Question

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 goes forward 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 without least consideration; he does so with skill and polish（完美）: “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 by what 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 lookout for the unexpected bargain. Faced with a roomful of dresses, a woman may easily spend an 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 tiresome process, but apparently an enjoyable one. Most dress shops provide chairs for the waiting husbands.

1.According to the passage, a man’s shopping is based on _______.

A．his money         B．his hobbies        C．his need          D．his friends

2.Why does a lady welcome suggestions from anyone while buying a dress?

A．Because she wants to buy a dress that every one thinks suits her.

B．Because she doesn’t know how to buy a dress.

C．Because she doesn’t know whether to buy it or not.

D．Because she wants to show herself off in public.

3.What does a man do when he can not get exactly what he wants? 

A．He buys a similar thing of the colour 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.

4.The passage mainly talks about the ______ between men shoppers and women shoppers for clothes.

A．similarities         B．differences        C．varieties          D．intentions

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.B 

【解析】

試題分析：本文介紹了男性和女性在購買衣服的時候的差別，男性是因為需要買衣服，女性不管需不需要都會買的。

1.語義理解題。根據第1段第 2、3、4 句 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 可知男人因為需要而買東西，他買東西的目的預先訂下來，他知道他需要什么，而且他的目標是找到他需要的東西并買下來。由此可推斷只要東西合適，是他需要的，價格則是次要的事情。故答案為 C。

2.細節(jié)題：從第二段的句子：Uppermost in her mind is the thought of finding something that everyone thinks suits her.可知婦女想要買大家都認為合適自己的衣服。選A。

3.推理判斷題。根據第3段首句 For a man, slight problems may begin when the shop does not have what he wants, or does not have exactly what he wants. 和末句This is the right color and may be the right size, but I should be wasting my time and yours by trying it on 可知雖然價格和顏色都合適，但如果不是他想要的東西，他認為“試穿是浪費時間”，因此可推知他不會買。故答案為 B。

4.主旨大意題。文章首句 Shopping for clothes is not the same experience for a man as it is for a woman 點題男人買衣服和女人買衣服是不同的經歷。然后下文分別闡述男人和女人買東西的不同。故答案為B。

考點：考查社會現(xiàn)象類短文

點評：文章內容難度適中，結構清楚，學生容易理解，以主旨題推理題的考查為主，解此類題除了注意細節(jié)，也需要結合上下文提供的語境和信息進行的概括和判斷。