Question

    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________and decided in advance. He knows what he wants, and his________is to find it and buy it; the price is a secondary consideration. All men________walk into a shop and ask the assistant for what they want. If the shop has it________, the deal can be done and________is completed in less than five minutes, with hardly any chat and to everyone's________.

For a man, slight problems may begin when the shop doesn't have what he wants.________, the salesman tries to sell the customer something else-he________the nearest he can to the article required. A good salesman brings out such a substitute（替代品）________; he may say, “I know this jacket is not the style you want, sir, but would you like to try it for size？It________to be the color you mentioned. "Few men have________with this treatment, and the usual response is: "This is the right color and may be the right size, but I should be________my time and yours by trying it on.”

For a woman, buying clothes is always done in the________way. Her shopping is not often________on need. She has never fully decided what she wants, and she is only “having a look round”. She is always________to persuasion, willing to try on any number of things. Deep in her mind is the thought of finding something that________thinks suits her. Most women have an excellent sense of value and are always on the lookout for the unexpected________. Faced with a roomful of dresses, a woman may easily spend an hour going from one rail to another________selecting the dresses she wants to try on. It is a tiresome process, but apparently a（n）________one. Most dress shops provide chains for the waiting________.

1.A.shown B.settled C.served D.achieved

2.A.advice B.attempt C.objective D.question

3.A.quickly B.immediately C.hurriedly D.simply

4.A.on exhibition B.in stock C.on demand D.under control

5.A.often B.constantly C.seldom D.yet

6.A.advantage B.embarrassment C.satisfaction D.surprise

7.A.In return B.In reality C.In that way D.In that case

8.A.gives B.offers C.shares D.delivers

9.A.attentively B.skillfully C.hesitantly D.hopefully

10.A.happens B.occurs C.comes D.takes

11.A.patience B.luck C.expectation D.experience

12.A.losing B.spending. C.giving D.wasting

13.A.same B.clever C.opposite· D.similar

14.A.keen B.based C.independent D.impressed

15.A.open B.addicted C.close D.devoted

16.A.nobody B.somebody C.everybody D.anybody

17.A.deal B.match C.profit D.bargain

18.A.after B.as C.before D.by

19.A.graceful B.tiring C.boring D.enjoyable

20.A.husbands B.assistants C.wives D.staff

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.A

6.C

7.D

8.B

9.B

10.A

11.A

12.D

13.C

14.B

15.A

16.C

17.D

18.C

19.D

20.A

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文。文章主要分析了男士与女士在购物时候的一些不同之处。

1.考查动词词义辨析。句意：他的目的是预先确定的。A. shown展示；B. settled解决；安排；C. served 服务；D. achieved获得。根据“and decided in advance.”可知，男人购物之前目的已经确定好。故选B。

2.考查名词词义辨析。句意：他的目标就是找到并购买它。A. advice建议；B. attempt尝试；C. objective目标；D. question问题。根据前句“He knows what he wants,”可知，男人购物目标明确，知道自己要买什么。故选C。

3.考查副词词义辨析。句意：所有的男人只是走进一家商店，问店员他们所想要的。A. quickly迅速地；B. immediately立刻；C. hurriedly匆忙地；D. simply简单地；仅仅；只是。男人购物只是进店直接问售货员他们所需要的商品。故选D。

4.考查介词短语词义辨析。句意：如果商店有货，交易可以完成。A. on exhibition展出；B. in stock存货；C. on demand一经请求；D. under control处于控制之下。男人购物，如果商店有货，交易可以完成。故选B。

5.考查副词词义辨析。句意：而且通常不到五分钟就能完成。A. often常常；B. constantly 不断地；C. seldom很少；D. yet然而。这里指男人经常五分钟不到就能完成购物。故选A。

6.考查名词词义辨析。句意：通常不到五分钟就能完成，几乎不需要聊天，而且大家都很满意。A. advantage优势；B. embarrassment尴尬；C. satisfaction满意；D. surprise惊讶。交易完成，男人和售货员都很满意。故选C。

7.考查介词短语词义辨析。句意：假使那样的话，销售人员试着向顾客推销别的东西。A. In return作为回报；B. In reality事实上；C. In that way用那样的方法；D. In that case假使那样。这里指如果没有男人所要的商品的话。故选D。

8.考查动词词义辨析。句意：他尽可能提供最接近所要求的物品。A. gives给予；B. offers提供；C. shares分享；D. delivers递送。根据后句“A good salesman brings out such a substitute（替代品）____9____;”可知，售货员会提供最接近顾客要求的物品。故选B。

9.考查副词词义辨析。句意：一个好的收货员能巧妙地推销这样的替代品。A. attentively留意地；B. skillfully巧妙地；C. hesitantly巧妙地；D. hopefully有希望地。根据后句“he may say, “I know this jacket is not the style you want, sir, but would you like to try it for size？”从售货员所说的话可知，售货员会巧妙的推销替代品。故选B。

10.考查动词词义辨析。句意：它碰巧正好是你提到的颜色。A. happens碰巧；B. occurs发生；C. comes来；D. takes花费。售货员会巧妙地对顾客说：“这碰巧正好是你提到的颜色”。happen to do sth“碰巧做某事”。故选A。

11.考查名词词义辨析。句意：很少男人对这种处理方式有耐心。A. patience耐心；B. luck幸运；C. expectation期望；D. experience经验。根据后句“This is the right color and may be the right size, but I should be____12____my time and yours by trying it on.”可知，男人对此处理方式很少有耐心的。故选A。

12.考查动词词义辨析。句意：这是在浪费我和你的时间。A. losing失去；B. spending花费；C. giving给予；D. wasting浪费。男人对售货员的处理方式不满，所以说这是浪费彼此的时间。故选D。

13.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：对女人来说，买衣服的方式总是相反的。A. same相同的；B. clever聪明的；C. opposite·相反的；D. similar相似的。由下文的描述可知，与男人的购物方式相比较，女人购物的方式是相反的。故选C。

14.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：她买东西通常不是根据需要。A. keen热心的；B. based基础的；C. independent独立的；D. impressed印象深刻的。根据后句“She has never fully decided what she wants”可知，女人买东西不是根据需要，be based on“以......为基础”。故选B。

15.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：她总是愿意接受劝说，愿意尝试任何事情。A. open公开的；B. addicted沉溺于的；C. close关着的；D. devoted全心全意的。由“ willing to try on any number of things”可知，女人购物容易接受别人的劝说。短语be open to易受……的。故选A。

16.考查代词词义辨析。句意：在她的内心深处有一种想法，那就是找到每个人都认为这是适合她的东西。A. nobody没有人；B. somebody某人；C. everybody每个人；D. anybody任何人。女人希望买到的东西，是每个人都说这是非常适合她的东西。故选C。

17.考查名词词义辨析。句意：大多数女人都有很强的价值感，总是在寻找意想不到的便宜货。A. deal交易；B. match 比赛；C. profit利润；D. bargain便宜货。根据“Most women have an excellent sense of value”可知，大多数女人都有很强的价值感，所以她们总是想找意想不到的便宜货。故选D。

18.考查介词词义辨析。句意：面对满屋子的衣服，在挑选她想试穿的衣服之前，女人很容易就会花上一个小时从一栏杆（衣服）选到另一栏杆（衣服）。A. after之后；B. as作为；C. before之前；D. by依靠。女人在挑选她想试穿的衣服之前，会花大量的时间挑选。故选C。

19.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这是一个令人厌倦的过程，但显然也是一个令人愉快的过程。A. graceful优雅的；B. tiring 令人疲倦的；C. boring令人厌烦的；D. enjoyable愉快的。根据转折but可知，对女人来说，这也是一个令人愉快的过程。故选D。

20.考查名词词义辨析。句意：大多数服装店都为等待的丈夫提供椅子。A. husbands丈夫；B. assistants助手；C. wives妻子；D. staff员工。男人不愿意购物，所以服装店提供椅子肯定是为了那些等待妻子的丈夫而准备的。故选A。