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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(有现货的), 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】

试题分析：本文主要讲述的是男性和女性在购物的方面的差别，男性很直接，女性会花很多的时间挑选并乐于接受别人的建议。

1.C 推理题。根据文章第一段2,3行He knows what he wants, and his objective is to find it and buy it; the price is a secondary consideration.可知男性买东西的时候都是事先想好了需要的东西，然后直接去买，价格是次要的。也就是说他们不太在意自己所购买的东西的价格。故C正确。

2.B 细节题。根据文章第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.”可知如果没有自己中意的东西，很少有男性有耐心听从营业员的劝告，他们会直接走开。故B正确。

3.C 推理题。根据第一段最后一句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可知男性购物很直接，花费时间也很少；根据文章第三段倒数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.可知女性在购物的时候，总是要前前后后地看很久，会花很多的时间，因为她们没有事先想好。说明两者之间最大的区别在于所花的时间。故C正确。

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