Almost everybody in America will spend a part of his or her life behind a shopping cart. He or she will, in a lifetime, push it many miles. But few will know—or even think to ask—who invented it.

Sylvan N. Goldman invented the shopping cart in 1937. At that time he was in the supermarket business. Every day he would see shoppers carrying the shopping baskets hard.

One day Goldman suddenly had the idea of putting baskets on wheels.The wheeled baskets would make shopping much easier for his customers, and would help increase more business.

On June 4, 1937, Goldman’s first carts were ready for use in his market. He was terribly excited on the morning of that day as customers began arriving. He couldn’t wait to see them using his invention. But Goldman was disappointed. Most shoppers gave the carts a long look, but hardly anybody would give them a try. After a while, Goldman decided to ask customers why they weren’t using his carts. “Don’t you think this arm is strong enough to carry a shopping basket?” one shopper replied. But Goldman wasn’t beaten yet. He knew his carts would be a great success as long as he didn’t give up. Later, Goldman came up with a good idea. He hired(雇傭) a group of people to push carts around his market as if they were shopping. His creative idea achieved a great success.

As Goldman had hoped, larger and larger numbers of customers came to his market after a short period. With larger, easier-to-handle baskets, customers bought a greater number of things than before.

Today’s shopping carts are five times larger than Goldman’s earliest model. Americans today spend more than five times as much money on food each year as they did in 1937—before the coming of the shopping cart. Perhaps the shopping cart is one reason.

1.When was the shopping cart invented?

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2.Did shoppers like to try Goldman’s invention when it first appeared in his market?

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3.Why did Goldman hire people to push carts in the market as if they were shopping?

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4.Will you be one of the first users when a new invention appears? Why or why not?

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根據(jù)所給提示，完成句子。每空一詞，含縮略詞。

1.He should be allowed to hang out with his friends after school. (改為否定句)

He________ ________ be allowed to hang out with his friends after school.

2.Your teachers will take pride in you because of your courage. (改為同義句)

Your teachers will be________ ________ you because of your courage.

3.It’s January 26th today. (對(duì)劃線部分提問)

______the________ today?

4.他已經(jīng)領(lǐng)著我看過他的新房子了。

He has________ me____________his new house.

5.能否打到出租車取決于你什么時(shí)候離開去機(jī)場(chǎng)。

______or not you can take a taxi depends on when you will leave_______the airport.

You may want to stay in bed late when it’s_________ to get up to school or work．The later you stay in bed in the morning，the more painful waking up will be. __________are a few tips(秘訣)that may help you to keep completely awake in the morning．

Light. Turn_________all the lights in your room right after waking up. Getting bright light can help you think it’s time to get out of bed．

Exercise._________some exercise right at the start of your morning. Exercise helps your heart beating faster and keeps you more awake．

The 10-Minute Rule. If you want to wake up at the same time every day, _________the ten-minute rule. This means you have to keep alert(警覺的)for the next ten minutes. If you keep awake during the ten minutes after you wake up, the thought of ___________back to bed is usually gone.

Active work. Start your day by doing active work. Creative activities___________writing, drawing and designing work are good. By concentrating your mind early you can keep concentrated and awake.

Do not skip(略過)your breakfast. Wake up early ____8____ get something to eat. Skipping breakfast throws your metabolism(新陳代謝)out of balance, causing you to be fat and lose energy.

1.________

2.________

3.________

4.________

5.________

6.________

7.________

8.________

書面表達(dá)

2018 年 1 月 1 日，我國(guó)開始向企業(yè)征收環(huán)保稅。 這一舉措引發(fā)重慶人民的關(guān)注。請(qǐng)就此新聞，寫一篇 評(píng)論。

參考要點(diǎn)：

1. 政府征收環(huán)保稅有哪些原因；

2. 環(huán)保稅開征后重慶將會(huì)發(fā)生哪些變化；

3. 從個(gè)人角度說明應(yīng)為環(huán)保做哪些貢獻(xiàn)。

要求：

1. 要點(diǎn)齊全，語言流暢；

2. 80 —120 詞，文章開頭已給出，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)；

3. 文中不能出現(xiàn)自己的姓名和所在學(xué)校的名稱。

On January 1st, the government began to levy a tax on (征稅) the companies and factories

which cause pollution. People in Chongqing pay close attention to it.

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Listen and choose the right picture（根據(jù)你聽到的內(nèi)容，選出相應(yīng)的圖片）：

A B C D

E F G H

1.________

2.________

3.________

4.________

5.________

6.________

A.Milk and bread. B.Chicken and bread. C.Milk and fish. D.Fish and chips.

A.Fine. B.Rainy. C.Windy. D.Cloudy.

A.Room 302. B.Room 203. C.Room 304. D.Room 204.

A.John Smith is not in. B.The woman has got a wrong number.

C.He'll look for John Smith for her. D.John Smith doesn't know the woman.

A.Bob. B.Frank. C.Paul. D.George.