The story behind the shopping cart
Characters
Sylvan Goldman – owner of a grocery shop
Fred Young – Sylvan’s friend, a mechanic(机械师)
One night in 1936, in an American city. Inside Fred’s workshop, Sylvan sits next to Fred, who is making adjustments(调试) to their new 小题1:  – a shopping cart.
Sylvan: My customers don’t like our shopping cart.
Fred:   Really? So they 小题2: shopping with those heavy baskets?
Sylvan: (nods) I’ve got a huge crowd of customers every day, b 小题3:  none of them wants to use the cart.
Fred:   I don’t understand. We invented the cart so that people don’t need to carry a basket around the shop.
Sylvan: (laughs) And so that they will buy more groceries!
Fred:   So why don’t they like the shopping cart?
Sylvan: Young men think that pushing a cart around makes them look w 小题4:  and slow, and young women think it’s unfashionable.
Fred:   Of course it isn’t fashionable right now. It’s only just been invented! But I’m sure older people will appreciate it.
Sylvan: Um…
Fred:   What? They don’t like the cart 小题5: ?
Sylvan: Well, they think pushing it makes them look helpless!
Fred:   Oh no. We need to do something, Fred. We can’t just 小题6:  up on this invention!
Sylvan: We won’t. (He gets up and walks around the room. Suddenly, he stops.) Aha! I’ve got an idea.

Fred:   What is it?
Sylvan: I’ll hire(雇佣) some good-looking guys and girls to push the carts around and pretend they’re shopping.
Fred:   Oh! So the real shoppers will see these attractive people using the carts and think, “Hey, if it’s good enough for them, it’s good enough for me!”
Sylvan: E 小题7: .
Fred:   Hey! Maybe you could get one of the girls to greet your customers and encourage them to use the cart.
Sylvan: Great idea!
Wang Yani was born in 1975.Even as a baby she loved to draw. Her father was an     .Yani wanted to be like him. So she tried to stand like her father as he painted,which made him laugh.
One day,Yani painted lines on her father’s painting.He got       .At that time she was only two and a half years old.She cried and said,“I want to      like you!”Her father looked at her without saying anything. He      remembered his childhood (童年).He also wanted to draw and paint,but his parents didn’t understand. They just got angry. He didn’t want to see the same thing happen to his daughter,so he decided to    her.
With her father’s help,Yani soon    .Her lines became flowers,trees and animals. Her father took her to parks and zoos to get     for her paintings. By the end of six,Yani had made over 4,000 works. Her paintings were very special. People     her works. When she was eight,one of her paintings was made into a Chinese postage stamp.
Yani became famous when she was young. Her works were      in different countries in Asia,Europe and North America,    her parents never sold her paintings. She is well-known in the world,and art is still a great joy in her life.
小题1:A.actor              B.athlete (运动员)          C.artist
小题2:A.angry               B.excited                   C.sad
小题3:A.laugh              B.speak                 C.paint
小题4:A.happily         B.clearly                  C.hardly
小题5:A.help            B.stop                C.refuse
小题6:A.did homework     B.made money            C.made progress
小题7:A.news            B.time                C.ideas
小题8:A.hated              B.loved                C.found
小题9:A.lost            B.sold                 C.shown
小题10:A.and            B.but                  C.so
Our world is full of rules. Everyone needs to obey them. But      your idea about your school rules? Now many students like to talk about the rules that they have      . At their school, they      wear uniforms every day. The problem is that all the students think the uniforms are        . They think young people should look smart and so they would like to wear their own clothes.      , their teachers believe that if they did that, they would think       of their clothes than their study.       the students disagree. They would feel more comfortable and that is good for      . If they can’t do that, they        design their own uniforms. That would be a good way to      both teachers and students happy.
It’s also probably a good idea for parents to allow teenagers to study in groups during the evening.  Although they get        sometimes, they can learn a lot from each other. They also think that vacations should be longer. At present they’re too      . Longer vacations would give them time to do things like volunteering. On Friday afternoons, many students are sleepy after a long week of classes. They think it’s better to have Friday afternoons        to volunteer and help others.        , it is helpful for students to go to an old people’s home to sing and perform a play for them. It will help them understand the meaning of love. It’s also better to volunteer at the local hospital. It would be a good         for them because some of them want to be doctors when they grow up.
What do you think of your school rules?
小题1:
A.how’sB.what’sC.how’reD.what’re
小题2:
A.at homeB.in hospitalC.after classD.in school
小题3:
A.have toB.mayC.can’t D.mustn’t
小题4:
A.comfortable B.smartC.uglyD.nice
小题5:
A.Although B.HoweverC.YetD.Still
小题6:
A.much B.moreC.little D.less
小题7:
A.And B.So C.Or D.But
小题8:
A.studyingB.studiesC.health D.healthy
小题9:
A.should be allowed toB.aren’t able toC.aren’t allowed toD.will have to
小题10:
A.keeping B.be C.keepD.being
小题11:
A.quietly B.quicklyC.happilyD.noisy
小题12:
A.shorter B.longer C.long D.short
小题13:
A.offB.of C.on D.down
小题14:
A.For exampleB.By the way C.To be honestD.Such as
小题15:
A.teacher B.experienceC.doctor D.rule
Having returned from her round trip, the angry woman stood outside the ticket office of the station. “The railway should pay me back£12, so you owe me the money,” she said to Harry Jenks, the young man who was working at the office. “You sold me a ticket for May 22nd, but there was no ship from Jersey that night. So my daughter and I had to stay in a hotel. It cost me £12.”
Harry was worried. He remembered selling the woman a return ticket. “Come into the office, Madam,” he said politely, “I’ll just check the Jersey timetable for May 22nd.”
The woman and her little girl followed him inside. She was quite right, as Harry soon discovered. There was no sailing on May 22nd. How could he have made such a careless mistake? He shouldn’t have sold her a ticket for that day. Wondering what to do, he smiled at the child. “You look sun burnt,” he said to her, “Did you have a nice holiday in Jersey?”
“Yes,” she answered, shyly, “The beach was lovely. And I can swim, too!”
“That’s fine,” said Harry. “My little girl can’t swim a bit yet. Of course, she’s only three…”
“I’m four,” the child said proudly, “I’ll be four and a half.”
Harry turned to the mother. “I remember your ticket, Madam,” he said, “But you didn’t get one for your daughter, did you?”
“Er, well…”woman looked at the child, “I mean… she hasn’t started school yet. She’s only four.”
“A four-year-old child must have a ticket, Madam. A child’s return ticket to Jersey costs…let me see…£13.50. So if the railway pays your hotel, you will owe£1.50. The law is the law, but since the fault was mine…”
小题1:What happened to the woman?
A.She had to buy the return ticket in Jersey.
B.She had to return home a day earlier.
C.She had to stay in a hotel for one night.
D.She couldn’t use the ticket for the round trip.
小题2:Which of the following is true?
A.Harry’s daughter could swim very well.
B.The Jersey timetable was totally wrong.
C.Actually, the little girl didn’t need a ticket.
D.The little girl was satisfied with the holiday.
小题3:Harry started talking to the little girl because he _________.
A.did not know what to do
B.wanted to be friendly to her
C.had a little girl about the same age
D.wanted to find a way out from her
小题4:According to the passage, we know that Harry was _________.
A.carefulB.hard-working
C.seriousD.smart
小题5:What would be the end of the story?
A.The woman would ask the police for help.
B.The woman would see the head of the station.
C.The woman would insist on getting back£12.
D.The woman would stop arguing and leave.

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