Unit 4 History and Traditions 单元测试卷-2023-2024学年高一英语人教版（2019）必修第二册

年级： 班级：高一 学生姓名： 科目: 英语 制作人： 教科室审批： M2 U4 History and traditions 周清卷 一．阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 Alina Morse is just 14 years old and is the founder of Zollipops, a business founded in 2014. It has produced S2 million worth of lollipops(棒棒糖) which are actually good for your teeth. The idea for the lollipops, her company's first product, came to Alina back in 2012, when she was just 7 years old. It all started when she went to a bank with her dad Tom and a teller offered her lollipops. Though she really wanted to accept, she remembered how her parents had told her that sugar was terrible for her teeth. So she asked her dad, "Why don't we make a healthy lollipop that's good for my teeth so I can have candy, and it won't be bad for me?" Two years of online research, at least a hundred attempts at making lollipops in their home oven and many plant tests later where they tested their creations on commercial(商业的) production equipment Alina and her father got their first meeting, and finally their first retail(零售) placement, with Whole Foods Market. "They loved our product, and they loved the idea, "Alina says. The sugar-free candies reduce the risk of tooth decay(蛀牙) . Soon after landing in Whole Foods Market, Zollipops began shipping on Amazon, which makes up around a quarter of the company's yearly sales. By 2015, at age 10, Alina was on "The Steve Harvey Show", telling the host, "I hope every kid in America has a clean mouth, a healthy smile and a Zollipop in their hands. "The next year, she landed Kroger. "We were on the bottom shelf, but it was still really exciting because Kroger is the biggest food shop. And recently, we were brought up to the second-to-last shelf, "she says with a laugh. "Alina hasn't had 5 or 10 jobs where you have to follow this rule or that rule or do things in a certain way, " says her mother Sue. Tom agrees. Having worked for major brands, he sees the way his daughter benefits from inexperience. "Kids ask reall