Passage Three
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 settled and decided. He knows what he wants and he just finds it and buys it, but cares little about the price. All men simply walk into a shop and ask the assistant for what they want. If the shop has it, the salesman quickly takes it out, and the business of trying it on follows at once. If all is well, the deal (买卖) can be and is often completed in less than-five minutes, with hardly any chat and to everyone’s satisfaction.
For a man, small problems may begin when the shop does not have what he wants, or does not have exactly what he wants. In that case the salesman tries to sell the customer something else--he offers the nearest he can to the thing asked for. He would say, "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
A. treats his customers sharply
B. always has just what you want
C. does not waste his time on difficult customers
D. tries to sell something a customer does not particularly want
Passage Three
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 settled and decided. He knows what he wants and he just finds it and buys it, but cares little about the price. All men simply walk into a shop and ask the assistant for what they want. If the shop has it, the salesman quickly takes it out, and the business of trying it on follows at once. If all is well, the deal (买卖) can be and is often completed in less than-five minutes, with hardly any chat and to everyone’s satisfaction.
For a man, small problems may begin when the shop does not have what he wants, or does not have exactly what he wants. In that case the salesman tries to sell the customer something else--he offers the nearest he can to the thing asked for. He would say, "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
A. They welcome suggestions from anyone.
B. They rarely consider buying cheap clothes.
C. They often buy things without giving the matter proper thought.
D. They listen to advice but never take it.
Passage Four
Three women who secretly buried an 80-year-old woman were put into prison at Birmingham yester day. Two of them, including the dead woman’s daughter, kept on collecting her pension (退休金) after her death until their secret was made known to others two years later. The court (法庭) heard that one of the women put on "an Oscar (奥斯卡金奖)—winning performance" by pretending to be the old woman asleep in bed when a social worker called five mouths after Mrs. Townsend’s death.
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