Never go into a supermarket hungry! This is a good piece of advice. If you go shopping for food before lunchtime, you’ll probably buy more than you plan to. Unfortunately, however, just this advice isn’t enough for consumers these days. Modern shoppers need an education in how and how not to buy things at the store. First, you check the weekly newspaper ads. Find out the items that are on sale and decide if you really need these things. In other words, don’t buy anything just because it’s cheaper than usual! “New and Improved!” or “All Natural” on the front of a package influence you. Instead, read the list of ingredients (contents) on the back. Third, compare prices: that is, you should examine the prices of both different brands and different sizes of the same brand.

Another suggestion for consumers is to buy ordinary items instead of famous brands. Ordinary items in supermarkets come in plain packages. These products are cheaper because producers don’t spend much money on packing or advertising. The quality, however, is usually as good as the quality of well-known name brands. In the same way, in buying clothes, you can often find high quality and low prices in brands that are not famous. Shopping in discount clothing stores can help you save a lot of money. Although these stores aren’t very attractive, and they usually do not have individual dressing rooms, not only are the prices low, but you can often find the same famous brands that you find in high-priced department stores.

Wise consumers read magazine ads and watch TV commercials, but they do this with one advantage: knowledge of the psychology behind the ads. In other words, well-informed consumers watch for information and check for misinformation. They ask themselves questions: Is the advertiser hiding something in small print at the bottom of the page? Is there any real information in the commercial, or is the advertiser simply showing an attractive image? With the answers to these questions, consumers can make a wise choice.

1.All the following statements are true about the phrase “ordinary items” in Paragraph 2 except _____.

A. ordinary items never say “New and Improved” or “All Natural”

B. ordinary products are usually cheaper than famous brands

C. producers spend less money on packaging of ordinary items

D. the quality of ordinary items is usually as good as that of famous brands

2.What does the writer think about ads?

A. They are believable.

B. They are helpful to consumers.

C. They are full of misinformation.

D. They are attractive.

3.One of the author’s suggestions to consumers is ____________.

A. not to buy items with words like “New and Improved” or “All Natural”

B. to make full use of advertisements

C. to buy high quality items such as famous brands after lunch

D. to buy any ordinary items instead of famous brands

4.The author implies that _________________.

A. going into the supermarket hungry, you may buy more than you plan to

B. the quality of ordinary items is usually high and the prices are relatively low

C. discount clothing stores are good places to go to

D. ads sometimes don’t tell the truth

Exchange a glance with someone, and then look away. Do you realize that you have made a statement? Hold the glance for a second longer and you have made a different situation, there is a permissible time that you can hold a person’s stare without being friendly, rude, or aggressive. If you are on a lift, what stare-time are you permitted? To answer this question, consider what you typically do. You very likely give other passengers a quick glance to size them up and to assure them that you mean no harm. Since being close to another person signals the possibility of interaction, you need to send out a signal telling others you want to be left alone. So you cut off eye contact----what sociologist Erving Goffiman calls “a dimming(变暗) of the lights”. You look down at the floor, at the indicator(指示) lights, anywhere but into another passenger’s eyes. Should you break the rule against staring at a stranger on a lift, you will make the other person extremely uncomfortable, and you are likely to feel a bit strange yourself.

If you hold eye contact for more than 3 seconds, what are you telling another person? Much depends on the person and the situation. For instance, a man and a woman communicate interest in this manner. They stare at each other for about 3 seconds at a time, and then drop their eyes down for 3 seconds, before letting their eyes meet again. But if one man gives another man a 3-second-plus stare, he signals, “I know you”, “I am interested in you” or “You look peculiar(奇怪) and I am curious about you”. This type of stare often produces hostile(敌意的) feelings.

1. If one is looked at by a stranger for too long, he tends to feel ________.

A. depressed B. uneasy

C. curious D. amused

2. If you want to be left alone on a lift, the best thing to do is _____.

A. to look into another passenger’s eyes

B. to avoid eye contact with other passengers

C. to signal you don’t mean to do harm to anyone

D. to keep a distance from other passengers

3.It can be inferred from the first paragraph that ________.

A. every glance has its significance

B. staring at a person is an expression of interest

C. a stare longer than 3 seconds is unacceptable

D. a glance conveys more meaning than words

根据短文内容,从下面所给的A—F选项中选出能概括每一段(1-5)主题的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余项。

A. Give more aid to weak schools.

B. Children should share the same educational rights.

C. Heavy load is supposed to be taken off the students’ shoulders.

D. Bring the industrial management of education to an end.

E. Balanced education may stop school choice.

F. Key schools and classes are unreasonable.

1. Education should be intended to make better citizens instead of making money. Money can be earned by starting business. It’s time to abolish(废除,消灭) the industrialized education so that all the people can benefit from real education.

2. Concrete(具体的) measures should be taken to lessen the students’ heavy burden. Not empty talks but concrete and solid policies can make sure all the students grow soundly.

3. My parents are farmer-turned workers. I think we should be treated equally with the local children. We should have equal chance to go to both the local public schools and take the national college entrance exam rather than go back to our native places.

4. School choice has become a serious educational problem. To solve this problem, we must stick to the balanced development. The government should offer more support to weak schools and have all the teachers exchange their work among all the schools.

5. The government’s unwillingness to spend enough money on education makes key schools turn to parents for money to build new buildings and increase teachers’ income, widening the gap between key schools and common schools. Therefore, in order to realize the balance of education, the government should offer more help to weak schools.

Dear Mrs.Denner,

Over the past five months, your husband has been causing quite a commotion(混乱) in our store. Our complaints(抱怨) against Mr.Denner are listed below:

July 2:Set all the alarm clocks in house-wares to go off at 5-minute intervals(间隔).

July 7: Made a trail(小径) of tomato juice on the floor leading to the women’s restroom.

August 4: Took a bag of M&M’s from the candy shelf and handed out to the passing children to eat.

September 14:Moved a “CAUTION—WET FLOOR” sign to a carpeted area.

September 15: Set up a tent in the camping department and told other shoppers he’d invite them in if they would bring pillows and blankets from the bedding department.

September 23:When a clerk asked if they could help him ,he began crying and screamed,“Why can’t you people just leave me alone?”

October 4: Looked right into the security camera and used it as a mirror while he picked his nose.

November 10: While handling guns in the hunting department, he asked the clerk where the antidepressants were.

December 3:Darted around the store while loudly humming the “Mission Impossible” theme.

December 6:In the auto department, he practiced his “Madonna look” by using different sizes of funnels.

December 18:Hid in a clothing rack(支架) and when people looked through, yelled “PICK ME!PICK ME!”

December 21:When an announcement came over the loud speaker, he assumed a fatal position and screamed “OH NO!IT’S THOSE VOICES AGAIN!”

December 23:Went into a fitting room(装配车间), shut the door, waited a while, and then yelled very loudly,“Hey! There’s no toilet paper in here!”

Our video surveillance(监控)cameras recorded all these. Never once did our reminding and warning work and therefore we are forced to ban him from the store.

Regards,

Wal-Mart

1.How did the market get to know about Mr.Denner’s strange behavior?

A. From other shoppers.

B. Through the cameras of the market.

C. From the shop assistants.

D. By talking with Mr.Denner.

2.“M&M’s” may be the brand of .

A. chocolate B. clothes C. furniture D. medicine

3.From the passage, we can learn that Mr.Denner .

A. once poured some water on the carpet of the market

B. managed to get some shoppers to camp together with him

C. did all of these strange things due to his mental disease

D. was once warned not to do such strange things in the market

4.In which month did Mr.Denner cause most troubles?

A. In July. B. In September.

C. In November. D. In December.

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