Question

Read the text and fill in the gaps. Today we take many inventions for granted but one of the most useful ones is the “not so 1______ “ supermarket trolley. before the 1930s women shoppers went into grocery stores with their own baskets. 2________, they would only buy a few things because their baskets wouldn’t 3_____ much. Sylvan Goldman of Oklahoma 4______ this and decided that he had to think of a way to encourage people to buy more, especially since business was not 5_____ very well. He took a folding chair, 6_______ wheels to the legs and placed two baskets on top. 1 A critical B significant C meaningful D serious 2 A Futhermore B In particular C However D Apart from that 3 A put B keep C hold D take 4 A noticed B watched C regarded D viewed 5 A making B running C doing D heading 6 A included B added C combined D accompanied

Answer 1

1 C
2 C
3 C
4 A/C
5 B
6 B

Answer 2

Today we take many inventions for granted, but one of the most useful ones is the “not so 1 significant “ supermarket trolley. Before the 1930s, women shoppers went into grocery stores with their own baskets. 2 Furthermore, they would only buy a few things because their baskets wouldn’t 3 hold much. Sylvan Goldman of Oklahoma 4 noticed this and decided that he had to think of a way to encourage people to buy more, especially since business was not 5 doing very well. He took a folding chair, 6 added wheels to the legs, and placed two baskets on top.