Question

I.用適當的介詞完成下面短文。

   Ruth Handler,an American businesswoman,watched her daughter Barbara playing 1.

paper dolls,and noticed that she often enjoyed giving them adult roles. At the time,most children's toy dolls were representations of babies. Realizing that there could be a gap 2. the market,she suggested the idea of an adult-bodied doll to her husband Elliot,a co-founder 3. the Mattel toy company. He was unenthusiastic 4. the idea,as were Mattel's directors.

   But during a trip 5. Germany in 1956 with her children Barbara and Kenneth,Ruth Handler discovered a German doll called the Bild Lilli doll. The adult-figured Lilli doll was exactly what Handler had 6. mind,so she purchased three of them. She gave one 7. her daughter and took the others back to Mattel. The Lilli doll was based 8. a popular character appearing in a comic strip of a German newspaper. Lilli was a working girl who knew what she wanted. The Lilli doll was first sold in Germany in 1955,and although it was initially sold to adults,it became popular 9. children who enjoyed dressing her up. 

   On her return to the United States,Handler reworked the design of the doll and it was given a new name,Barbie,10. Handler’s daughter Barbara. The doll appeared at the American International Toy Fair in New York 11.March 9,1959. This date is also used 12. Barbie's official birthday.

Answer 1

1. with   2. in   3. of   4. about

5. to   6. in   7. to   8. on / upon

9. with / among   10. after 11. on   12. as