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 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 by what the saleswoman tells her,even by what companions tell her. She will try on any 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 spend an hour going from one rail to another,to and from 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.

(   ) 1. The passage mainly talks about         .

   A. how women go about buying clothes

   B. women are better at shopping than men

   C. differences between men and women shoppers

   D. a man goes shopping because he needs something

(   ) 2. The underlined sentence "the price is a secondary consideration" in the first paragraph means when a man is shopping         .

   A. he buys good quality things,so long as they are not too dear

   B. he does not mind how much he has to pay for the right things

   C. he often buy things without giving the matter proper thought

   D. he buys whatever he likes without considering its value (       ) 3. ¹ What does a man do when he cannot get exactly what he wants?

   A. He usually does not buy anything.

   B. So long as the style is right,he buys the thing.

   C. He buys a similar thing because of the color he wants.

   D. At least two of his requirements must be met before he buys.

(   ) 4. What is the most obvious difference between men and women shoppers?

   A. Men go shopping based on need,but women never.

   B. Men do not try clothes on in a shop while women do.

   C. Women bargain for their clothes,but men do not.

   D. The time they take over buying clothes.

Answer 1

1. C文章的第一句即是本文的topic sentence, 即：Shopping for clothes is not the same experience for a man as it is for a woman.以下是给出实例以说明。

2. B句中the price is a secondary consideration本意为"价格是第二考虑"，从本段描写也可以看出：男人购物，只要合意，立马成交，不太在意价格。

3. A考查细节，见文章的第二段：男人对于店员的其他推销没有耐心，认为那是浪费时间，因此，他不会去试穿，即：不会去购买。

4. D从最后一段可以看出：女人购物，是慢慢地试，和男人直奔主题不一样，因此，商店还经常得给等候的丈夫提供椅子。