2016.4.2 雅思阅读 innovation of grocery store 答案与解析
2016-04-11 10:57阅读：
Questions 1-5
Which paragraph contains the following
information?
NB You may use any letter more than
once.
1． How Clarence Saunders’ new idea
had been carried out.
2． Introducing the modes and
patterns of groceries before his age.
3． Clarence Saunders declared
bankruptcy a few years later.
4． Descriptions of Clarence
Saunders’ new conception.
5． The booming development of his
business.
Questions 6-10
Write ONLY ONE WORD AND/OR A
NUMBER from the passage for each
answer.
6. When Clarence Saunders was an
adolescent, he took a job as a ______in a grocery store.
7. In the new innovation of grocery
store, most of the clerks’ work before was done by
_____
8. In Saunders’ new grocery store, the
section where customers finish the payment was called
_____
9. Another area in his store which behind
the public area was called the _____, where only internal staff
could access.
10. At _____ customers were under
surveillance.
Questions 11-13
Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.
11 Why did Clarence Saunders want to propel the innovation of
grocery stores at his age?
A.
Because he was an enthusiastic
and creative man.
B.
Because his boss wanted to
reform the grocery industry.
C. Because he wanted to develop its
efficiency and make great profit as well.
D. Because he worried about the future
competition from the industry.
12 What happened to Clarence
Saunders’ first store of Piggly Wiggly?
A Customers complained about its
impracticality and inconvenience.
B It enjoyed a great business
and was updated in the first twelve months.
C It expanded to more than a
thousand franchised stores during the first year.
D Saunders was
required to have his new idea patented and open more
stores.
13. What left to Clarence Saunders after
his death in 1953?
A.
A fully automatic store system
opened soon near his first store.
B. The name of his store the Piggly
Wiggly was very popular at that time.
C. His name was usually connected with
his famous shop the Piggly Wiggly in the following several
years.
D. His name was painted together with the
name of his famous store.
1 .D
D段讲主人公实施计划的过程，此题比较明显，需注意和C段区分开，C段构思想法，D段具体实施
2. A
定位词为时间信号词before his
age，age在这里是时代的意思，定位在A段最后一句，There
were early chain stores, such as the A&P
Stores……这就是早期的连锁店形态……
3. F
第一行原词重现
4. C
定位词his new concept.
在B段最后写到came up with a
new
idea，但没有具体写明，C段首句以及下文都在写明he
developed his concept。
5. E
定位词booming
development，飞速发展，此题比较明显，段中写明几年时间内店铺数量急速增加，规模成为了全国第三大零售商。
6. clerk
填写一种职位，单数名词，定位词adolescent, took a
job，讲主人公还是少年时候，文章按时间线来写的，应该在前半部分。对应到B段首句a
Virginia boy named Clarence Saunders began working part-time as a
clerk in a grocery store when he was 14 years old.
在杂货店做个兼职小工，答案是clerk
7. shoppers
题目问之前店员的工作在新型店铺内由谁去做了，预读填空应该为一类人或者一种装置，应为复数名词。定位词new
innovation，the clerks’
work，在B段中间位置，Entering
a store……bagged or
boxed，从进店到打包的过程写明了the clerks’ work, boys
running
errands店员负责满场跑取货。在继续寻找innovation，在B段最后，he
came up with a new idea. He developed a new way for shoppers to
serve themselves.
顾客可以自己购物了。在D段也有写明shopper
were not at the mercy of clerks 顾客不依赖店员了。
8. lobby
定位词finish the payment，原文
C 段第 4
行对应替换词checkouts
9. stockroom
定位词behind the public，
only internal staff could access，原文
C 段3)
中对应only allowed for
clerks，题目要求 ONLY ONE
WORD，答案是 stockroom
10. galleries
定位词be under
surveillance在监督之下，对应 C
段2)中第二句话，……were
“galleries” where supervisors were allowed to keep an eye on the
customers while not disturbing them.
在不干扰顾客的情况下监督着顾客。此题和9题出现了部分乱序。
11. C
定位词propel the innovation对应
B
段最后一句话，因为主人公发现购物流程效率低下，浪费金钱与实践resulted in wasted
time and expense，因此要改革流程，选择与金钱和时间有关的选项
12. B
定位词first store of Piggly
Wiggly，
对应E段第一行Piggly Wiggly
and the self-service concept took off. Saunders opened nine stores
in the Memphis area within the first year of business.
自助概念突获成功，并在第一年开了九家店。对应B选项的enjoyed
a great business，in the first twelve
months。迷惑项是D，文中并没有说生意一开始就申请专利，而是soon
patented his self-service concept, and began
franchising，之后不久申请专利，然后开始以加盟方式开店
13. C
定位词原词重现，G 段最后一句
