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    Joy Mangano was 33 and divorced, had three kids under age 7, and was barely keeping up payments on her small two-bedroom home by working extra weekend hours as a waitress, "There were times when I would lie in bed and think, I don't know how I'm going to pay that bill," Mangano says．

    But she had a special ability for seeing the obvious． She knew firsthand how hard it was to mop the floor． "I was tired of bending down, putting my hands in dirty water, wringing out a mop," Mangano says． "So, I said, 'There's gotta be a better way．"'

    How about a "self-wringing" mop? She designed a distinctive tool you could twist in two directions at once, and still keep your hands clean and dry． She set out to sell it, first a few at flea markets．

    Then Mangano met with the media． But would couch potatoes（泡在电视机前的人） buy a mop? The experts on shopping TV were less than certain． They gave it a try, and it failed． Mangano was sure it would sell if they'd let her do the on-camera demonstration． "Brave little me． I said, 'Get me on that stage, and I will sell this mop because it's a great item．"'

    So QVC, a multinational corporation specializing in televised home shopping, took a chance on her． "I got onstage and the phones went crazy． We sold every mop in minutes．"

    Today she's president of Ingenious Designs, a multimillion-dollar company, and one of the stars of HSN, the Home Shopping Network． Talking about her household inventions is "as natural for me as it is for a parent to talk about their child," Mangano says．

    Today one of her favorite products is Huggable Hangers． The thin, space-saving implements are the most successful goods ever sold on HSN, with 100 million hanging out there in closets across the US A．Of course, you couldn't possibly sell hangers on TV．

    56． The two items that Mangano designed and produced are　　　　 .

    　　　 A． welcomed by housewives B． bought by multinational con）orations

    　　　 C． seen at flea markets D． found by the media

    57． Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

    　　　 A． Mangano once had to work seven days a week to support her family．

    　　　 B． Mangano got the idea of self-wringing mop from her own experience．

    　　 C． The experts on shopping TV were confident about Mangano's mop．

    　　　 D． QVC is a business organization that sells goods on TV．

    58． From the passage we can know that Mangano now　　　　　　 .

    　　　 A． sells her goods mostly at markets

    　　　 B． has become famous and got rich

    　　　 C． has stopped household inventions

    　　　 D． has sold her two-bedroom home

    59． Huggable Hanger is the thing that people can use　　　　 .

    　　　 A． to clean the floor

    B． to take pictures like a camera

    　　　 C． to make phone calls like a cellphone

    D． to put their clothes on it to keep their shape

    ACBD

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