Global financial big dogs are no match for China's "Da Ma", or housewives, who have crowded into gold stores across China, buying up 300 tons of gold over the past two weeks. No wonder gold prices have steadied after taking a dive.
During the May Day holiday, gold stores were crowded with mostly female customers. Most of them are middle-aged "Chinese housewives". This group of buyers has risen to fame recently. They are big spenders and are desperate to get their hands on a bargain. "I bought some gold jewellery and kept them as a gift for my son when he gets married," said a buyer from Shanghai. 
The gold business is skyrocketing. "Our sales are growing by the day. Yesterday we sold more than ten million yuan of gold products," a gold store salesperson said. The gold rush in China started about two weeks ago thanks to a decline in global gold prices. Media reports suggest that Chinese housewives have spent about 100 billion yuan, or about 16 billion US dollars, purchasing 300 tons of gold since mid-April. That has helped support gold prices.
"Gold prices depressed since the middle of last month but have risen gradually. That is mainly due to the strong demand from Asian markets," said foreign trader Zhang Chen from Industrial & Commercial Bank of China. "Some people even joked that Chinese housewives have beaten Wall Street analysts." For Chinese people, with limited investment options, the only thing better than buying gold is buying gold at discount prices.
【小題1】What does the author mean by the underlined sentence of the first paragraph?

A．The global big dogs can’t match with Chinese housewives.
B．China's "Da Ma" help a lot to support the global economic crisis.
C．Chinese housewives spend a great deal of money on gold.
D．Chinese housewives have a better consumption idea than global financial big dogs.
【小題2】The whole passage mainly developed_______ ?
A．by comparison B．by contrast C．by quotation D．by time order
【小題3】We can infer about the gold rush in China from the passage?
A．The Chinese housewives are most willing to spend money in buying gold.
B．China's "Da Ma" crowded into stores to get gold as the best gifts for sons when they get married.
C．China's "Da Ma" are bigger spenders and cleverer than global financial big dogs.
D．China’s "Da Ma" become the largest gold buyers due to a decline in global gold prices.
【小題4】The author’s description about the passage is ______.
A．negative B．subjective C．doubtful D．objective


【小題1】C
【小題2】C
【小題3】D
【小題4】D

解析試題分析: 本文是關(guān)于中國“大媽”的黃金搶購熱潮。由于金價(jià)的回落，在中國以中年婦女為主掀起了一股搶購黃金的熱潮，在短短兩周的時(shí)間內(nèi)購買了300多噸黃金，使得黃金價(jià)格驟然飆升，她們被稱為“中國大媽”
【小題1】C推理判斷題。從后面的定語從句who have crowded into gold stores across China, buying up 300 tons of gold over the past two weeks以及后面文章的敘述可知中國 “大媽”購買了大量黃金。句意：全球金融大鱷都不是中國大媽的對(duì)手。故C選項(xiàng)正確。
【小題2】C推理判斷題。A通過比較；B通過對(duì)比；C通過引述；D按照時(shí)間順序。文中大量的引用中國大媽，金店銷售人員以及銀行部門職員的話，由此判斷文章是運(yùn)用引述的發(fā)展方法。故C選項(xiàng)正確
【小題3】D推理判斷題。從文中第三段The gold rush ….thanks to a decline in global gold prices. …spent about 100 billion yuan, or about 16 billion US dollars, purchasing 300 tons of gold since mid-April. That has helped support gold prices.判斷可知，由于全球黃金價(jià)格的下降，中國“大媽”成了最大的黃金購買群體。所以D選項(xiàng)正確。
【小題4】D推理判斷題。A 客觀的；B主觀的；C懷疑的；D消極的，負(fù)面的。從文章內(nèi)容可知，作者只是通過引用中國“大媽”，金店工作人員的話來敘述這一事實(shí)，而沒有添加個(gè)人觀點(diǎn)，所以作者對(duì)于文章的描述是客觀的，就事論事的。所以A選項(xiàng)正確。
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