A quick way to check this question is to ask, for each option, is this a stock of goods waiting to be used or sold. A loan is money borrowed, which changes financial capital, not physical stock, so it is ruled out. A shopping cart is a tool used to carry goods while shopping, so it does not itself count as inventory. A house being sold by its owner is a single asset changing hands, not goods held in stock by a firm for its regular business. The ice cream stored in a freezer, meant to be served later at a party, is exactly stock kept aside for future use, which is the core idea of inventory. \[\boxed{\text{Option 1: the freezer full of ice cream}}\]