Question

【題目】Tips for Being a Smart Shopper

Supermarket is a good place for us to go shopping. But are you a smart shopper? Do you always shop in a wise way? There are 5 ways to help you to save at the supermarket.

【1】

It’s the first thing you should do at the store—and the first way to help yourself save. Unless you’re doing a week’s shopping, choose a small shopping cart（推車）. In an experiment, shoppers bought 40 percent more things when given a cart doubled the size they usually used.

【2】

When you’re buying bags of apples, don’t just buy the first bag you grab. Make sure to pick a heavy one. In a price comparison, a Consumer Reports reporter found that “3-pound” bags of apples ranged in weight from 3.06-3.36 pounds—that’s 10 percent more apples for the same price.

【3】

Stores put the most popular—and often the most costly—items at eye level. In fact, factories often pay more money for the best place in the supermarket. To find the cheaper things, look up and down to the higher and lower shelves. McCue advises managers to put store brands and big items on the bottom shelves.

【4】

People who shop with a list spend far less time in the store and also make fewer extra buys. If you are not good at remembering a paper list, keep one on your phone. You can use one of many free apps or just keep your list in your phone’s built-in Notes app.

【5】

While the smallest packages are often the worst deals, the biggest size isn’t necessarily the biggest value. The key is to look for a unit price below the item on the shelf—the price per ounce or liter or whatever. In some cases, the medium-sized package might be your winner.

A. Buy the right size when shopping.

B. Look high and low on the shelves.

C. Consider using the shopping apps.

D. Choose the right shopping cart.

E. Compare apples to apples.

F. Make a shopping list before shopping.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】E

【3】B

【4】F

【5】A

【解析】

短文講述了超市是我們購物的好地方。你總是以明智的方式購物嗎？這里有5種方法可以幫助你在超市省錢。

【1】根據(jù)“Unless you’re doing a week’s shopping, choose a small shopping cart（推車）. 除非你要買一周的東西，否則就選一輛小的購物車。”，可知是告訴我們要選擇合適的購物車，選項D. Choose the right shopping cart. 選擇正確的購物車。符合文意，故選D。

【2】根據(jù)“When you’re buying bags of apples, don’t just buy the first bag you grab. Make sure to pick a heavy one.當(dāng)你買袋子蘋果的時候，不要只買你拿的第一個袋子。一定要挑一個重的�！笨芍�選項 E. Compare apples to apples.將蘋果與蘋果進(jìn)行比較。符合文意，故選E。

【3】根據(jù)“To find the cheaper things, look up and down to the higher and lower shelves.要找到更便宜的東西，就上下看看架子的高低。”可知是要我們要到處看看，選項B. Look high and low on the shelves.在架子上上下看一看。符合文意，故選B。

【4】根據(jù)“People who shop with a list spend far less time in the store and also make fewer extra buys.有清單購物的人在商店里花費的時間要少得多，而且額外購買的東西也少得多。” 可知是在強(qiáng)調(diào)列清單的重要性，選項F. Make a shopping list before shopping. 購物前先列一張購物清單。符合文意，故選F。

【5】根據(jù)“While the smallest packages are often the worst deals, the biggest size isn’t necessarily the biggest value.雖然最小的套餐往往是最糟糕的交易，但最大的套餐不一定是最大的價值�！笨芍�是要告訴我們要選擇合適的尺碼，選項 A. Buy the right size when shopping.購物時買合適的尺碼。符合文意，故選A。