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【題目】“Regardless of social class, race and age, men say they hate to shop,” says Zukin, City University of New York sociology professor. “Yet when you ask them deeper questions, it turns out that they like to shop. Men generally like to shop for books, music and hardware. But if you ask them about the shopping they do for books or music, they'll say, ‘Well, that's not shopping. That's research.’”

In other words, what men and women call “buying things” and how they approach that task are different.

Women will wander through several 1,000squaremetre stores in search of the perfect party dress. Men will wander through 100 Internet sites in search of the perfect digital camcorder. Women see shopping as a social event. Men see it as a special task or a game to be won.

“Men are frequently shopping to win,” says Ann, a marketing professor at Loyola University of Chicago. “They want to get the best deal. They want to get the best and latest one and if they do that, it makes them happy. When women shop, they're doing it in a way that they want everybody to be very happy,” says Ann. “They're kind of shopping for love.”

“Teenage girls learn to shop from their mums and elder sisters, and they also learn to shop by examining articles in magazines like Seventeen,” Zukin says. “And although men's magazines such as GQ and Esquire have long had shopping articles, it's TV that has the eye of young male shoppers,” say Ann and Zukin.

“Television shows are used by young men in the same way Seventeen or Lucky is used by girls,” says Zukin, “to help make clothing and toiletry choices.”

“Of course, there are men who love to shop and are proud of it,” Ann says. And that is important no matter whether you buy a car or a frying pan. All men love to buy but don't want to get cheated. Ann adds, “There actually are men who are interested, for example, in cooking or shopping or chinaware or things around the home—they become kind of girl magnets. Women like it.”

【1】From the first paragraph we can find that .

A. men are all dishonest B. men like to shop in fact

C. men hate to shop actually D. men are all booklovers

【2】Compared to women, men usually treat shopping .

A. honestly B. frequently

C. seriously D. foolishly

【3】As is shown in this passage, teenage girls go shopping .

A. only with their sisters B. often following magazines

C. only with their mums D. often following TV shows

【4】The underlined word “magnets” in the last paragraph means “ ”.

A. vegetables that make women beautiful

B. magazines that attract young women

C. persons that have a powerful attraction

D. tools that can help housewives much

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】C

【4】B

【解析】試題分析：本文敘述了社會存在的一種現(xiàn)象，人們往往認為男士不喜歡購物，其實他們對待購物很認真，在網(wǎng)上查詢，找最好質(zhì)量的產(chǎn)品；一般婦女喜歡去街上的商店購物，她是為全家人購買需要的東西；女孩子們購物除了從母親姐妹那里學(xué)點經(jīng)驗，還經(jīng)常翻閱雜志，看它們的介紹，然后再去購物。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)it turns out that they like to shop. Men generally like to shop for books, music and hardware.男士其實喜歡購物，故選D。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)that's not shopping. That's research.男士對待購物更認真，故選B。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。they also learn to shop by examining articles in magazines like Seventeen,女孩參考雜志來購物，故選C。

【4】詞義猜測題。There actually are men who are interested, for example, in cooking or shopping or chinaware or things around the home-----they become kind of girlmagnets.因為這里的主語they 指的是男士，主語和表語指的是一樣的，故選B。