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　　Child Consultants

　　These days, "what do you want to do when you grow up?" is the wrong question to ask children in the USA. The_______ (1) should be: "what job are you doing now?" American companies are employing more and more young people as consultants to evaluate products for child_______ (2). The 12-to-19_______ (3) group spends more than $100 billion a year in the USA. Specialist agencies have been created to help manufaqturers ask kids about all the latest trends in clothes, food and_______ (4) markets. One_______ (5), Teenage Research Unlimited, has panels (评判小组) of teenagers who give their verdict (裁决) on products_______ (6) jeans (牛仔裤). Another company, Doyle Research Associated, holds two-hour sessions in a room?_______ (7) the "imaginarium (想象室)." Children are encouraged to play games to get_______ (8) a creative mood. They have to write down any ideas that_______ (9) into their heads.

　　Some manufacturers prefer to do their own_______ (10) research. The software company Microsoft runs a weekly "Kid's Council" at its headquarters in Seattle, _______ (11) a panel of school children give their verdict on the_______ (12) products and suggest new ones. One 11-year-old, Andrew Cooledge, told them that they should make more computer games which would appeal equally_______ (13) boys and girls. Payments for the work are increasingly attractive. Andrew Cooledge was paid $250 and given some software_______ (14), even if their ideas are valuable, the children will never make a fortune. They cannot have the copyright to their ideas. These are not jobs they can hold for long they are too old. _______ (15) their mid-teens they can be told that they are too old.

　　1 A sentence B word C answer D question

　　2 A employees B labourors C consumers D employers

　　3 A age B year C time D generation

　　4 A the B another C other D others

　　5 A school B firm C store D college

　　6 A as B like C of D with

　　7 A called B calls C calling D call

　　8 A into B out of C along with D over

　　9 A happen B come C occur D fall

　　10 A science B creation C production D market

　　11 A there B here C where D which

　　12 A last B late C later D latest

　　13 A to B for C with D on

　　14 A Therefore B However C Besides D Otherwise

　　15 A Above B On C By D Over

　　答案　　D C A C B　　 B A A B　D　 C D A B C