What would be the best title…——2009 高考英语第 55 题答案解析

【考点】O5：科教类阅读．菁优网版权所有
【分析】科学家通过试验证明，在人际交往中，人们能从对方哪怕端来的一杯水中感受
到对方的温暖或冷淡，因此，在人际交往中，我们要用关心去温暖对方．
【解答】51．C 细节理解题．根据第一段的he physical sensation（感觉） of warmth
encourages emotional warmth，while acold drink in hand prevents you from making unwise
decisions身体温暖的感觉鼓励情绪温暖，而手上的冷饮阻止你做出不明智的决定．可知，
人的情绪受身体对冷热的不同感受的影响，故选C．
52．B 推理判断题．根据第二段的Harlow's work and later studies have ledpsychologists to
stress the need for warm physical contact from caregivers tohelp young children grow into
healthy adults with normal social skills． 哈洛的工作和后来的研究使心理学家强调照顾者需
要温暖的身体接触，帮助孩子成长为有正常社交能力的健康成人．可知婴儿需要温暖，
故选B．

53．A 细节理解题．由文章倒数第二段的the students were asked to rate the personality
of"Person A"based on a particular deion． 可知， 接受实验的学生应对PersonA作出评价． 故
选A．
54．C 推理判断题．根据全文内容可知，身体能感受到的温暖能激起情绪上温暖的感觉，
一个人所接触的物体的温度会影响一个人的情绪，所以身体的温度影响我们如何看待他
人，故选C．

【答案】D

【解析】主旨大意题．根据全文可知，在人际关系中我们能从对方传递的热情或冷淡中感
受到人间冷暖．人的情绪受身体对冷热的不同感受的影响，所以本文主要讲了身体感觉
和情绪的关系，故选D．
【点评】本文是科教类阅读，考查学生对细节的理解把握和推理判断能力，做题时一定
要找到文章中的原句，和题干进行比较，再做出正确选择．在做推理判断题时不要以个
人的主观想象代替文章的事实，要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断．
第II卷注意事项: 1.用黑色墨水的钢笔或签字笔将答案写在签题卡上. 2.本卷共2小题,共35
分.
21． （10分）阅读表达
阅读下面短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题．
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 this end，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．
（1）The underlined words"chrome﹣plate contraptions"in Paragraph 1 refer to　shopping
carts　．
（No more than 3 words）
（2）What was the purpose of Goldman's invention？　It was to make shopping easier and
attract more business．　（No more than 10 words）
（3）Why was Goldman disappointed at first？ 　Because few customers used his
carts．　（No more than 10 words）
（4）Why did Goldman hire people to push carts around his market？　Because he wanted to
promote his shopping carts．　（No more than 10 words）
（5）What do you think of Goldman？Please give your reasons．　He was a smart
businessman．He invented the shopping cart and made it accepted by customers．
Or：He was smart but he shouldn't have used tricks to attract customers．　（No more than 20
words）
【考点】PA：阅读表达．菁优网版权所有
【分析】本文主要介绍Goldman为什么要发明购物车，他的购物手推车是怎么发明的，
效果怎样，是如何受到人们的欢迎的．

【解答】56．shopping carts 词义猜测题．根据上文Almost everybody in America will spend
a part of his or her life behind a shopping cart可知，谈的是购物手推车．