【題目】Joy Mangano was 33 and divorced. She had three kids under age 7, and was barely keeping up payments on her small two-bedroom home by working extra 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 he had a special ability for seeing the obvious thing. She knew how hard it was to mop the floor. “I was tired of bending down, putting my hands in dirty water, wringing (擰) out a mop,” Mangano says. “So, There s gotta be a better way.

How about a “self-wringing” mop? She designed a special 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 markers.

Then Mangano met with the media. But would couch potatoes (電視迷）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 display. She 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 the household invention, Mangano says, “It is as natural for me as it is for a parent to talk about their child.”

【1】What is the first paragraph mainly about?

A. Mangano’s small home.

B. Mangano’s work experience.

C. Mangano’s unhappy marriage.

D. Mangano’s hard living conditions.

【2】Mangano said the mop successfully with the help of .

A. HSN B. QVC

C. couch potatoes D. experts on shopping TV

【3】What does Mangano think of her invention?

A. Special. B. Normal.

C. Dissatisfied D. Unbelievable.

【4】What can we learn from the text?

A. HSN is a business organization that sells goods on the Internet.

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

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

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

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】B

【4】C

【解析】本文是一篇記敘文。文章主要講述了Joy Mangano這位單親媽媽雖然生活很艱辛，但她憑借著自己的聰明和努力，發(fā)明了備受歡迎的自動(dòng)擰干拖布和晾衣架。如今她已是一家擁有數(shù)百萬(wàn)美元資產(chǎn)公司的總裁。

【1】D

段落大意題。根據(jù)第一段Joy Mangano was 33 and divorced. She had three kids under age 7, and was barely keeping up payments on her small two-bedroom home by working extra hours as a waitress. “--- I don’t know how I’m going to pay that bill,”可知第一段講述的是Mangano的艱苦的生活狀況。故選D。

【2】B

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中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.”可知在QVC的幫助下，成功地賣了mop。故選B。

【3】B

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段最后一句Talking about the household invention, Mangano says, “It is as natural for me as it is for a parent to talk about their child.”可知她認(rèn)為她的發(fā)明很正常。故選B。

【4】C

推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段中“I was tired of bending down, putting my hands in dirty water, wringing (擰) out a mop,” Mangano says. “So, There s gotta be a better way.可知，Mangano從自己的經(jīng)驗(yàn)中得到了自擰水拖把的想法。故選C。

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