Question

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. All men simply walk into a shop and ask the assistant for what they want. If the shop has it in stock, the salesman immediately finds 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.

For a man, small problems may begin when the shop doesn't have what he wants. In that case, the salesman, tries to sell the customer something else. "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 colour you mentioned. "Few men have patience with this treatment, and the usual response is: "This is the right colour and may be the right size, but I should be wasting my time and yours by trying it on."

However, a woman in almost every respect she does so in the opposite way. Her shopping is not often based on need and she is only "having a look around". She is always open to persuasion; indeed she sets great store by what the saleswoman tells her. She will try on any number of things. 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 room to another, 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 part “sets great store by ” in paragraph 3 means___

A. has much information about B. knows nothing bout

C. believes in D. has her doubts about

2.What does the passage tell us about women shoppers for clothes?

A. They welcome suggestions from others.

B. They rarely consider buying cheap clothes.

C. They predict what they want to buy.

D. They listen to advice but never take it.

3.What can we learn from the passage?

A. Men never buy what they don’t need

B. A man’s shopping is often based on need

C. A woman goes shopping in order to look for cheap things

D. A woman’s shopping is never based on need.

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.B

【解析】试题分析：本文介绍了男士和女士购买衣物的不同：男士因为需要而购物，女士购物只是转转看看。

1.C 词义猜测题。这一段的开头讲到女士去购物通常不是因为需要而是只想看看；因此，“She is always open to persuasion”她对别人的说服来者不拒，事实上，她对推销员的话很在意。故set great store by sth.(注重，重视某物)和believe in 意思相近，故选C。

2.A 细节理解题。根据第三段的第三句“She is always open to persuasion”可知，女士乐意接受别人的建议，A项表述符合语境，故选A。

3.B 推理判断题。A项表述过于绝对；根据第一段的第二句“A man goes shopping because

he needs something. ”可知B项表述正确；根据第三段的第二句“Her shopping is not often based on need and she is only "having a look around”可知C项表述不正确；D项表述过于绝对。故选B。

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