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15．阅读表达
阅读下面短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题．
       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 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（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．

56．The underlined words"chrome-plate contraptions"in Paragraph 1refer toshopping carts．
（No more than 3words）
57．What was the purpose of Goldman's invention？It was to make shopping easier and attract more business．（No more than 10words）
58．Why was Goldman disappointed at first？Because few customers used his carts．（No more than 10words）
59．Why did Goldman hire people to push carts around his market？Because he wanted to promote his shopping carts．（No more than 10words）
60．What do you think of Goldman？Please give your reasons．He was a smart businessman．He invented the shopping cart and made it accepted by customers．
Or：He was smart but he shouldn't have used tricks to attract customers．（No more than 20words）

Answer 1

分析 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．

解答 56．shopping carts 词义猜测题．根据上文Almost everybody in America will spend a part of his or her life behind a shopping cart可知，谈的是购物手推车．
57．It was to make shopping easier and attract more business．细节理解题．根据第二段Every day he would see shoppers lugging groceries和第三段The wheeled baskets would make shopping much easier for his customers，and would help to attract more business可知，他做购物手推车的目的是使购物更容易，购买更多的物品．
58．Because few customers used his carts．细节理解题．由第五段But Goldman was disappointed．Most shoppers gave the carts a long look，but hardly anybody would give them a try．可知，他很失望，因为很少有购物者用他的购物车．
59．Because he wanted to promote his shopping carts．推理判断题．根据第七段He knew his carts would be a great success if only he could persuade people to give them a try．可知，他知道他的购物车是很成功的，要是说服更多的人来用他的购物车就好了．
60．He was a smart businessman．He invented the shopping cart and made it accepted by customers．
Or：He was smart but he shouldn't have used tricks to attract customers．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．

点评 阅读表达是一种综合性的题型，测试目的是从多方位多角度考查考生通过阅读获取信息、处理信息并进行书面表达的能力．根据文章的需要设置的题型，如根据文中提供的一些数字信息等，要求填写表格或是根据文章所提供的内容要求对于文章的篇章结构进行合理的推断等等．面对这类问题时，也不要惊慌，要认真审题，沉着应答．