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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, 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 he can 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 lockout 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 passage mainly talks about ________.

A. differences between men and women shoppers

B. A man goes shopping because he needs something

C. How women go about buying clothes.

D. Women are better at shopping than men

2.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 buy things without giving the matter proper thought.

3.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.

4.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.

 

【答案】

 

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.C

【解析】

试题分析:文章分析了男士与女士在购物时候的一些不同之处。男士购物之前 通常会想好要买什么,找到想要的东西后会立即买下,而不在意价钱。女士则大不相同,女士在购物时,会花大量的时间来一件件的试,在价格合理的情况下,会买那件最适合自己的。

1.根据第一段“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.”可知,文章主要介绍的是男人和女人在购物方面的不同之处。故选A。

2.根据“He knows what he wants, and his objective is to find it and buy it; the price is a secondary consideration.”可知,男士在买东西前已经有了明确的目标,他的目的就是去买回来需要的东西,价格是第二位的,也就是说,男士不在乎价格的高低。故选C。

3.根据第二段最后一句“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,当没有想要的商品时,男士是不会买替代品的。故选B。

4.根据第一段“often is completed in less than five minutes,”和最后一段“Faced with a roomful of dresses, a woman may easily spend an hour going from one rail to another”可知,男士找到想要的物品后会立即买走,而女士在购物时,会花大量的时间在试衣服上,只是为了找到一件最适合自己的衣服。故选C。

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