12．I needed to buy a digital camera，one that was simply good at taking good snaps（快照），maybe sometimes for magazines．Being the careful type，I fancied a reliable brand（品牌）．So I went on the net，spent 15 minutes reading product reviews on good websites，wrote down the names of three top recommendations（推荐） and headed for my nearest big friendly camera store．There in the cupboard was one of the cameras on my list．And it was on special offer．Oh joy．I pointed at it and asked an assistant，"Can I have one of those？"He looked upset．"Do you want to try it first？"he said．It didn't quite sound like a question．"Do I need to？"I replied，"there's anything wrong with it？"This made him look a bit angry and I started to feel bad．‘‘No，no．But you should try it，''he said encouragingly，"compare it with the others．"
I looked across at the others：shelves of similar cameras placed along the wall，offering all kinds of just a little different prices and discounts（折扣），with each company selling a type of models based around the same basic box．With so many models to choose from，it seemed that I would have to spend hours weighing X against Y，always trying to take Z and possibly H into consideration at the same time．But when I had finished，I would still have only the same two certainties that I had entered the store with：first，soon after I carried my new camera out of the shop，it would be worth half what I paid for it； and second，my wonderful camera would very quickly be replaced by a new model．
But something in the human soul says in a low voice that you can beat these traps by making the right choice，the clever choice，the wise choice．In the end，I agreed to try the model I had chosen．The assistant seemed a sincere man．So I let him take out my chosen camera from the cupboard，show how it took excellent pictures of my fellow shoppers…and when he started to introduce the special characters，I stopped him and asked whether I needed to buy a carry-case and a memory card as well．
Why do we think that new choices still offer us anything new？Perhaps it is because they offer an opportunity to avoid facing the fact that our real choices in this culture are far more limited than we would like to imagine．
67．The shop assistant insisted that the writer shouldB．
A．try the camera to see if there was anything wrong with it
B．compare the camera he had chosen with the others
C．get more information about different companies
D．trust him and stop asking questions
68．What does the writer mean by"it would be worth half what I paid for it"（Paragraph2）？C
A．He should get a 50%discount．
B．The price of the camera was unreasonably high．
C．The quality of the camera was not good．
D．The camera would soon fall in value．
69．The writer decided to try the model he had chosen because heC．
A．knew very little about it
B．didn't trust the shop assistant
C．wanted to make sure the one he chose would be the best
D．had a special interest in taking pictures of his fellow shoppers
70．It can be inferred from the passage that in the writer's opinionD．
A．people waste too much money on cameras
B．cameras have become an important part of our daily life
C．we don't actually need so many choices when buying a product
D．famous companies care more about money than quality．
分析 作者去商店买一款自己从网上看到的相机，有一款正好打折，作者要看一下，经过再三思量，作者还是买了自己选中的那一款，他认为买东西的时候，并不需要那么多的选择，相信自己．
解答 67．B细节理解题．从短文中这句话"Compare it with the others"可知女售货员坚持让作者把他选的与其他的比较一下，故选B
68．C语意猜测题．根据语境，从这句话"fist，soon after I carried my new camera out of the shop，it would be worth half what I paid for it； and second，my wonderful camera would very quickly be replaced by a new model．"中作者面临两个问题，一是：买新款相机，它只有我预付款的一半价格；二：买款别的，但划线部分意思是属于第一种情况，相机价值很快下滑，故选C．
69．C结构分析题．从短文倒数第二段描述可看出，作者决定买自己选择的那一款，因为他认为自己选择的就是最好的，故选C．
70．D分析归纳题．从短文的最后一段可看出，作者的观点是，当我们买东西的时候，并不需要那么多的选择，所以作者决定买自己选择的那一款，故选D．
点评 本文讲述了作者去商店买一款自己从网上看到的相机，有一款正好打折，作者要看一下，经过再三思量，作者还是买了自己选中的那一款，他认为买东西的时候，并不需要那么多的选择，相信自己．的一个故事，题目涉及多道细节理解题，做题时结合原文和题目有针对性的找出相关语句进行仔细分析，结合选项选出正确答案．推理判断题也是要在抓住关键句子的基础上合理的分析才能得出正确答案，切忌胡乱猜测，一定要做到有理有据．
