Almost everybody in America will spend a part of his or her life behind a shopping cart. 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 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 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.
1.What do the underlined words “ chrome-plated contraptions” in the first paragraph refer to?
A. Baskets. B. Private cars.
C. Suitcases. D. Shopping carts.
2.What was the purpose of Goldman’s invention?
A. It was to prove him to be a good inventor.
B. It was to reduce the burden of his employees' work.
C. It was to make shopping easier and attract more business.
D. It was to help the disabled make shopping easily in his market.
3.Goldman hired a group of people to push carts around his market in order to
A. attract people to buy things in his market
B. encourage people to use his shopping carts
C. make his market different from the others
D. keep the groceries from being stolen
4.What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A. Goldman will become very famous because of his invention.
B. Goldman's invention will be regarded as the greatest one in the world.
C. Supermarket business has benefited a lot from Goldman's invention.
D. There will be nothing that can replace Goldman's invention.
全能闖關(guān)100分系列答案科目：高中英語 來源：西藏自治區(qū)林芝市2016-2017學年高一下學期期末考試英語試卷 題型：書面表達
假如你是某學校的一位老師叫Anna，你校新生李華因?qū)W校不允許攜帶手機，感到很困惑，他寫信想征求你的意見。請根據(jù)以下要點給李華寫一封回信。
內(nèi)容要點：1.手機方便交流；
2.帶手機上學會影響教學；
3.花大量時間玩手機影響學習，有害健康；
4.理解學校的管理。
注意：1.短文必須包括所有的內(nèi)容要點，可根據(jù)行文邏輯適當發(fā)揮；
2.詞數(shù)：90-100；
3.開頭結(jié)尾已給出，不計入總詞數(shù)。
參考詞匯：conversation n.交流；managementn n.管理。
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【寫作內(nèi)容】
1．用約30個單詞寫出上文概要；
2．用約120個單詞闡述你對網(wǎng)絡(luò)投票的看法，并用2～3個理由或論據(jù)支撐你的看法。
【寫作要求】
1．寫作過程中不能直接引用原文語句；
2．作文中不能出現(xiàn)真實姓名和學校名稱；
3．不必寫標題。
【評分標準】
內(nèi)容完整，語言規(guī)范，語篇連貫，詞數(shù)適當。
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A. rather than B. as well as
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My first visit to London was one and half years ago. It Was1. wonderful trip. I stayed in the city for three weeks, and I had many2. (impress). I visited all the famous places.
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A well dressed man went into a jewelry（珠寶） shop one day. He ______ that he wished to buy a pearl (珍珠) for his wife's birthday. The ______ didn't matter, for he was rich.
After examining a number of beautiful and ______ pearls, he chose an unusual black one. It would cost ______. He paid, took the black and left.
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"I don't want to ______ my pearl," she said sadly, "It was given to me by my mother, who had received it from her ______ mother. But I really need the ______."
The jeweler was very ______ and quickly paid for the pearl. Then he telephoned the ______ to tell him the good news. ______, the man could never be found again.
1.A. knew B. cried C. explained D. suggested
2.A. colour B. price C. design D. quality
3.A. expensive B. cheap C. quick D. delicious
4.A. 5,000 dollars B. 5,000 francs C. 5,000 pounds D. 5,000 yuan
5.A. arrived B. went C. came D. returned
6.A. very B. such C. so D. too
7.A. could B. might C. would D. must
8.A. because B. or C. while D. though
9.A. lot B. pair C. number D. box
10.A. useless B. careless C. helpless D. homeless
11.A. of B. for C. with D. in
12.A. bought B. lost C. had D. wanted
13.A. house B. room C. office D. shop
14.A. black B. white C. red D. yellow
15.A. buy B. sell C. miss D. refuse
16.A. true B. poor C. old D. own
17.A. money B. price C. colour D. quality
18.A. sad B. glad C. sorry D. surprised
19.A. friend B. old lady C. rich man D. rich woman
20.A. Although B. Therefore C. Otherwise D. However
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文中共有10處語言錯誤，每句最多有兩處。每處錯誤僅涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改，每句中最多有兩處。
增加：在缺詞處加一個漏字符（^），并在其下面寫出該加的詞。
刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（\）劃掉。
修改：在錯的詞下面畫一橫線，并在該詞的下面寫出修改后的詞。
注意：1.每處錯誤及其修改僅限一詞。
2.只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計分。
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假如你是李華。你的英國朋友Bill想在中國給他的父親買一個特別的生日禮物，來郵件向你咨詢在茶葉、小米移動電源(MI Power Bank)和絲綢襯衫這三樣東西中應(yīng)該選哪一個更好。請你給他回復郵件，從這三樣東西里選擇一個推薦給Bill并說明你的理由。
注意：1.詞數(shù)100左右；
2.可以適當增加細節(jié)，以使行文連貫；
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Mr. Brown worked in a factory of a small town. He had been there for twenty years before one day he was sent to the capital for important business. He was quite excited because he had never been there before. Before he set off, he asked his wife and three daughter if they wanted him to buy something for them in London. Mrs. Brown began to think it over and then she said she wished her husband would be able to buy a nice number for her, and so did their three daughters. As he was afraid he would forget it, he drew an umbrella on a piece of paper. To his regret, he lost it at the station.
On the train Mr. Brown sat opposite to an old woman. The woman’s umbrella was so nice that he carefully looked at it and said to himself not to forget to buy a few umbrellas like it. When the train arrived at the station in London, he said good-bye to the old woman, took his bag and her umbrella and was going to get off.
“Wait a minute, sir,” shouted the old woman. “That’s my umbrella!”
Now Mr. Brown noticed that he had taken her umbrella. His face turned red at once and said in a hurry, “Oh, I’m very sorry, Madam! I didn’t mean it!”
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1.We can learn from the passage that Mr. Brown was .
A. a conductor B. a thief
C. a worker D. an umbrella maker
2.The underlined word “it” in the first paragraph refers to .
A. his ticket B. his drawing
C. his bag D. his umbrella
3.How did Mr. Brown get the four umbrellas?
A. He picked them on the train.
B. He bought them in London.
C. He stole them from four women.
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