The Barbie Dolls

    In the mid一1940"s, the young ambitious duo Ruth and Elliot Handler, owned a company that made wooden pictures frames. It was in 1945 that Ruth and Elliot Handler joined with their close friend Harold Mattson to form a company that would be known for the most famous and successful doll ever created. This company would be named MATTEL, MATT for Mattson ,and EL for Elliot ¹.

    In the mid—1950"s, while visiting Switzerland, Ruth Handler purchased a German Lilli doll. Lulll was a shapely ², pretty fashion doll first made in 1955.She was originally fashioned after a famous cartoon character in the West German Newsletter, Build.

    Lilli is the doll that would inspire Ruth Handler to design the Barbie doll. With the help of her technicians and engineers at Mattel, Barbie was born. Ruth then hired Charlotte Johnson, a fashion designer, to create Barbie"s wardrobe. It was in 1958 that the patent for Barbie was obtained. This would be a fashion doll unlike any of her time. She would be long limbed ,shapely , beautiful ,and only 11.5 inches tall. Ruth and Elliot would name their new fashion doll after their own daughter, Barbie ³.

    In 1959 ,the Barbie doll would make her way to the New York Toy Show and receive a cool reception from the toy buyers.

Barbie has undergone a lot of changes over the years and has managed to keep up with current trends in hairstyles, makeup and clothing. She is a reflection of the history of fashion since her introduction to the toy market.

    Barbie has a universal appeal and collectors both young and old enjoy time spent and memories made with their dolls.

词汇：

duo /"dju:əu/n．一对艺人；一对

shapely /ʃeipli/adj．样子好的，形状美好的

fashion/"fæʃən/ vt．把……塑造成n．新式样，时尚

newsletter/"nju: z,letə(r)/n．时事通讯;业务通讯

makeup/"meikʌp/n．化妆；化妆品；组成；构造

appeal/ə"pi: l/n．恳求，吸引力vt．呼吁，恳求

注释：

1.This company would be named MATTEL, MATF for Mattson ,and EL for Elliot．这家公司命名为MATTEL（麦特尔）, MATT代表麦特森（Mattson), EL代表埃利奥特（Elliot)。

2.shapely：是形容词，这一点特别提请注意。She has shapely legs．她大腿的线条很美。

It can be inferred from the second paragraph that Lilli was fashioned alter ________.

A:Build B:a German doll C:a pretty girl D:a shapely woman

在SQL的ALTER TABLE语句中，为了增加一个新的字段应该使用短语

A:ALTER B:APPEND C:COLUMN D:ADD

在ALTER语句中，用于增加字段长度的子句是______。

A:ADD B:ALTER C:MODIFY D:DROP

在SQL的ALTER语句中，用于删除字段的子句是______。

A:ALTER B:DELETE C:DROP D:MODIFY

ALTER语句的功能是______。

A:增加数据表 B:修改数据表 C:查询数据表 D:删除数据表

在SQL的ALTER语句中，用于删除字段的子句是______。

A:ALTER B:DELETE C:DROP D:MODIFY

ALTER语句的功能是______。

A:增加数据表 B:修改数据表 C:查询数据表 D:删除数据表