Question

In the United States you will find yourself being urged from every page of every newspaper and every television station to buy all kinds of goods.

Not only is there a wide range of prices for goods in America, there is also a wide range in the quality of goods offered for sale. Unlike some countries, Americans generally pay the price of a product without question, instead of trying to get a lower price by bargaining. However, there are many “sales” in the United States, during which time stores will lower their normal prices. This may all be very confusing to visitors. How are you going to know how to “get your money’s worth” when you shop? Perhaps the best advice is: Don’t hurry. Visit various stores and determine the quality of goods. Read the advertisements so that you can compare prices.

There is a great variety of shops in the United States, ranging from very large stores called “department stores” to very small shops. There are “discount houses” offering goods at low prices, and “dime stores” specializing in a wide range of inexpensive items.

Most department stores in large cities carry better quality products at higher prices. However, they offer the shoppers great convenience since they contain such a wide variety of products.

If convenience isn’t as important to you as price, you may want to shop in discount houses. These stores have nearly as great a variety of goods as department stores, but offer lower prices. They can do so for several reasons. They don’t offer the same services to buyers that department stores do; there may be fewer sales people; and the store probably doesn’t deliver purchases.

Another popular shop is the “dime store”. No longer selling many things for five or ten cents, these stores got their name in the last century when it was decided that a small profit on a great quantity of goods would be better than a large profit on fewer sales. Dime stores specialize in a wide variety of inexpensive items and today, prices range from a quarter or 50 cents up to several dollars.

1.Where can we most probably read this passage?

A. In a research paper.       B. In a science report.

C. In a geography book.      D. In a travel magazine.

2.Why can discount houses offer goods at lower prices compared with department stores?

a. They have fewer employees.

b. They have larger quantities of goods.

c. They offer fewer services.

d. They don’t provide delivery service.

A. a b c    B. a b d   C. a c d    D. b c d

3.What’s special about dime stores?

A. They sell lots of goods at a small profit.

B. They make big profits by selling some goods.

C. They provide goods with a price lower than 50 cents.

D. They provide goods ranging from bargains to expensive ones.

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Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.C

3.A

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了美國各種類型的商店，在美國，不但所出售的商品的價格大不相同，連商品的質(zhì)量也是完全不一樣。不像在其他一些國家，美國人一般按產(chǎn)品的價格付款時都不爭講價錢，不是通過討價還價來企圖以較低的價格來買到產(chǎn)品。不過，在美國也有很多"促銷"活動，在促銷期間各類商店都會把他們的正常價格降下來。本文講述了“特價商品屋”及“10美分店”，有時也稱為“5分10分店”。他們大多是薄利多銷的為目的。

1.文章出處題。根據(jù)短文主要介紹了美國的各種各種各樣的商店，這種廣告可能出現(xiàn)在旅行雜志上，故選D。

2.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)There are “discount houses” offering goods at low prices, and “dime stores” specializing in a wide range of inexpensive items.可知他們有更少的員工，提供的服務項目少，他們不提供送貨上門的服務，故選C。

3.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)a small profit on a great quantity of goods would be better than a large profit on fewer sales. 它們買商品主要是薄利多銷，故選A。

考點：日常生活類短文閱讀。