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 – a shopping cart.
Sylvan: My customers don’t like our shopping cart.
Fred: Really? So they p shopping with those heavy baskets?
Sylvan: (nods) I’ve got a huge crowd of customers every day, b 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 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 ?
Sylvan: Well, they think pushing it makes them look helpless!
Fred: Oh no. We need to do something, Fred. We can’t just g 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 .
Fred: Hey! Maybe you could get one of the girls to greet your customers and encourage them to use the cart.
Sylvan: Great idea!
完成对话。在对话的空格中填上适当的单词，使对话完整正确。一空一词，含缩写词。（共10小题，每小题1分；计10分）。
A：Morning, Liu Ming!
B：Morning, Wang Jun! Why are you in a hurry?
A：I have to be at school and finish my homework first before the class.
B：Haven’t you finished your homework yet?
A： . Yesterday evening my father turned
all the lights and I couldn’t finish my homework.
B：Really? Why did he do that?
A：Because we joined in an activity.
B：What was it?
A：Earth Hour. By the way, did you to take a bus to school?
B：Yeah. But I’ve to walk to school now. I want to do something for low-carbon economy(低碳经济), and
is also good for my health.
A：Sounds like a good idea! We should pay more attention to the environment.
B：Yes, you are right. walk to school together.
根据句意用所给单词的适当形式填空，每空一词。During World War II, millions of ______ lost their lives. (Germany)
He became the CEO of a company only in his _______. (forty)
It’s a wise choice that you want to know the ______ news about entertainment. (late)
The police found something _____ in the car, and soon they caught the killer. (usual)
People in our town think ______ of the girl because of her kind behavior. (high)
根据句意和汉语提示写出单词，完成句子，每空一词。As we all know, Zhang Yimou is a famous __________ . (导演)
Mrs Smith does exercise every day in order to ________ her weight. (控制)
To their ________ , such a young man died of heart trouble. (惊讶)
Parents shouldn’t ______ children to do the things they don’t like. (强迫)
She has had a ______ for performance since she was young. (天赋)
短文填空 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
根据短文内容及首字母提示写出所缺单词, 并将完整单词写在答题卡对应题号的横线上。
As we celebrate the Year of the Sheep, some of you may have heard some superstitions(迷信) about this animal sign.
It is said that people born in the Year of the Sheep have a difficult life. That’s because sheep are gentle and k . Therefore, many Chinese people would try to avoid getting married or giving birth d
the Year of the Sheep. But is this all really true?
Of course, it doesn’t make sense, a to Wang Juan, a folklore expert, in ancient China, yang was c
to good luck and happiness. In the book Shuowenjiezi(《说文解字》)–the first Chinese d
to explain characters—the writer Xu Shen from Eastern Han dynasty said that “yang” means “xiang”. And now many Chinese characters with “yang”a
mean something good, for example, “xian” and “mei”.
Today many famous people who were b in the Year of the Sheep live very good lives, i
US Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang.
What kind of life you will have depends on many things, including how hard you study now and the career you want when you gup. In fact, animal signs are of little i
. The really important thing for you is to develop a good personality along with your own skills.
根据句意及汉语提示，写出各单词的正确形式，每空一词。Perhaps no one has known the (原因) of this kind of disease so far.
Alice is full of energy and does not mind doing (额外的) work for you.
Our English teacher gives us a great deal of (建议) on how to remember words.
President Xi said the (友谊) between China and the UK would have a bright future.
It’s reported that the teachers of Hengshui High School are (严格的) in English handwriting than in many other schools.