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 _____（51） should be： "what job are you doing now?" American companies are employing more and more young people as consultants to evaluate products for child _____（52）.The 12-to-19 _____（53） group spends more than $100 billion a year in the USA. Specialist agencies have been created to help manufacturers ask kids about all the latest trends in clothes,food and _____（54） markets. One _____（55）,Teenage Research Unlimited,has panels （评判小组） of teenagers who give their verdict （裁决） on products _____（56） jeans （牛仔裤）.Another company,Doyle Research Associated,holds two-hour sessions in a room _____（57） the "imaginarium （想象室）." Children are encouraged to play games to get _____（58） a creative mood. They have to write down any ideas that _____（59） into their heads.
Some manufacturers prefer to do their own _____（60） research. The software company Microsoft runs a weekly "Kid"s Council" at its headquarters in Seattle,_____（61） a panel of school children give their verdict on the _____（62） products and suggest new ones. One 11-year-old,Andrew Cooledge,told them that they should make more computer games which would appeal equally _____（63） boys and girls. Payments for the work are increasingly attractive. Andrew Cooledge was paid $250 and given some software _____（64）,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. _____（65） their mid-teens they can be told that they are too old.
51 A sentence B word C answer D question
52 A employees B labourors C consumers D employers
53 A age B year C time D generation
54 A the B another C other D others
55 A school B firm C store D college
56 A as B like C of D with
57 A called B calls C calling D call
58 A into B out of C along with D over
59 A happen B come C occur D fall
60 A science B creation C production D market
61 A there B here C where D which
62 A last B late C later D latest
63 A to B for C with D on
64 A Therefore B However C Besides D Otherwise
65 A Above B On C By D Over
[参考答案] ：51. D 52. C 53. A 54. C 55. B 56. B 57. A 58. A 59. B 60. D 61. C 62. D 63. A 64. B 65. C