16．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 bywhat 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 spendan 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．
45．The passage mainly talks aboutA．
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
46．The underlined sentence"the price is a secondary consideration"in the first
paragraph means when a man is shoppingC．
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．
47．What does a man do when he can not get exactly what he wants？B．
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．
分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀，作者通過這篇文章向我們介紹了男女購物的差異．
解答 45．A 主旨大意題，通讀全文可知作者在這篇文章中主要向我們介紹了男女購物者的差異，故選A．
46．C 詞義猜測題，根據(jù)第一段He knows what he wants，and his objective is to find it and buy it； the price is a secondary consideration．可知他知道自己的目標(biāo)是什么，價格是次要的考慮因素，由此可知一個人購物時不介意他為正確的事情付出多少，故選C．
47．B 推理判斷題，根據(jù)第一段．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可知男人購物的時候目的性很強，他知道自己需要什么，只需要找到它，如果沒有他想要的東西時，他通常不買任何東西，故選B．
點評 考查學(xué)生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力．做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進行比較，再做出正確選擇．在做推理判斷題時不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實，要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．
