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4．Almost everybody in America will spend a part of his or her life behind a shopping cart（購(gòu)物手推車(chē)）．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?cái)y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，Coldman'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 cart a long look，but hardly anybody would give them a try．After a while，Coldman 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 Coldman 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．

76．The underlined words"chrome-plated contraptions"in Paragraph 1refer toshopping carts
77．What was the purpose of Goldman's invention？It was to make shopping easier and attract more business
78．Why was Goldman disappointed at first？Because few customers used his carts
79．Why did Goldman hire people to push carts around his market？Because he wanted to promote his shopping carts
80．What do you think of Goldman？Please give your reasons．He was a smart businessman．He invented the shopping cart and made it accepted bycustomers．

Answer 1

分析 本文主要介紹Goldman為什么要發(fā)明購(gòu)物車(chē)，他的購(gòu)物手推車(chē)是怎么發(fā)明的，效果怎樣，是如何受到人們的歡迎的．

解答 76．shoppjng carts 單詞理解題．根據(jù)上一句Almost everybody in America will spend a part of his or her life behind a shopping cart（購(gòu)物手推車(chē)）．在美國(guó)，幾乎每個(gè)人的生活都和一個(gè)購(gòu)物車(chē)有關(guān)．此處應(yīng)該是：他們推著購(gòu)物車(chē)，故答案為：shopping carts．
77．It was to make shopping easier and attract more business．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．由二段的Every day he would see shoppers lugging（吃力地?cái)y帶） groceries和第三段The wheeled baskets would make shopping much easier for his customers，and would help to attract more business．他做購(gòu)物手推車(chē)的目的是這是為了使購(gòu)物更容易，吸引更多的業(yè)務(wù)．故答案為：It was to make shopping easier and attract more business．
78．Because few customers used his carts．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)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?yàn)楹苌儆匈?gòu)物者用他的購(gòu)物車(chē)，故答案為：Because few customers used his carts．
79．Because he wanted to promote his shopping carts．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)persuade people to give them a try．可知他是想說(shuō)服更多的人來(lái)用他的購(gòu)物車(chē)．故答案為：Because he wanted to promote his shopping carts．
80．He was a smart businessman．He invented the shopping cart and made it accepted by customers．理解推斷題．根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容可知Goldman很聰明．此題答案不唯一，合理即可，故答案為：He was a smart businessman．He invented the shopping cart and made it accepted by customers．

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