Question

A WOMAN walks into a small stall and eats a cheap bowl of instant noodles, paying 1,500 won. Then she moves into a Starbucks coffee shop, where she drinks a cup of mocha, paying 4,300 won.

Surprised? This is the typical behaviour of South Korean young women. They are called "denjang girls". The term "denjang girls" referred to female shoppers who would eat cheaply and then splash out to be seen drinking a cup of expensive coffee. Now it has grown to a new army of women in their 20s who look smart, rich but are actually buying luxuries they probably can't afford.

Internet users created the term when debating the popularity of Starbucks coffee among South Korean women. In South Korea, the coffee costs, on average, over a dollar more than in Japan and the US. Despite the higher price, Starbucks sales in South Korea increased from 72.1 billion won in 2004 to 91.2 billion won in 2005.

Ahn Ji-Yoon, a student at Yonsei University in Seoul, says she can spend two hours surfing the web for discounts on skin cream and dinner. Yet she would think nothing of spending US$550 on a Gucci bag. Girls like Ahn live by extremes - hunting for bargain items while spending heavily on "necessary luxuries".

 

53. The underlined part in paragraph 2 means _____________.

       A. give away                               B. use…in a carefree way

       C. make good use of                    D. use up

54. What does the term “denjang girls” refer to?

       A. It refers to female shoppers who eat cheaply.

       B. It refers to female shoppers who drink expensive coffee.

       C. It refers to female shoppers who eat cheaply and spend little in drinking a cup of cheap coffee.

       D. It refers to female shoppers who eat cheaply but spend a lot in drinking a cup of expensive coffee.

55. According to the passage , which one is correct?

       A. In South Korea, the coffee costs more than in Japan and the US.

       B. In South Korea, the coffee costs less than in Japan and the US.

       C. In Japan, the coffee costs a little more than in South Korea and the US.

       D. In the US, the coffee costs a little more than in South Korea and Japan.

56. The purpose of the writer is to _________.

       A. criticize the manners of “denjang girls”

       B. call on female shoppers to act like “denjang girls”

       C. warn “denjang girls” not to waste money on expensive coffee.

       D. introduce new female shoppers “denjang girls” in South Korea.

Answer 1

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