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閱讀下面短文，并按照題目要求用英語回答問題．
       Almost everybody in America will spend a part of his or her life behind a shopping cart（購物手推車）．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（吃力地攜帶） 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 本文主要介紹Goldman為什么要發(fā)明購物車，他的購物手推車是怎么發(fā)明的，效果怎樣，是如何受到人們的歡迎的．

解答 56．shopping carts 詞義猜測題．根據(jù)上文Almost everybody in America will spend a part of his or her life behind a shopping cart可知，談的是購物手推車．
57．It was to make shopping easier and attract more business．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)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，他做購物手推車的目的是使購物更容易，購買更多的物品．
58．Because few customers used his carts．細節(jié)理解題．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，因為很少有購物者用他的購物車．
59．Because he wanted to promote his shopping carts．推理判斷題．根據(jù)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，他知道他的購物車是很成功的，要是說服更多的人來用他的購物車就好了．
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．主旨大意題．通讀全文把握大意，本文主要介紹Goldman的購物手推車是怎么發(fā)明的．

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