A store that sells husbands has just opened in Ottawa where a woman may go to choose a husband from many men.

The store is comprised of 6 floors and the men increase in positive attributes(品質(zhì),特點(diǎn))as the shopper goes up the flights. There is, however, a catch(陷阱). As you open the door to any floor you may choose a man from that floor, but if you go up a floor, you cannot go back down except to exit the building.

So a woman goes to the shopping center to find a husband. On the first floor the sign on the door reads: Floor 1—These men have jobs. The woman reads the sign and says to herself, “Well, that’s better than my last boyfriend, but I wonder what’s further up?”

So up she goes. The second floor sign reads: Floor 2—These men have jobs and love kids. The woman remarks to herself, “That’s great, but I wonder what’s further up?”

And up she goes again. The third floor sign reads: Floor 3—These men have jobs, love kids and are extremely good-looking. “Hmm, better.”

The fourth floor sign reads: Floor 4—These men have jobs, love kids, are extremely good-looking and help with the housework. “Wow!” exclaims the woman, “Very tempting. But, there must be more, further up!”

And again she heads up another flight. The fifth floor sign reads: Floor 5—These men have jobs, love kids, are extremely good-looking, help with the housework and have a strong romantic character. “Oh, mercy me! But just think…what must be awaiting me further on?”

So up to the sixth floor she goes. The sixth floor sign reads: Floor 6 –You are visitor 3, 456, 789,012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor. Thank you for shopping Husband Mart and have a nice day.

1.Women tend to go up the floor until they reach the top floor because _____.

A. they think the husbands downstairs are not suitable

B. they are sure that the best husbands are on the top floor

C. they know the catch very well

D. they think even better husbands may be upstairs

2.The writer intends us to believe that _____.

A. women are hard to please

B. husbands are hard to shop

C. women think they are better than men

D. women can’t be too careful when choosing husbands

3.We can infer from the passage that _____.

A. more women will leave the shop alone

B. women are romantic

C. women are more kind than men

D. women are not good at shopping husbands

 

1.D

2.A

3.A

【解析】

試題分析:這篇短文主要講述了在渥太華剛剛開了一家銷售丈夫的店,被銷售的男人被安排在一幢六層樓里,每一層樓的門上都有一個(gè)標(biāo)志牌,上面對里面的男子進(jìn)行了一定的描述,不過很多來此的女性都一無所獲。

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