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 easiertohandle 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 why Americans today spend more than five times as much money on food each year as they did before 1937 — the coming of the shopping cart.
语篇解读:本文是一篇记叙文,主要介绍了Goldman发明购物车的原因、经过和结果。
4.What do the underlined words “chromeplated contraptions” in the first paragraph refer to?
A.Baskets. B.Private cars.
C.Suitcases.
D.Shopping carts.
解析:选D 词义猜测题。根据画线词前的“... a part of his or her life behind a shopping cart.”可以得出,画线词的意思是购物手推车。
5.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.
【2017届高考英语一轮复习跟踪检测:必修4 Module 4 Great Scientists(外研版)】相关文章:
★ 【北师大版】2014届高考英语一轮复习指导课时作业:Unit 7 A卷 Word版含解析
★ 2014届高考英语一轮复习课时作业(二十二)必修4Module 4《Great Scientists》(外研版)
★ 【浙江专用】2014届高考英语一轮复习课时作业(八)必修2Unit 3《Computers》
★ 2014届高考英语一轮复习课时作业(五)必修1Module 5《A Lesson in a Lab》(外研版)
★ 【优化方案】2017届高考英语二轮复习全国卷Ⅱ题型重组训练:第12组(含解析)
★ 【北京专用】2014届高考英语一轮复习方案课时作业:选修8 Unit 5 Meeting your ancestors
★ 【浙江专用】2014届高考英语一轮复习课时作业(九)必修2Unit 4《Wildlife protection》
★ 湖南省汝城二中2014届高考英语一轮复习阅读训练 (19)
★ 【人教版】2014届高考英语一轮复习指导考点针对练:选修7 unit1《Living well》
最新
2017-04-24
2017-04-24
2017-04-24
2017-04-24
2017-04-21
2017-04-21