Shopping is not as simple as you may think! There are all sorts of tricks each time we reach out for that particular brand(品牌)of product on the shelf.
Colouring, for example, varies according to what the producers are trying to sell. Health foods are packaged(包装)in greens, yellows or browns because we think of these as healthy colours. Ice cream packets(包装) are often blue and expensive goods, like chocolates, are gold or silver.
When some kind of pain-killer (止痛药) was brought out recently, researchers found that the colours turned the customers off because they made the product look weak and ineffective. Eventually, it came on the market in a dark blue and white package — blue because we think of it as safe, and white as calm.
The size of a product can attract a shopper. But quite often a bottle doesn’t contain as much as it appears to.
It is believed that the better-known companies spend, on average, 70 percent of the total cost of the product itself on packaging!
The most successful producers know that it’s not enough to have a good product. The founder of Pears Soap, who for 25 year has used pretty little girls to promote(促销)their goods, came to the conclusion: “Any fool can make soap, but it takes a genius(天才) to sell it.”
1.. Which of the following may trick a shopper into buying a product according to the text?
A. The cost of its package B. The price of the product
C. The colour of its package D. The brand name of the product
2.. The underlined part “the colours turned the customers off” (in Para.3) means that the colours ________ .
A. attracted the customers strongly B. had weak effects on the customers
C. tricked the customers into shopping D. caused the customers to lose interest
3.. Which of the following is the key to the success in product sales?
A. The way to promote goods. B. The team to produce a good product
C. The discovery of a genius. D. The brand name used by successful producers.
4.. Which of the following would be the best title for this text?
A. Choice of Good Products. B. Disadvantages of Products.
C. Effect of Packaging on Shopping. D. Brand Name and Shopping Tricks.
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We all laughed at the __24__movie and had a good laugh about it. The man would laugh really hard and __25__ over and touch my hair to comfort me. I would just look at him, and he would just __26__ smiling with his great big wonderful smile. My nerve completely disappeared.
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This is ___31___I believe it is so important that the organizations __32__ to reach out and help the children who are less fortunate. __33__my particular case, it was this man's personal act of __34__ that will be remembered. Just one little act of kindness.
I thank you, kind Sir, for a(n) __35__ which I now share with my children and grandchildren fifty years later.
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17. A. appreciate B. admit C. remember D.consider
18. A. accompany B. permit C. take D. bring
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21. A. spoke B. laughed C. smiled D. answered
22. A. stupid B. strange C. rare D. wonderful
23. A. cost B. spend C. contribute D. pay
24. A. funny B. moving C. boring D. sad
25. A. glance B. run C. jump D. reach
26. A. keep B. last C.start D. stop
27. A. seemed B.acted C. felt D. thought
28. A. months B. weeks C. decades D. days
29. A. and B. but C. though D. so
30. A. lose B. buy C. catch D. win
31. A. when B. because C. why D. how
32. A. try B. continue C. intend D. prepare
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I met him last year shortly 36 his birthday, and after congratulating(祝贺) him, without thinking, I asked if he had had a good day. He 37 and said that he hadn’t really celebrated(庆祝). I felt so 38__.
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I can’t 18 why so many people like to eat peas. But I do not like peas at all.
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22. A. give up B. give in C. allow for D. leave alone
23. A. conduct B. digest C. absorb D. force
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26. A. put forward B. set out C. throw up D.break through
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28. A. But B. However C. So D. Though
29. A. in silence B. with excitement
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31. A. arrived B. appeared C. came D. went
32. A. smiled B. refused C. accepted D. admitted
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