Shoppers throughout the West, wary(警惕的) of a double-dip recession（經(jīng)濟衰退）, are still pinching their pennies. However, Chinese consumers are opening their wallets—big time. According to McKinsey, shop sales in China have grown by 25 percent annually from 2007 to 2009. Consumer confidence is now at its highest point since 2007 and female shoppers are leading the way.
Chinese women saved just 24 percent of their income, compared with 55 percent in 2006, according to a recent study in Women of China Magazine. What’s more, three quarters of Chinese women say that they’re the ones who control the family purse strings .That means the nation’s 650 million women are an “emerging powerhouse within the powerhouse” of China.
In the 1950s women contributed just 20 percent of household income. That rose to about 40 percent in the 1990s and then reached 50 percent last year.
In a recent study of Chinese consumer behavior, McKinsey found that women tend to shop more frequently than men, and spend more on personal-care products and food. Men, by contrast, tend to spend more of their income on gadgets(小玩意) , drinks and alcohol, dining out, and socializing. They also tend to save for the bigger-ticket items, like cars and houses.
Chinese women make up an ever-growing small part of the market—up from 20 percent a decade ago to 50 percent last year. It’s estimated that in the next five years women will account for 55 percent of the $9 billion market. “The future is female,” concludes a January HSBC(匯豐銀行) report on luxury goods(奢侈品) in China.
The Chinese Market Research Group recently found that women younger than 35 are the most optimistic segment(群體) in China. A very large 80 percent of the 3,500 women surveyed saying they’ll spend more in the second half of 2010 than they did in the first half. With trends like these, Chinese women may bring new meaning to the term “the power of the purse.”
小題1:According to the passage, Chinese women _________.
A．save more of their income than before
B．save less of their income than before
C．make as much money as men in the 1990s
D．spend half of their income on luxury goods
小題2:The fourth paragraph mainly tells us that _________.
A．women go shopping more frequently than men
B．women spent more on personal care products than men
C．men tend to save for the bigger-ticket items than women
D．Chinese women and men have different consuming behavior
小題3:The underlined phrase in the first paragraph probably means_________.
A．making more money in a careful way
B．wasting their money without hesitation
C．spending their money in a careful way
D．recovering the economy at a fast speed
小題4:Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?
A．Chinese Men Go SocializingB．Chinese Women Go shopping
C．The Future Is FemaleD．The Purse Is Powerful

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:C
小題4:B

試題分析：文章大意：對在經(jīng)濟衰退時期中西方婦女的消費數(shù)據(jù)進行原因分析和說明。
小題1:B 細節(jié)理解題根據(jù)第二段第一句：中國婦女，2006年儲蓄收入的55%，現(xiàn)在只儲蓄收入的24%。所以B正確。
小題2:D 主旨大意題第四段分別陳述了中國男人和女人在消費方面的不同。所以應是中國男人和女人有不同的消費行為。
小題3:C 詞義猜測題根據(jù)第一段第一句和后一句，然而，中國消費者打開錢包，愉快購物相對比，說明西方的購物者由于警惕經(jīng)濟衰退而謹慎開支。
小題4:B 主旨大意題本文主要陳述了中國婦女與以前相比，花費更多收入比例購物及其原因的說明。
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