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（存货）, the salesman produces（呈出）it, and the business of trying it on proceeds（继续进行）at once. All being well, the deal can be and often is completed in less than five minutes, with hardly chat and to everyone's satisfaction.

　　For a man, slight problems may begin when the shop does not have what he wants. In that case the salesman, as the name implies, tries to sell the customer something else. No good salesman brings out such a substitute bluntly（直率地）; 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 want.” Few men have patience with this treatment. And the usual response（反应，回答）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? She does so in a different way, Her shopping is not based on need, She has never fully made up her mind what she wants, and she is only “having a look round”. She will try on any number of things. In her mind there is the thought of finding something that everyone thinks suits her. Faced with a roomful（一室所能容纳之量）of dresses, a woman may easily spend an hour looking around before selecting the dresses she wants to try on. Most dress shops provide chairs for the waiting husbands.

(1) If a man goes shopping, ________.

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A．he wants anything

B．he knows his purpose before shopping

C．he hardly decides in advance

D．he asks the assistant what he wants

(2) If a man doesn't get what he needs, ________.

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A．the salesman brings out a substitute and advises him to buy with skill

B．the salesman suggests him to buy something else

C．the salesman is angry

D．the salesman doesn't know what to do

(3) When a woman goes shopping, ________.

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A．she does know what she needs

B．she wants something

C．she's only walking around the shop

D．she hasn't decided what she wants

(4)The underlined word “provide” may mean ________.

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(5)Which of the following is TRUE?

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A．Husbands are willing to go shopping with their wives.

B．Husbands have to go shopping with their wives.

C．Husbands help their wives go shopping.

D．Wives must follow their husbands' advice.

Last July, my 12-year-old car died on California's Santa Freeway. It was an hour before sunset, and I was 25 miles from home. I couldn't reach anyone to pick me up, so I decided to take a bus. Not knowing the routes, I thought I'd just go east.
A bus stopped. I got on and asked the driver how far she was going, "Ten more miles," she said. There was another bus I could take from there. This clearly was going to be a long night.
I got off at the end of the route and she told me which bus to look for. After waiting 30 minutes, I began to think about a very expensive taxi ride home. Then a bus came up. There was no lighted number above its windshield. It was out of service, but the door opened. It was the same driver.
“I just can't leave you here,” she said. “This isn't the nicest place. I will give you a ride home.”
“You will drive me home on the bus?" I asked, astonished.
“No, I will take you in my car,” she said.
“It's a long way," I insisted.
“Come on, ” she said. “I have nothing else to do.”
As we drove from the station in the car, she began telling me a story, A few days earlier, her brother had run out of gas. A good man picked him up, took him to a service station and then back to his car. “I'm just passing the favor(善意的行为) along,” she said.
When I offered her money as a thank-you, she wouldn't accept. “Just do something nice for somebody. Pass it along," she said.
【小题1】There was something wrong with the writer's car ______.

Last July, my 12-year-old car died on California's Santa Freeway. It was an hour before sunset, and I was 25 miles from home. I couldn't reach anyone to pick me up, so I decided to take a bus. Not knowing the routes, I thought I'd just go east.

A bus stopped. I got on and asked the driver how far she was going, "Ten more miles," she said. There was another bus I could take from there. This clearly was going to be a long night.

I got off at the end of the route and she told me which bus to look for. After waiting 30 minutes, I began to think about a very expensive taxi ride home. Then a bus came up. There was no lighted number above its windshield. It was out of service, but the door opened. It was the same driver.

“I just can't leave you here,” she said. “This isn't the nicest place. I will give you a ride home.”

“You will drive me home on the bus?" I asked, astonished.

“No, I will take you in my car,” she said.

“It's a long way," I insisted.

“Come on, ” she said. “I have nothing else to do.”

As we drove from the station in the car, she began telling me a story, A few days earlier, her brother had run out of gas. A good man picked him up, took him to a service station and then back to his car. “I'm just passing the favor(善意的行为) along,” she said.

When I offered her money as a thank-you, she wouldn't accept. “Just do something nice for somebody. Pass it along," she said.

1.There was something wrong with the writer's car ______.

A．late at night                            B．early in the morning

C．an hour before sunset                    D．thirty minutes after sunset

2.The writer changed his mind after waiting 30 minutes because ______.

A．he became impatient and a bit worried

B．a taxi ride would be more comfortable

C．he knew the driver would never return

D．the bus driver had given him wrong information

3.The bus driver drove the writer home later because ______.

A．her brother had told her to do so

B．she wanted to earn more money

C．she happened to go in the same direction

D．she wanted to do something good for others

4.The underlined word "astonished" in the passage probably means      .

A．surprised         B．grateful           C．happy            D．angry

5.The bus driver hoped that the writer       .

A．would drive someone home

B．would help someone in need

C．would keep her in memory

D．would give the money to others