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Read the following passage. Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage and the required words limit. Write your answers on your answer sheet.

Almost everybody in America will spend a part of his or her life behind a shopping cart(购物手推车). They will, in a lifetime, push the chrome-plated contraptions many miles. But few will know—or even think to ask—who it was that invented them.

Sylvan N. Goldman invented the shopping cart in 1937. At that time he was in the supermarket business. Every day he would see shoppers lugging(吃力地携带) groceries around in baskets they had to carry.

One day Goldman suddenly had the idea of putting baskets on wheels. The wheeled baskets would make shopping much easier for his customers, and would help to attract more business.

On June 4, 1937, Goldman’s first carts were ready for use in his market. He was terribly excited on the morning of that day as customers began arriving. He couldn’t wait to see them using his invention.

But Goldman was disappointed. Most shoppers gave the carts a long look, but hardly anybody would give them a try.

After a while, Goldman decided to ask customers why they weren’t using his carts. “Don’t you think this arm is strong enough to carry a shopping basket?” one shopper replied.

But Goldman wasn’t beaten yet. He knew his carts would be a great success if only he could persuade people to give them a try. To end this, Goldman hired a group of people to push carts around his market and pretend they were shopping! Seeing this, the real customers gradually began copying the phony(假冒的)customers.

As Goldman had hoped, the carts were soon attracting larger and larger numbers of customers to his market. But not only did more people come—those who came bought more. With larger, easier-to-handle baskets, customers unconsciously bought a greater number of items than before.

Today’s shopping carts are five times larger than Goldman’s original model. Perhaps that’s one reason Americans today spend more than five times as much money on food each year as they did before 1937—before the coming of the shopping cart.

小题1:What do the underlined words “chrome-plate contraptions” in Paragraph 1 refer to ? ( no more than 3 words)

小题2:What was the purpose of Goldman’s invention? (no more than 8 words)

小题3:Why was Goldman disappointed at first? (no more than 6 words)

小题4:Why did Goldman hire people to push carts around his market? (no more than 10 words)

答案

小题1:Shopping carts

小题1:To make shopping easier and attract more business.

小题1:Because few customers used his carts. / Because hardly anybody tried his carts.

小题1:Because he wanted to persuade people to try / use his carts.

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     Michael Phelps and his U.S. teammates crowned the greatest single Olympic performance Sunday morning

with a win in the 4×100-meter medley relay.

     The victory gave Phelps his eighth gold medal of the Beijing Olympics, the most golds ever won by an

athlete at one Games. With gold No. 8, Phelps earned a singular place in the Olympic record books.

     "There is no comparison in the swimming world for what Michael has done," said Gregg Troy, coach of

U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte, who finished third to Phelps in two races here in Beijing but also won gold

alongside him in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay. It's hard to find comparisons even in the sports world overall. Phelps is solidly in the company of seemingly invincible (不可战胜的) superstars such as Michael Jordan and

Tiger Woods.

     "I think years and years down the road we'll realize more and more how amazing he is and how special he

really is." U.S. teammate Natalie Coughlin said. The 23-year-old from Baltimore capped a brilliant meet at the

Water Cube. He set a world record in every event except the 100 butterfly which he narrowly won on Saturday, completing a program of 17 races in nine days. 

     Phelps has won 14 Olympic gold medals and 16 total medals. He holds the record for most medals won by

a man, surpassing Soviet gymnast Nikolai Andrianov, who won 15 from 1972-1980, Soviet female gymnast

Larysa Latynina holds the record with l8.

     At the 2004 Athens Games, Phelps won six gold medals and two bronze. He has already said he'll swim in

the 2012 London Games. Phelps' victories in Beijing include: 200-meter freestyle, 200 and 400 individual

medleys, 100 and 200 butterfly, 4×200 free relay, 4×100 medley relay, and 4×100 free relay.

1. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A. Phelps wins 4×100-meter medley relay

B. Phelps writes Games gold history

C. Phelps plans to attend 2012 London Games

D. Phelps finishes his competitions

2. Why are Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods mentioned in the 3rd paragraph?

A. To emphasize Phelps' unique (独一无二) position in swimming.

B. To indicate Phelps' great efforts to his championship.

C. To attract the world's attention to the young Phelps.

D. To memorize the two heroes' contributions to the world.

3. The world records Phelps has set do not include _______.

A. 200-meter freestyle

B. 200 individual medleys

C. 200-meter butterfly

D. 100-meter butterfly

4. It can be inferred from the text that _______.

A. Phelps is a swimming genius by nature

B. Phelps succeeded in Athens at the age of 18

C. Phelps has won the most golds all by himself

D. Phelps will have a bright future in the 2012 London

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