The story behind the shopping cartCharactersSylvan Goldman – owner of a grocery
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Characters
Sylvan Goldman – owner of a grocery shop
Fred Young – Sylvan’s friend, a mechanic(机械师)
One night in 1936, in an American city. Inside Fred’s workshop, Sylvan sits next to Fred, who is making adjustments(调试) to their new i 小题1: – a shopping cart.
Sylvan: My customers don’t like our shopping cart.
Fred: Really? So they p 小题2: shopping with those heavy baskets?
Sylvan: (nods) I’ve got a huge crowd of customers every day, b 小题3: none of them wants to use the cart.
Fred: I don’t understand. We invented the cart so that people don’t need to carry a basket around the shop.
Sylvan: (laughs) And so that they will buy more groceries!
Fred: So why don’t they like the shopping cart?
Sylvan: Young men think that pushing a cart around makes them look w 小题4: and slow, and young women think it’s unfashionable.
Fred: Of course it isn’t fashionable right now. It’s only just been invented! But I’m sure older people will appreciate it.
Sylvan: Um…
Fred: What? They don’t like the cart e 小题5: ?
Sylvan: Well, they think pushing it makes them look helpless!
Fred: Oh no. We need to do something, Fred. We can’t just g 小题6: up on this invention!
Sylvan: We won’t. (He gets up and walks around the room. Suddenly, he stops.) Aha! I’ve got an idea.
Fred: What is it?
Sylvan: I’ll hire(雇佣) some good-looking guys and girls to push the carts around and pretend they’re shopping.
Fred: Oh! So the real shoppers will see these attractive people using the carts and think, “Hey, if it’s good enough for them, it’s good enough for me!”
Sylvan: E 小题7: .
Fred: Hey! Maybe you could get one of the girls to greet your customers and encourage them to use the cart.
Sylvan: Great idea!
答案
小题1:invention
小题2:prefer
小题3:but
小题4:weak
小题5:either
小题6:give
小题7:Exactly
解析
试题分析：这篇短文讲述的是在购物车刚被发明出来的时候，人们并喜欢用它，所以购物车的发明人Fred和Sylvan就在讨论怎样才能让人们喜欢上它。最后他们有了一个好主意。
小题1:句意：1936年的一个晚上，在美国的一个城市里，Fred和他的朋友Sylvan正在调试他们的新发明—购物车。invention 发名物，是一个名词。这篇短文讲述的就是购物车的由来，所以，在那个时候，购物车是一个新的发明物。下文It’s only just been invented这句话也可以告诉我们答案。
小题2:句意：-我的顾客不喜欢我们的购物车。-真的吗？他们更喜欢拿着重的购物篮去购物吗？prefer 更喜欢。这里是表示购物车与购物篮的一个对比。
小题3:句意：我每天有很多顾客，但是很少有人愿意使用这个购物车。根据句意可知，这里表示的是转折的关系。故填but。
小题4:句意：年轻的男性认为推着购物车到处走让他们看起来很脆弱，而且很慢；而年轻的女性则认为购物车不够时尚。这里的look 是看起来的意思，后面应跟一个形容词，根据句意可知，年轻男性不喜欢购物车的愿意就是他们觉得这样会使他们看起来很脆弱，不强壮。
小题5:句意：-我确定老年人会喜欢它的。什么？他们也不喜欢购物车？either 也，常用于否定句中。
小题6:句意：我们不能放弃这项发明。根据文意可知，他们发明的购物车并不受人们的欢迎，但是这里Fred不愿意就这样放弃。give up 放弃，是固定短语。
小题7:句意：-所以真正的顾客会看到这些吸引人的人们在使用这种购物车，然后就会想：如果对他们来说使用购物车很好的话，对我也会好的。-就是这样。exactly 精确的，正确的，就是这样。这里表示Sylvan完全同意Fred的话，认为他说的很对。
举一反三
小题1:A breakfast is very important Because you have not eaten anything for the Whole night. Your body needs food for morning study.
小题2:Some students go to school without breakfast. They eat instant noodles when they are hungry. It is bad for their bodies and health. In fact，a good breakfast should be rice or bread, an egg, milk fruit and vegetables.
小题3:Nowadays,we can find ads everywhere，You can find them on TV, on many Posters ，when you listen to the radio ,you can hear some ads. Even on Internet you also can find them in the web pages .
小题4:Some things can carry messages. For example, a sign at the bus stop can help You to know which bus to take. Signs on the door tell you where to go in Or out. Have you ever noticed that there are a lot of signs around you and that you receive messages form them all the time?
小题5:Many people can use computers, but few of them know how to look after them. Remember the following :keep your computer, in a cool, dry room, don’t put water or food near your computer, keep your screen clean and not too bright.
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小题2: John is always helping others. He is glad to volunteer more for more people.
小题3: Alex is not good at communicating with other people. His parents expect him to have some improvement.
小题4: Jenny is an outgoing girl and she likes making new friends. She is also interested in English and hopes to improve her English.
小题5:Sally wants to travel on very little money. And she would like to learn about a place from the local (本地的) people.
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Most children likes watching TV very much. And they like watching 小题1:__________
cartoons every day. But watching TV too many is bad for them. Why do 小题2:__________
children likes watching TV? Because they think it is interested and小题3: __________
easy to watching TV. They can hear the voices and watch the moving 小题4:__________
pictures at a same time. They can see and learn a lot 小题5:__________
from their countries. They also learn newer and better ways of 小题6:__________
do something. They may find the world is smaller and smaller. 小题7:__________
Many children watch TV only on Saturday and Sunday evening.Because小题8:_________
they are busy with lessons on weekdays. And some children watch TV 小题9:__________
every night. So they go to bed too later. It’s bad for their health and eyes. 小题10:_________
When he was 16, his father seriously said to him, "I"ll give you whatever you want before you are 18. 小题1: , and you should give me whatever I want." When his 18th birthday was coming, the young man began thinking about looking for a job. So he sent his resume（简历）to many companies on the internet. But most got no reply.
By chance, one of his friends was looking for someone, who could carry eggs in the supermarket, for one Yuan a box. Facing lots of difficulties in getting a job, he said, “小题2:. At least I can make some money for the cost of my car.” Then every day, he drove his car to work in the supermarket. He did that for three months.
Later, he heard that a newspaper was looking for a network technician.小题3:. But they were also worried about his school education. He practiced his skill right in front of the computer. 小题4: . He started to work the next day, and became the leader of network office in a year.
And now, the 23-year-old man is a boss. In January 2005, he started a magazine for children. And the only writer was his father.
How"s it going? Sorry I haven"t been in touch for a while, but I couldn"t use my computer for a few days. You"ll never guess what happened to me!
A couple of weeks ago, I decided to take up yoga. Yoga is combination of physical and breathing exercises. _ 小题1: I"ve been feeling a bit stressed about my school work recently and I thought yoga might help.
My dad couldn"t give me a lift to the first lesson, so I decided to go to the gym by bike. The lesson was great and I felt really relaxed afterwards. 小题2:The next day , I woke up with a bad cold. I couldn"t stop coughing and sneezing. I couldn"t go to school because I also had a high temperature. We were having a maths test that day so it was great that I could stay at home. I didn"t really enjoy my day off though. I felt awful and stayed in bed. Mum brought me cups of hot tea for my sore throat(and you know how much I hate tea 小题3: I have to keep taking these for a while so I can get stronger.
That afternoon Robbie came to visit me .He said he’d got something to cheer me up and pretended it was the math test that I missed."Mr Banks says do it at home instead ,”he said , but I knew he was joking. 小题4: The next day, I was a bit pale and didn"t have much energy, but I was feeling better. The day after that, I was able to go back to school.
Can you believe my luck? 小题5:
Anyway, you"re OK. Write and let me know what you"ve been up to ! Bye for now ！
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