2015年职称英语考试综合类C级模拟试题及答案(第

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　　Something Men Do Not Like to Do

　　Eric Brown hates shopping.“It’s just not enjoyable to me，”said the28-year-old.Chicago man who was carrying several shopping bags along the city’smain street，Michigan Avenue.“When I, m out____1___，I basically know what1 want to get.I rush in.I buy it.I___2___”

　　Common wisdom says that guys hate to shop.You Can ask generationsof men.But people

　　who study shopping say that a number of social，cultural and economicfactors are now

　　___3___this“men-hate-to-shop”notion.

　　“___4___social class，ethnicity, age—men say they hate to shop，”says Sharon Zukin，

　　a City University of New York sociology professor.“Yet when you askthem deeper questions, it turns out that they___5___tO shop.Men generally liketo shop for___6___，music and

　　hardware.But if you ask them about the shopping they do for booksor music，they’11 say

　　‘Well' that’s not shopping.That’s ___7___”

　　In other words，what men and women call“buying things’’and how they approach thattask are ___8____

　　Women will___ 9___ through several 1,000-square-metre stores insearch 0f the perfect

　　party dress.Men will wander through 100 Internet sites in searchof the ___lO___digital

　　camcorder.

　　Women see shopping as a social event.Men see it as a mission ora___11___to be won.

　　“Men are frequently shopping to win，’’says Mary Ann McGrath，a marketing professor at Loyola University of Chicago.“They wantto get the best deal. They want to get the best one，The last one and ifthey do that it__12__them happy.”

　　When women shop，“they’re doing it in a way where they want__l3__ to be veryhappy,”says McGrath.“They’re kind of shopping for love.”

　　In fact, it is in clothing where we see a male-female__14__mostclearly.Why, grumble some men，are all male clothes navy，grey, black or brown? But would they wear 1ight

　　green and pink?

　　These days，many guys wear a sort of“uniform”，says Paco Underhill，author of“Why We Bye”, “It’s been hard for them to understand whatit means to be fashion.Conscious in a business way. It becomes much，much easier ifyou__15__your range of choices.”

　　词汇：

　　grumble n.抱怨，发牢骚

　　ethnicity n.种族特点

　　camcorder n.摄像放像机

　　练习：

　　1.A)playing B)fishing C)shopping D)traveling

　　2.A)get out B)stay in C)look round D)move about

　　3。A)confirming. B)challenging C)proving D)supporting

　　4.A)Regardless of B)Because of C)Owing to D)Thanks to

　　5.A)want B)like C)hate D)hope

　　6.A)coats B)pants C)socks D)books

　　7.A)relaxation B)rest C)exercise D)，research

　　8.A)similar B)inclusive C)contradictory D)different

　　9.A)wander B)go C)walk D)run

　　10.A)cheap B)fashionable C)presentable D)perfect

　　11.A)task B)play C)game D)destination

　　12.A)brings B)causes C)makes D)keeps

　　13.A)everybody B)nobody C)anybody D)no one

　　14.A)competition B)comparison C)division D)confrontation

　　15.A)broaden B)expand C)extend D)narrow

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