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Shopping for clothes is not the same experience for a man as it is for a woman. A man goes shopping because he needs something. His purpose is settled and decided in advance. He knows what he wants, and his objective is to find it and buy it; the price is a secondary consideration. All men simply walk into a shop and ask the assistant for what they want. If the shop has it in stock(有現(xiàn)貨的), the salesman promptly produces it, and the business of trying it on follows at once. All being well, the deal can be and often is completed in less than five minutes, with hardly any chat and to everyone's satisfaction.

For a man, slight problems may begin when the shop does not have what he wants, or does not have exactly what he wants. In that case the salesman, as the name implies, tries to sell the customer something else, he offers the nearest to the article required. No good salesman brings out such a substitute impolitely; he does so with skill: “I know this jacket is not the style you want, sir, but would you like to try it for size? It happens to be the color you mentioned.” Few men have patience with this treatment, and the usual response is: “This is the right color and may be the right size, but I should be wasting my time and yours by trying it on.”

Now how does a woman go about buying clothes? In almost every respect she does so in the opposite way. Her shopping is not often based on need. She has never fully made up her mind what she wants, and she is only “having a look round”. She is always open to persuasion; indeed she sets great store by what the saleswoman tells her, even by what companions tell her. She will try on any number of things. Uppermost in her mind is the thought of finding something that everyone thinks suits her. Contrary to a lot of jokes, most women have an excellent sense of value when they buy clothes. They are always on the lookout for the unexpected bargain. Faced with a roomful of dresses, a woman may easily spend an hour going from one rail to another, to and fro, often retracing her steps, before selecting the dresses she wants to try on. It is a laborious process, but apparently an enjoyable one. Most dress shops provide chairs for the waiting husbands.

1.The underlined sentence “the price is a secondary consideration” in the first paragraph means when a man is shopping ______.

A. he buys good quality things, so long as they are not too dear

B. he buys whatever he likes without considering its value

C. he does not mind how much he has to pay for the right things

D. he often buys things without giving the matter proper thought.

2.What does a man do when he can not get exactly what he wants?

A. He buys a similar thing because of the color he wants.

B. He usually does not buy anything.

C. At least two of his requirements must be met before he buys.

D. So long as the style is right, he buys the thing.

3.What is the most obvious difference between men and women shoppers?

A. Men do not try clothes on in a shop while women do.

B. Women bargain for their clothes, but men do not.

C. The time they take over buying clothes.

D. Men go shopping based on need, but women never.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.B

3.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要講述的是男性和女性在購物的方面的差別，男性很直接，女性會花很多的時間挑選并樂于接受別人的建議。

1.C 推理題。根據(jù)文章第一段2,3行He knows what he wants, and his objective is to find it and buy it; the price is a secondary consideration.可知男性買東西的時候都是事先想好了需要的東西，然后直接去買，價格是次要的。也就是說他們不太在意自己所購買的東西的價格。故C正確。

2.B 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第2段最后2行Few men have patience with this treatment, and the usual response is: “This is the right color and may be the right size, but I should be wasting my time and yours by trying it on.”可知如果沒有自己中意的東西，很少有男性有耐心聽從營業(yè)員的勸告，他們會直接走開。故B正確。

3.C 推理題。根據(jù)第一段最后一句All being well, the deal can be and often is completed in less than five minutes, with hardly any chat and to everyone's satisfaction可知男性購物很直接，花費時間也很少；根據(jù)文章第三段倒數(shù)2,3,4行Faced with a roomful of dresses, a woman may easily spend an hour going from one rail to another, to and fro, often retracing her steps, before selecting the dresses she wants to try on.可知女性在購物的時候，總是要前前后后地看很久，會花很多的時間，因為她們沒有事先想好。說明兩者之間最大的區(qū)別在于所花的時間。故C正確。

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