Question

Mr. Selfridge, the Wisconsin-born retailer (零售商) who left school at 14, rose to become a partner in Marshall Field's, Chicago. Founded in 1852, it was one of the first and most ambitious US department stores. Mr. Selfridge had done well with Marshall Field's. He liked to say, “The customer is always right,” which made the Chicago store popular. And he is believed to have invented the phrase “Only so many Shopping Days until Christmas”.

When he visited London on holiday in 1906 he was surprised to find most of the city's department stores were no match for their American and Parisian competitors. This led Selfridge to leave the US and establish Selfridges. a department store named after him at the west end of London's Oxford Street. In Oxford Street, Selfridge's design team shaped an ambitious classical place building with a wall of plate glass windows.

Opened in 1909, Selfridges offered customers a hundred departments along with restaurants, a roof garden, reading and writing rooms, reception areas for foreign visitors, a first-aid room and most importantly, a small army of knowledgeable floor-walking assistants who served as guides as well as being thoroughly instructed in the art of making a sale.

Mr. Selfridge did much to make the department store a destination rather than just a big and comprehensively stocked city shop. It became a place to meet and for ladies to lunch. Mr. Selfridge later introduced the department store as a key element of the 20th Century culture, and Chaplin acknowledged the growing trend for shopping in the department store in his film The Floorwalker.

1.What can be learned about Mr. Selfridge from Paragraph 1?

A. He was well-educated.

B. He was a gifted businessman.

C. He was a modest man.

D. He was dishonest.

2.What made Selfridge build a department store in London?

A. The industrial atmosphere in London.

B. His desire to own a department store.

C. His confidence in business success.

D. Affection for London architecture.

3.What was Selfridges' most impressive characteristic?

A. The number of departments.

B. The broad choice of goods.

C. The small group of guards.

D. The well-trained sales guides.

4.What is the main purpose of the article?

A. To introduce the retailer, Selfridge.

B. To compare different department stores.

C. To encourage readers to spend more.

D. To explain how to start a department store.

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要介绍了马歇尔·费兹百货公司的合伙人——美国商人Selfridge到英国开拓市场的过程和他的销售特色。

1. 推理判断题。根据第一段Mr. Selfridge had done well with Marshall Field's. He liked to say, “The customer is always right,” which made the Chicago store popular. And he is believed to have invented the phrase “Only so many Shopping Days until Christmas”.可知，他很擅长营销，是天生的商人。故选B。

2. 推理判断题。根据第二段When he visited London on holiday in 1906 he was surprised to find most of the city's department stores were no match for their American and Parisian competitors.可知，当时英国没有一家百货店能和美国的相比，所以他在英国建立了商店。由此说明他对自己的商业模式很自信，认为能成功。故选C。

3. 推理判断题。根据第三段most importantly, a small army of knowledgeable floor-walking assistants who served as guides as well as being thoroughly instructed in the art of making a sale.可知，在他的商业模式中，最重要的是训练有素的销售助理，故选D。

4. 主旨大意题。本文主要介绍了马歇尔·费兹百货公司的合伙人——美国商人Selfridge到英国开拓市场的过程和他的销售特色。故选A。

考点：考查人物故事类短文阅读。

【名师点睛】

推理判断题的解题方法 ：

推理判断题不仅要求考生读懂文章中的每个句子的意思还要推理它们之间的关系，结合自己的生活常识和经验，再通过逻辑推理和判断，理解文章的言外之意，从而揭示文章的深层涵义。如文中第21小题根据第一段Mr. Selfridge had done well with Marshall Field's. He liked to say, “The customer is always right,” which made the Chicago store popular. And he is believed to have invented the phrase “Only so many Shopping Days until Christmas”.可知他很擅长营销，是天生的商人。故选B. 22小题根据第二段When he visited London on holiday in 1906 he was surprised to find most of the city's department stores were no match for their American and Parisian competitors.可知当时英国没有一家百货店能和美国的相比，所以他在英国建立了商店。由此说明他对自己的商业模式很自信，认为能成功。故选C.

任何一篇文章都有其特定的写作目的，读者应当知道如何去做或按照某种方式传递思考问题。

推理判断题的答案不可能在文章中直接找到，因此推理时我们务必要忠于原文，在文章中寻找并确定可推论的依据，即：已知部分－推论的前提，从中推测出未知部分－推理的结论，切忌妄加评论，把自己的观点当成作者的观点。