People in cities all over the world shop in supermarkets. When you enter the supermarket, you see shelves full of food. You walk in the aisles, pushing your shopping cart. You probably hear soft, slow music in the supermarket. This kind of music is playing to relax you and make you walk slowly. Thus, you will probably stay longer and buy more food.
Where do you go in the supermarket when you first arrive? Many people go to the meat section first. This area of the store has many different kinds of meat. Some kinds are expensive and others are not. Usually, some kinds of meat are on sale. So it has a special low price. The manager of the store knows where the customers usually enter the meat section. The meat on sale is usually at the other end of the section, away from where the customers enter. If you want to buy this specially priced meat, you have to walk by the more expensive meat first. Maybe you will see something that you want to buy before you reach the cheaper, inexpensive meat. Then you will spend more money in the meat section.
The diary section sells milk that is low in fat. Some supermarkets sell three different containers(包裝盒)of low-fat milk. Each container looks different, but each contains the same product. One says "1% fat", one says "99% fat free" and one says "low-fat" in big letters and "1%"in very small letters. If you look carefully you can see that all the milk has the same amount of fat, and each container is the same size. The prices of all these three should be the same. However, in many stores these three containers of milk would each have a different price. The store will make more money if a customer chooses the milk that costs the most.
Most of the food in supermarkets is very attractive. People often stop to look at the products in attractive containers. But remember, many products will say, "Buy me!". Stop and think which ones are the best value for your money.
【小題1】The word "aisles" in the first paragraph means _______ .

A.the entrance of a supermarket
B.the place where you pay for your goods
C.the way between the shelves
D.the place where the special priced meat is on sale.
【小題2】When you walk by the expensive meat, _______ .
A.maybe you will buy someB.you will not look at it
C.you will buy diary productsD.maybe it is on sale
【小題3】The three different kinds of low-fat milk _______ .
A.contain three different amount of milk
B.contain three different kinds of milk
C.each have the same amount of fat
D.a(chǎn)re all the same price
【小題4】Supermarket managers make the food attractive so _______ .
A.it is cheap
B.the customers will buy more
C.it is expensive
D.it is in the diary section


【小題1】C
【小題2】A
【小題3】C
【小題4】B

解析試題分析:本文舉例介紹了超市經(jīng)理為了銷售更多食品,采用了一些小方法。例如:播放柔和的音樂(lè),銷售肉類的一些訣竅等。
【小題1】猜詞題,根據(jù)When you enter the supermarket, you see shelves full of food. You walk in the aisles, pushing your shopping cart.可知"aisles"這個(gè)詞的意思是貨架兩旁的路, 故選C。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)題,根據(jù)If you want to buy this specially priced meat, you have to walk by the more expensive meat first. Maybe you will see something that you want to buy before you reach the cheaper, inexpensive meat. Then you will spend more money in the meat section. 可知當(dāng)你走在很貴的肉的旁邊時(shí),可能會(huì)買(mǎi)一些,故選A。
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)If you look carefully you can see that all the milk has the same amount of fat, and each container is the same size.可知三種不同種類的低脂牛奶實(shí)際上脂肪含量是相同的。故選C。
【小題4】推理題。根據(jù)Most of the food in supermarkets is very attractive. People often stop to look at the products in attractive containers. But remember, many products will say, "Buy me!". Stop and think which ones are the best value for your money. 可知超市經(jīng)理把食物包裝的很有吸引力,這樣顧客會(huì)買(mǎi)的更多。故選B。
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