84. Why did Goldman hire people to push carts around his market? (no more than 10 words)

SECTION C (25 marks)

　Directions: Write an English composition according to the instructions given below .

人类已经进入一个崭新的世纪，不同的人有不同的幸福观，China Daily正在中学生中进行幸福观的调查，请你根据下表提示，写一篇短文。

注意：①.必须阐明自己对个别观点的看法。

②.必须说明自己的观点。　

③ 词数100左右，开头已给出，不计入总数。

Happiness

Happiness means different things to different people…

83. Why was Goldman disappointed at first? (no more than 6 words)

82.　 What was the purpose of Goldman’s invention? (no more than 8 words)

81. What do the underlined words “chrome-plate contraptions” in Paragraph 1 refer to ? ( no more than 3 words)

70. The author writes this passage to ________________.

A. give advice to job-seekers who are attractive　

B. discuss the disadvantages of women being attractive

C. demand equal rights for women　　 D. state the importance of appearance

PART FOUR　 WRITING (45 marks)

SECTION A (10 marks)

Directions: Read the following passage. Complete the diagram by using the information for the passage. Write NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS for each answer.

Since it was founded a year ago, the babysitting pool has become increasingly popular in the United States. More and more mothers have joined it and have benefited from it. What attracts them most is the idea that you pay your babysitter not in cash, but in paper cards. When you join the babysitting pool, you are given thirty cards, which are worth 30-minute babysitting time each.　 For each half an hour while you are gone, the babysitter gets paid one card.

There are rules regulating this service. You should not watch more than three kids at a time including your own. On big holidays, such as Christmas and Thanksgiving, the babysitter should be paid twice as much, which means two cards for every half an hour. When you leave the babysitting pool, you should return all the cards. If you are out of cards, you cannot use money instead. You should have to baby-sit for others to earn enough cards so that you will have them handy when you yourself need a babysitter.

　 Many mothers think highly of this service. It keeps children in constant touch with one another, and makes life easier for the mothers. Since in most cases, the babysitter is the mother who watches other kids at her own home, it is still possible for her to do her own things while the kids play with each other. In fact most mother babysitters find that their own kids are less of a monster and easier to watch when they are around other playmates. Moreover, since the babysitting pool service does not involve money, it will not be a financial loss to the family.

In the past year, the babysitting pool has helped so many mothers with their work that they all think that it is indeed a good community service worth keeping.

SECTION B (10 marks)

　Directions: Read the following passage. Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage and the required words limit. Write your answers on your answer sheet.

Almost everybody in America will spend a part of his or her life behind a shopping cart(购物手推车). They will, in a lifetime, push the chrome-plated contraptions many miles. But few will know-or even think to ask-who it was that invented them.

Sylvan N. Goldman invented the shopping cart in 1937. At that time he was in the supermarket business. Every day he would see shoppers lugging(吃力地携带) groceries around in baskets they had to carry.

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 to attract 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 if only he could persuade people to give them a try. To end this, Goldman hired a group of people to push carts around his market and pretend they were shopping! Seeing this, the real customers gradually began copying the phony(假冒的)customers.

As Goldman had hoped, the carts were soon attracting larger and larger numbers of customers to his market. But not only did more people come-those who came bought more. With larger, easier-to-handle baskets, customers unconsciously bought a greater number of items than before.

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

69. It can be inferred from the passage that people's views on beauty are often _____.　　　

A. practical　　 B. supportive　　　 C. old-fashioned　　 D. one-sided

68. Bowman's experiment shows that when it comes to politics, attractiveness _______.　　　

A. turns out to be a disadvantage to men　

B. is more of a disadvantage than an advantage to women

C. affects men and women alike　　　　 D. has as little effect on men as on women

67. In traditionally female jobs, attractiveness ________.　　　　

A. makes women look more honest and capable　 B. strengthens the qualifies required

C. is of no importance to women　　　　　　　 D. often enables women to succeed quickly

66. The word "liability" most probably means __________.　　　　

A. disadvantage　　 B. advantage　　　　 C. misfortune　　　 D. trouble