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Joy Mangano was 33 and divorced，had three kids under age 7，and was barely keeping up payments on her small twobedroom home by working extra weekend 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 she had a special ability for seeing the obvious.She knew firsthand how hard it was to mop the floor.“I was tired of bending down，putting my hands in dirty water，wringing out a mop，” Mangano says.“So，I said，‘There's gotta be a better way.’”
How about a selfwringing mop? She designed a distinctive 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 markets.
Then Mangano met with the media.But would couch potatoes(泡在电视机前的人)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 oncamera demonstration.“Brave little me.I 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 multimilliondollar company，and one of the stars of HSN，the Home Shopping Network.Talking about her household inventions is “as natural for me as it is for a parent to talk about their child”， Mangano says.
Today one of her favorite products is Huggable Hangers.The thin，spacesaying implements are the most successful goods ever sold on HSN，with 100 million hanging out there in closets across the USA.Of course，you couldn't possibly sell hangers on TV.
1．The two items that Mangano designed and produced are ________.
A．welcomed by housewives
B．bought by multinational corporation
C．seen at flea markets
D．found by the media
2．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A．Mangano once had to work seven days a week to support her family.
B．Mangano got the idea of selfwringing mop from her own experience.
C．The experts on shopping TV were confident about Mangano's mop.
D．QVC is a business organization that sells goods on TV.
3．From the passage we can know that Mangano now ________.
A．sells her goods mostly at markets
B．has become famous and got rich
C．has stopped household inventions
D．has sold her twobedroom home
4．Huggable Hanger is the thing that people can use ________.
A．to clean the floor
B．to take pictures like a camera
C．to make phone calls like a cellphone
D．to put their clothes on it to keep their shape
【答案与解析】
1．A 推理判断题。根据第五段最后一句中的“We sold every mop in minutes.”和最后一段第二句“The thin，spacesaving implements are the most successful goods ever sold on HSN…”可知，她发明的两款产品selfwringing mop(自动拧干拖布)和Huggable Hangers(晾衣架)受到了广大主妇的欢迎，故A项正确。
2．C 细节理解题。根据文章第四段第三句可知，电视购物专家并没有表达对Mangano发明的拖布有信心。故答案选C。
3．B 细节理解题。根据文章倒数第二段第一句可知，如今她是“天才发明公司”的总裁，拥有数百万美元的资产，也是家庭购物网络的佼佼者。故答案选B。
4．D 推理判断题。根据文章最后一段第二句可知，这款小巧、不占空间的晾衣架是迄今为止家庭购物网络中最畅销的小物件，风靡了全美的衣柜。故D项正确。
