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 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.

　　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?

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