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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 i? 1. – a shopping cart.
Sylvan:????????????? My customers don’t like our shopping cart.
Fred:????????????? Really? So they p? 2. shopping with those heavy baskets?
Sylvan:????????????? (nods) I’ve got a huge crowd of customers every day, b 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 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 e? 5.? ?
Sylvan:????????????? Well, they think pushing it makes them look helpless!
Fred:????????????? Oh no. We need to do something, Fred. We can’t just g? 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 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!
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1. Mrs Black asked us to stop _____ (talk) and _____(listen) to her.
2. One of the girls _____ (穿着) a white T-shirt now.
3. She wants a m _____ bowl of rice. She does not like eating too much.
4. S _____ 2 is only 8 RBM for 15 dumplings.
5. Please remember _____ (tell ) my mother about it.
6. Xu Qian loves _____ (play) jokes on others.
7. I don't think Doris _____ (be) cool.
8. What's _____ shoes would you like?
9. I want to be a p _____ singer.
10.Wang Lin is the c _____ of our school basketball team.
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A history teacher was talking to his class about the ancient Romans (罗马人). “They were very strong, brave people, and they were good soldiers,”he said. “They always wanted to have strong bodies ,so they played a lot of games. ”
“Did they like swimming?”one of the girls asked,“That makes people very strong. ”She was very good at swimming.
“Oh, yes, some of them swam a lot, ”the teacher answered.
Then he told them a story about one famous Roman.
“There was a big, wide river in the middle of Rome,”he said. “It was the Tiber, and this man swam across it three times every day before breakfast. ”
The girl laughed when she heard this.
“Why are you laughing?”the teacher asked her angrily. “Have I said anything funny(可笑) ?”
“Well, sir,”the girl answered,“why didn't he swim across the river four times to get back his clothes?”
1．The students were having a ________ class.
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2．Romans played a lot of games because ________.
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A．they wanted to keep themselves healthy
B．they wanted the other people to be interested in them
C．they wanted to be clever and hard working
D．they wanted to be famous in the world
3．The girl asked the teacher the question because ________.
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A．she liked swimming very much
B．she liked the Romans very much
C．she liked her history teacher a lot
D．she wanted to be the top student in her class
4．Why did the girl laugh after the teacher told them a story about one famous Roman?
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A．Because her teacher was angry.
B．Because her teacher said something funny.
C．Because she thought the Roman was foolish.
D．Because she had heard the story before.
查看习题详情和答案>>brave people, and they were good soldiers, too," he said."They always wanted to have strong bodies, so they
played a lot of games."
"Did they like swimming?" one of the girls asked. "That makes people strong." She was very good at
swimming. "Oh, yes, some of them swam a lot," the teacher answered. Then he told them a story about a
famous Roman. "There was a big, wide river in the middle of Rome," he said, "and one man swam across it
three times every day before breakfast!"
The girl laughed when she heard this. "Why are you laughing?" the teacher asked her angrily. "Did I say
something interesting?" "Well, sir," the girl answered, "Why didn't he swim across the river four times to get
back his clothes back?"
B. they were free
C. they wanted to be strong
D. they were not brave
B. English
C. history
D. P.E.
B. the teacher was good at swimming
C. she was going to learn swimming
D. she didn't like swimming
B. the girls in the class
C. the Romans
D. Strong, brave people
B. Because the man swam without (没有) breaast.
C. Because the man couldn't swim at all.
D. Because she didn't understand the teacher.
Four girls were at the same school. They were good friends, so they often studied and played together. 【小题1】
One day one of the girls said, “There is a test this morning. Let’s go to school late. Then we won’t have to take the test.” “What can we tell the teacher?” One of the girls said. “He’ll be angry.
【小题2】 ”
The girls thought for several moments, then one of them said, “Let’s tell him that our taxi had a flat tire(爆胎).” “ 【小题3】 ” the other girls said. “We’ll tell him that.”
【小题4】 The test was finished.
“Why are you late?” the teacher asked. “You miss the test.” “Our taxi had a flat tire,” one of the girls said.
The teacher thought for a moment, then he said, “Sit down, one of you in each corner of the room.” The four girls did this. Then the teacher said, “Write the answer to this question on a piece of paper: 【小题5】 ”
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