building bricks that can now be found in almost every child’s toy box. The simple building block has become one of the most well-known and popular toys around the world.
"The Lego brick continues to be very attractive, because it allows children, and others, to develop their creativity and imagination," said Charlotte Simonsen, a spokeswoman of the Danish Lego company.
The company’s building brick allows an infinite number of links. With just two bricks there are 24 different links, and with six, there are 915 million possibilities, according to Lego.
A half-century after its creation, more than 400 million children and adults spend five billion hours a year putting the bricks together and pulling them apart. Also, the bricks made today can still interlock with those made in 1958.
Lego bricks are not just child’s play: they also attract the interest of adults. South Korean adventurer, Heo Young-Ho, who climbed Mount Everest in 1987, left a Lego toy behind in the snow during his climb.
After its great success Lego experienced a severe crisis at the end of the 1990s, hit hard by fierce competition from electronic games. This so-called "Toy of the Century" then suffered a dark period that lasted several years.
With great efforts, the company began to prosper again, and in 2006 it earned about 1.5 billion dollars in 130 countries. Seven boxes of Lego are now sold every second around the world, and 19 billion bricks are produced each year: enough to encircle the Earth five times！
小題1:The Lego bricks have remained popular in the past 50 years as a result of _______.
A．a(chǎn)ttracting many children worldwideB．brought imagination to the children worldwide
C．making the children and even adults worldwide creative and imaginative
D．having infinite links that bring many imagination
小題2:The author gave the example of South Korean adventurer Heo Young-Ho in order to prove that ______.
A．Heo Youn-Ho also loved playing Lego bricks
B．the Lego bricks made him a mountain climber
C．the Lego bricks not only interest children but also adults
D．the Lego bricks are a must when on goes on an adventure
小題3:It can be inferred from the text that ______.
A．there are 915 different links with just 6 bricks
B．the Lego Bricks Company has made a lot of money from the people worldwide
C．the Lego Bricks can’t compare with computer games
D．the bricks made today don’t change much compared with those made in 1958
小題4:The underlined word “hit” in the seventh paragraph means _____.
A．defeated in a fight or a competition
B．have a crash in an accident or a fight
C．get known through a song
D．a(chǎn)ttack somebodyin a fight
小題5:The main idea of the story is that _____.
A．Lego bricks: brilliant past and struggling future
B．Lego bricks: an attraction of both children and adults
C．Lego bricks: making creativity and imagination
D．Lego bricks: making billions of money every year

小題1:C
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:A
小題5:A
隨著科技的迅猛發(fā)展，電子游戲開始成為二十一世紀主流娛樂休閑方式之一，然而，傳統(tǒng)玩具“樂高”彩色積木卻頑強地抵御住了來自電子游戲的競爭。日前，丹麥“樂高”公司為這種傳統(tǒng)玩具迎來了五十周年慶典。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。從文章第二段可知it allows children, and others, to develop their creativity and imagination，因此選C。
小題2:推理判斷題。作者在第六段為了證實“樂高”積木老少皆宜的事實，引用了韓國登山家Heo Young-Ho也喜愛玩“樂高”積木的例子。
小題3:推理判斷題。文章第五段說the bricks made today can still interlock with those made in 1958，從中可以推斷五十年過去了，“樂高”積木的風格沒有多大的變化。這或許是它的持久魅力所在吧。
小題4:詞義考查題。hit在本文中的意思為“失敗，輸給對手”。
小題5:主旨大意題。本文介紹了“樂高”積木五十年的輝煌歷史，但面對電腦游戲的激烈競爭，“樂高”還有很艱難的路要走。
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