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. He knows what he wants, and his purpose is to find it and buy it; the price is a less important consideration. All men simply walk into a shop and ask the assistant for what they want. If the shop has it, the salesman immediately produces it, and the business of trying it is done at once. All being well, the bargain 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. Then the salesman tries to sell the customer something else—he offers the nearest he can to the thing required. He usually says, "I know this jacket is not the style you want, sir, but would you like to try it on for size? It happens to be the color you want." Few men have patience with this treatment, and the usual reply 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 the opposite. 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 considers of great importance what the saleswoman tells her, even what her friends tell her. She will try on any number of things. Highest in her mind is the thought of finding something that everyone thinks suits her. Most women have an excellent sense of value when they buy clothes. They are always trying to find an unexpected bargain. Faced with a roomful of dresses, a woman may easily spend an hour going from one counter to another before selecting the dresses she wants to try on. It takes a great deal of time but gives great joy. Most dress shops supply chairs for the waiting husbands.

53. When a man is buying clothes, he ___________.

A. puts price before quality　　B. chooses things that others think suitable for him

C. does not mind much the price he has to pay for the right things

D. buys good quality things, so long as they do not cost too much

54. When a man cannot get what he wants, he ________.

A. buys something of the same color in a slight different style

B. usually does not buy anything

C. will try on some other clothes of the same style

D. wastes no time in buying something else

55. What does the passage tell us about women shoppers for clothes ?

A. They welcome suggestions from anyone

B. Women seldom consider buying cheap clothes

C. Women often buy things without thinking　　D. They listen to advice but never take it

56. The most obvious difference between men and women shoppers is ________.

A. that men do not try clothes on in a shop while women do

B. that women bargain for their clothes and men don't

C. that women do their shopping standing up but men do theirs sitting down

D. the time they take over buying clothes

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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. He knows what he wants, and his purpose is to find it and buy it, and the price is a less important consideration. All men simply walk into a shop and ask the assistant for what they want. If the shop has it, the salesman immediately produces it, and the business of trying it on is done at once. All being well, the bargain can be and often is completed in less than five minutes, with hardly any chat and to everyone's satisfaction.

　　Far a man, slight problems may begin when the shop does not have what he wants. Then the salesman tries to sell the customer something else—he offers the nearest he can to the thing required. He usually says, “I know this jacket is not the style you want, sir, but would you like to try it on for sure? It happens to be the color you want. ”Few men have patience with this treatment, and the usual reply is, “This is the right colour and maybe 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 the opposite way. She has never fully made up her mind what she wants, and she's only “having a look around” . She is open to persuasion; indeed she considers of great importance what the saleswoman tells her, even what her friends tell her. She will try on any number of things. Highest in her mind is the though of finding something that everyone thinks suits her. Mast women have an excellent sense of value when they buy cloths. They are always trying to find an unexpected bargain. Faced with a roomful of dresses, a women may easily spend an hour going from one counter to another before selecting the dresses she wants to try on. It takes a great deal of time but was great joy. Most dress shops supply chairs for the waiting husbands.

1．When a men is buying clothes, he ________.

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A．puts price before quality

B．chooses things that others think suitable for him

C．doesn't mind much the pace he has to pay for the right thin

D．buys good quality thin, so long as they do not coat much

2．From the passage we know that in shopping for a jacket ________.

[　　]

A．most men can tell whether it is the right size for them

B．men like their jackets to be bigger than their size

C．men don't worry whether the clothes fit well or not so long as it is the right colour

D．men make sure it fits them before buying it

3．When a man cannot get what he wants he ________.

[　　]

A．usually doesn't buy anything

B．buys something of the same colour in a slightly different style

C．wastes no time in buying something else

D．will try on some other clothes of the same style

4．What can we learn from the passage about women shoppers for clothes?

[　　]

A．They listen to advice but never takes it.

B．Women often buy things without thinking.

C．Women seldom consider buying cheap clothes.

D．They welcome suggestions from anyone.

5．The most obvious difference between men and women shoppers is ________.

[　　]

A．that women bargain for their clothes while men don't

B．that men do rat try clothes on in a shop while women do

C．that women do their shopping standing up while men do theirs sitting down

D．that women often go shopping while men seldom go shopping

　　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．He knows what he wants， and his purpose is to find it and buy it，the price is a less important consideration．All men simply walk into a shop and ask the assistant for what they want．If the shop has it，the salesman immediately produces it and the business of trying it on is done at once．All being well， the bargain（交易） 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．Then the salesman tries to sell the customer（顾客） something else he offers the nearest he can to the thing required．He usually says，“I know this jacket is not the style（式样） you want， sir， but would you like to try it on for size? It happens to be the colour you wanted．”Few men have patience with this treatment，and the usual reply is：“This is the right colour 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 the opposite way．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 considers of great importance what the saleswoman tells her，even what her friends tell her．She will try on any number of things．Highest in her mind is the thought of finding something that everyone think suits her．Most women have an excellent sense（判断力） of value when they buy clothes．They are always trying to find an unexpected bargain．Faced with a roomful of dresses， a woman may easily spend an hour going from one counter（柜台） to another before selecting the dresses she wants to try on．It takes a great deal of time but gives great joy．Most dress shop supply chairs for the waiting husbands．

1．When a man is buying clothes，he________．

A．puts price before quality

B．choose things that others think suitable for him

C．does not mind much the price he has to pay for the right things

D．buys good quality things，so long as they do not cost much

2．What does the passage tell us about the women shoppers for clothes?

A．They welcome suggestions from anyone．

B．Women seldom consider buying cheap clothes．

C．Women often buy things without thinking．

D．They listen to advice but never take it．

3．The most obvious difference between men and women shoppers is________．

A．that men do not try clothes on in a shop while women do

B．that women bargain for their clothes and men don't

C．that women do their shopping standing up but men do theirs sitting down

D．the time they take over buying clothes

    I am beginning to wonder whether my grandmother isn’t right when she complains, as she frequently does, that children nowadays aren’t as well-behaved as they used to be. Whenever she gets the opportunity, she recounts in detail how she used to be told to respect the elders and betters. She was taught to speak only when she was spoken to, and when she went out on her own, she was reminded to say 'please' and 'thank you'. Children in her day, she continues, were expected to be seen and not heard, but these days you are lucky if you ever hear parents telling their children to mind their p’s and q’s.

       If you give her the chance, she then takes out of her drawer the old photograph album which she keeps there, and which she never tires of displaying. Of course when you look at pictures of her parents, you feel sure that, with a father as stern-looking as that, you too would have been "seen and not heard". He had a lot of neatly cut hair, long side-whiskers and a big moustache. In the photographs, he is always clutching (抓住) his coat with one hand, while in the other he holds a thin walking stick. Beside him sits his wife, with their children around her: Granny and her elder brothers. It always occurs to me that perhaps those long, stiff, black clothes were so clumsy to a little girl, that she hadn’t enough breath left to be talkative, let alone mischievous (淘气的). It must have been a dull and lonely life too, for she stayed mainly at home during her childhood, while her brothers were sent away to school from an early age. Despite their long black shorts and their serious expressions in the photographs, I always suspect that their lives were considerably more enjoyable than hers. One can imagine them telling each other to shut up or mind their own business, as soon as their parents were out of sight.

       Going to see Granny on Sundays used to be a terrible experience. We would always be warned in advance to be on our best behavior, since my mother made a great effort to show how well brought up we were, in spite of our old, comfortable clothes, our incomprehensible (to Granny) slang, and our noisy games in the garden. We had to change into what Granny described as our "Sundays best" for lunch, when we would sit uncomfortably, kicking each other under the table. We were continually being ordered to sit up straight, to take our elbows off the table, to wait till everybody had been served, not to wolf down our food, nor to talk with our mouths full. At length we would be told to ask to be excused from the table and ordered to find quiet occupations for the rest of the day. We were always very bad-tempered by the evening, and would complain angrily all the way home.

       Yet though we hated the Sunday visit, we never questioned the rules of good manners themselves. I remember being greatly shocked as a child to hear one of my friends telling her father to shut up. I knew I could never have spoken like that to my father and it would never have occurred to me to do so.

       However, my childhood was much freer than Granny’s. I went to school with my brother and I played football with him and his friends. We all spoke a common language, and we got up to the same mischief. I would have died if I had had to stay indoors, wear a tight dress, and sew.

       But I do sometimes look wistfully (惆怅地) at an old sampler which hangs in the hall, which was embroidered (刺绣) by an even more distant relative—my great-great-aunt, of whom, regrettably, no photograph remains. It was done as an example of her progress in learning. The alphabet is carefully sewn in large colored childish letters from A to Z, and below it a small verse reads:

                     Mary Saunders is my name,

                     And with my needle I worked the same,

                     That by it you may plainly see

                     What care my parents have for me.

       It must have taken that little five-year-old months and months of laborious sewing, but, in a circle in a bottom corner of the sampler, there is a line: "Be Ever Happy".

50. The writer’s grandmother will complain that ______.

  A. children used to be mischievous

  B. children behave worse than they did in the past

  C. children are often reminded of what to do

  D. children are very badly behaved

51.Visiting Granny on Sundays was a terrible experience because ______.

  A. the writer was not so well raised as she was required to pretend

  B. Granny continually warned the writer to be on her best behavior

  C. Granny was always describing the writer’s "Sunday best"

  D. the writer was always blamed for not behaving well

52. From Paragraph 4, we can infer that the writer ______.

  A. seldom spoke to her father in the way her friend did

  B. was never questioned about the rules of good manners

  C. never doubted the value of the strict rules at that time

  D. was worried that her friend’s father would be shocked

53. The writer looked wistfully at the sampler, because______.

  A. it was embroidered by a relative.

  B. she wished she could sew herself.

  C. it called to mind the values of good old days.

  D. she had no photographs of Mary Saunders.

54. By sewing "Be Ever Happy" in the sampler, Mary Saunders ______. 

  A. suggested she was unhappy then

  B. indicated happiness was hard to gain

  C. expected we would find happiness in sewing

  D. hoped happiness would be everlasting