Question

【题目】阅读下面短文，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
D

Almost everybody in America will spend a part of his or her life behind a shopping cart. They will, in a lifetime, push the shopping carts 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 groceries around in baskets they had to carry.
One day Goldman suddenly had the idea of putting baskets on wheels. To create the first shopping cart, Goldman used folding chairs. He out one basket on the seat, and he raised the chair by putting wheels under the legs. 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. However, 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.
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 this end, 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 customers.
As Goldman had hoped, the carts were soon attracting larger and larger numbers of customers to his market. 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.
（1）Who invented the shopping carts?
A.Some shoppers.
B.A supermarket assistant.
C.The phony customers.
D.An American supermarket owner.
（2）Why did Goldman hire people to push carts around his market?
A.Because he wanted to sell more shopping carts.
B.Because he needed more customers to buy groceries.
C.Because he wanted people to use the shopping carts.
D.Because he hoped to help shoppers carry their groceries.
（3）The right order of the following is ________.
a. Many shoppers began to use the shopping carts.
b. Goldman invented the shopping carts.
c. Goldman paid some people for using the shopping carts.
d. Few shoppers would like to use the shopping carts.
A.b-d-c-a
B.b-a-d-c
C.a-d-c-b
D.a-b-d-c
（4）What's the best title of the passage?
A.How to Cheat Customers
B.Goldman and His Shopping Carts
C.How to Use the Shopping Carts
D.The Purpose of Goldman's Invention

Answer 1

【答案】
（1）D
（2）C
（3）A
（4）B
【解析】本文主要介绍Goldman为什么要发明购物车，他的购物手推车是怎么发明的，效果怎样，是如何受到人们的欢迎的。
（1）细节理解题，根据 Sylvan N. Goldman invented the shopping cart in 1937. At that time he was in the supermarket business.意思是在1937年，他发明了购物车。那时他在超市工作。故选D。
（2）.细节理解题。由第七段关键词---persuade people to give them a try.可知他是想说服更多的人来用他的购物车。故选C。
(3）细节理解题。b出现在第二段第一句，即是 Sylvan N. Goldman invented the shopping cart in 1937. ，d出现在第三段，即是 Most shoppers gave the carts a long look, but hardly anybody would give them a try，c出现在倒数第三段即使To this end, 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 customers.a出现在倒数第二段即是the carts were soon attracting larger and larger numbers of customers to his market.，故选A。
（4）主旨大意题，通读全文把握大意，本文主要介绍Goldman的购物手推车是怎么发明的。故选B。