AlmosteverybodyinAmericawillspendapartofhisorherlifebehindashoppingcart(购物手推车).Theywill,inalifetime,pushthe<spanstyle="text-decoration:underline;">chrome-platedcontraptions</span>manymiles.Butfewwillknow—oreventhinktoask—whoitwasthatinventedthem.<br/>SylvanN.Goldmaninventedtheshoppingcartin1937.Atthattimehewasinthesupermarketbusiness.Everydayhewouldseeshopperslugging(吃力地携带)groceriesaroundinbasketstheyhadtocarry.<br/>OnedayGoldmansuddenlyhadtheideaofputtingbasketsonwheels.Thewheeledbasketswouldmakeshoppingmucheasierforhiscustomers,andwouldhelptoattractmorebusiness.<br/>OnJune4,1937,Goldman’sfirstcartswerereadyforuseinhismarket.Hewasterriblyexcitedonthemorningofthatdayascustomersbeganarriving.Hecouldn’twaittoseethemusinghisinvention.<br/>ButGoldmanwasdisappointed.Mostshoppersgavethecartsalonglook,buthardlyanybodywouldgivethematry.<br/>Afterawhile,Goldmandecidedtoaskcustomerswhytheyweren’tusinghiscarts.“Don’tyouthinkthisarmisstrongenoughtocarryashoppingbasket?”oneshopperreplied.<br/>ButGoldmanwasn’tbeatenyet.Heknewhiscartswouldbeagreatsuccessifonlyhecouldpersuadepeopletogivethematry.Tothisend,Goldmanhiredagroupofpeopletopushcartsaroundhismarketandpretendtheywereshopping!Seeingthis,therealcustomersgraduallybegancopyingthephony(假冒的)customers.<br/>AsGoldmanhadhoped,thecartsweresoonattractinglargerandlargernumbersofcustomerstohismarket.Butnotonlydidmorepeoplecome—thosewhocameboughtmore.Withlarger,easier-to-handlebaskets,customersunconsciouslyboughtagreaternumberofitemsthanbefore.<br/>Today’sshoppingcartsarefivetimeslargerthanGoldman’soriginalmodel.Perhapsthat’sonereasonAmericanstodayspendmorethanfivetimesasmuchmoneyonfoodeachyearastheydidbefore1937—beforethecomingoftheshoppingcart.<br/>1．Theunderlinedwords“chrome-platecontraptions”inParagraph1referto______.(Nomorethan3words)<br/>2．WhatwasthepurposeofGoldman’sinvention?(Nomorethan10words)<br/>3．WhywasGoldmandisappointedatfirst?(Nomorethan10words)<br/>4．WhydidGoldmanhirepeopletopushcartsaroundhismarket?(Nomorethan10words)<br/>5．WhatdoyouthinkofGoldman?Pleasegiveyourreasons.(Nomorethan20words)
AlmosteverybodyinAmericawillspendapartofhisorherlifebehindashoppingcart(购物手推车).Theywill,inalifetime,pushthe<spanstyle="text-decoration:underline;">chrome-platedcontraptions</span>manymiles.Butfewwillknow—oreventhinktoask—whoitwasthatinventedthem.<br/>SylvanN.Goldmaninventedtheshoppingcartin1937.Atthattimehewasinthesupermarketbusiness.Everydayhewouldseeshopperslugging(吃力地携带)groceriesaroundinbasketstheyhadtocarry.<br/>OnedayGoldmansuddenlyhadtheideaofputtingbasketsonwheels.Thewheeledbasketswouldmakeshoppingmucheasierforhiscustomers,andwouldhelptoattractmorebusiness.<br/>OnJune4,1937,Goldman’sfirstcartswerereadyforuseinhismarket.Hewasterriblyexcitedonthemorningofthatdayascustomersbeganarriving.Hecouldn’twaittoseethemusinghisinvention.<br/>ButGoldmanwasdisappointed.Mostshoppersgavethecartsalonglook,buthardlyanybodywouldgivethematry.<br/>Afterawhile,Goldmandecidedtoaskcustomerswhytheyweren’tusinghiscarts.“Don’tyouthinkthisarmisstrongenoughtocarryashoppingbasket?”oneshopperreplied.<br/>ButGoldmanwasn’tbeatenyet.Heknewhiscartswouldbeagreatsuccessifonlyhecouldpersuadepeopletogivethematry.Tothisend,Goldmanhiredagroupofpeopletopushcartsaroundhismarketandpretendtheywereshopping!Seeingthis,therealcustomersgraduallybegancopyingthephony(假冒的)customers.<br/>AsGoldmanhadhoped,thecartsweresoonattractinglargerandlargernumbersofcustomerstohismarket.Butnotonlydidmorepeoplecome—thosewhocameboughtmore.Withlarger,easier-to-handlebaskets,customersunconsciouslyboughtagreaternumberofitemsthanbefore.<br/>Today’sshoppingcartsarefivetimeslargerthanGoldman’soriginalmodel.Perhapsthat’sonereasonAmericanstodayspendmorethanfivetimesasmuchmoneyonfoodeachyearastheydidbefore1937—beforethecomingoftheshoppingcart.<br/>1．Theunderlinedwords“chrome-platecontraptions”inParagraph1referto______.(Nomorethan3words)<br/>2．WhatwasthepurposeofGoldman’sinvention?(Nomorethan10words)<br/>3．WhywasGoldmandisappointedatfirst?(Nomorethan10words)<br/>4．WhydidGoldmanhirepeopletopushcartsaroundhismarket?(Nomorethan10words)<br/>5．WhatdoyouthinkofGoldman?Pleasegiveyourreasons.(Nomorethan20words)