摘要： What does the passage mainly discuss? A. The use of the psychology of spending money in business. B. A special psychology of bargaining. C. A method to help compulsive spenders to solve the problem of money. D. The psychology of money spending habits. B In the past, young people in Japan were expected to take on responsibilities to support their parents and grandparents. Now they expect to be supported well into young adulthood. The "new breed", born since the 1960s, have never known anything but richness. Youth are seen as resistant to entering society as mature adults, to becoming social citizens. Once the great objective of reconstruction after the Second World War was accomplished, a new generation lost the motivating power that had united the nation together. Japan's birth rate has been failing rapidly, partly because of economic decline, and the job and financial insecurity that it has caused. In 1999, the figure was1.38 children per woman, the lowest ever recorded. At the same time, youth crime, although still especially low by western standards, rose to its highest level since record-keeping began 32 years ago. Likewise, the proportion of students dropping out before graduating, at 2.5% also Very low by western standards, has never-the-less been rising. Entrepreneurial role models are few and far between. Bill Gates is often mentioned, but a foreign model can only have so much influence. The problem is that Japanese culture discourages people from revealing details of personal life, including such difficult or painful experience as starting a company. In the past, successful companies such as Honda or Hitachi provided role models of a sort. But today they have been faded by the downturn, and few others have risen to take their place. By the same reason, young people often feel isolated from their fathers, who worked too hard at their jobs to establish much of a relationship with their children. "The one thing they're sure of is that they don't want to be like their fathers. And the girls don't want to be with boys who are like their fathers, so the boys are sure not to be," says Professor Morishima.
People can be addicted to different things－e．g．alcohol, drug, certain foods, or even television．People who have such an addiction are compulsive(强迫的)：they have a very powerful psychological need that they feel they must satisfy．According to psychologists, many people are compulsive spenders．They feel that they must spend money．This compulsion, like most others, is impossible to explain reasonably．For compulsive spenders who buy on credit, charge accounts are even more exciting than money．In other words, compulsive spenders feel that with credit, they can do anything．Their pleasure in spending large amounts is actually greater than the pleasure that they get from the things they buy．
There is even a special psychology of bargain hunting．To save money, of course, most people look for sales, low prices, and discounts．Compulsive bargain hunters, however, often buy things that they don't need just because they are cheap．They want to believe that they are helping their budgets, but they are really playing an exciting game．When they can buy something for less than other people, they feel that they are winners．Most people, experts claim, have two reasons for their behavior：a good reason for the things that they do and the real one．
It is not only scientists, of course, who understand the psychology of spending habits, but also business people．Stores, companies, and advertisers use psychology to increase business．They consider people's needs for love, power, or influence, their basic values, their beliefs and opinions, and so on in their advertising and sales methods．
Psychologists often use a method called “behavior therapy(疗法)” to help individuals solve their person ability problems．In the same way, they can help people who feel that they have problems with money．
(1)
According to the passage, the greatest pleasure of crazy shopping for a compulsive spender is ________．
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A．
to get things they want
B．
to meet their strong psychological need
C．
to spend a lot of money
D．
to meet their basic needs
(2)
According to the passage, compulsive bargain hunters constantly search for the lowest possible prices ________．
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A．
because they feel satisfied if they spend less money than others
B．
because they have money problem
C．
because they like to show off their success in getting things for less money
D．
because they want to save money to help their budget
(3)
What does the passage mainly discuss?
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A．
The use of the psychology of spending money in business．
B．
A special psychology of bargaining．
C．
A method to help compulsive spenders to solve the problem of money．