Question

【题目】The word addiction usually makes you think of alcohol or drugs. 【1】 Some people are compulsive (难以自制的) shoppers. Others find it impossible to pull themselves away from their work. Still others spend countless hours watching TV or playing computer games.

【2】 Many people enjoy going to markets or stores more and more every day, but it’s more than a common hobby for some of them. They have turned into shopaholics. They are people who simply enjoy shopping and walking around spending money without being able to stop doing it. They are so interested in shopping that they usually buy things they don’t need. Even though they don’t have enough money, they buy everything they want.

The question is why they have this addiction. There isn’t a specific answer. Some people go shopping when they are sad, worried, upset or lonely. 【3】 Shopaholics say that they feel more important and better after they buy something. They also tend to have this addiction when they feel guilty.

【4】 Some of them can be psychological. If this is the case, people addicted to shopping should go to a support group to help them break this habit. However, the process, like for most addictions, is long, and they suffer a lot. It can also cause financial problems. They just think about satisfying their feelings, so they spend money they don’ t have. 【5】

A. Once you are addicted to alcohol or drugs, it is difficult to get rid of.

B. Over the years, shopping has becoe a very common activity.

C. They use this activity as a way to forget their problems.

D. However, in modern-day society we are seeing some new kinds of addictions.

E. People addicted to computer games consider the games as great ways to amuse themselves.

F. They get deep in debt, and can even go bankrupt (破产) and get sent to prison.

G. Shopaholism seems to be a harmless addiction, but it can bring out problems.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】C

【4】G

【5】F

【解析】

试题分析:本文介绍了购物成瘾，现在许多人非常喜欢购物，成为了购物成瘾者，其原因当人们感到悲伤难过是通常喜欢去购物，购物能够让他们觉得自己是重要的并且带来快乐，他们只是为了得到满足感。

【1】D考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。后句提到了Some people are compulsive (难以自制的) shoppers.购物成瘾，而D选项内容However, in modern-day society we are seeing some new kinds of addictions.承上启，恰好符合语境，故选D。

【2】B考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。后句Many people enjoy going to markets or stores more and more every day, but it’s more than a common hobby for some of them提到了很多人喜欢去购物，B选项Over the years, shopping has become a very common activity.购物成为了日常活动，符合语境选B。

【3】C考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。前句Some people go shopping when they are sad, worried, upset or lonely.人们感到心情低落，后句Shopaholics say that they feel more important and better after they buy something.他们的问题得到了解决，其中缺少解决方法，故C选项They use this activity as a way to forget their problems，符合语境，选C。

【4】G考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。后句Some of them can be psychological. If this is the case, people addicted to shopping should go to a support group to help them break this habit. 说人们要打破这个习惯，可知前句应该是提到为什么要打破这个习惯，而G选项Shopaholism seems to be a harmless addiction, but it can bring out problems.符合语境，故选G。

【5】F考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。前句They just think about satisfying their feelings, so they spend money they don’t have.人们花不属于自己的钱，F选项They get deep in debt, and can even go bankrupt (破产) and get sent to prison.提到了这种做法的后果，故选F。