单选题 {{B}}Task 2{{/B}}
This task is the same as Task 1. The 5 questions or unfinished statements are numbered 41 to 45.
You have probably seen ads in newspaper or on television for mail-order companies. Perhaps a catalogue has been sent to you. Why do people buy things they have not seen in person? Some people believe that things can be bought more cheaply by mail. Another good thing about buying by mail is that it is easier and more enjoyable to sit at home and work through a catalogue than to shop around the stores. With a catalogue from a large company, you have your own shop window for almost everything you want to buy.
Buying from a catalogue is so easy. It saves the shopper time and trouble. Sometimes, it saves the shopper money, too. But people often buy more than they can really afford or need, because many things look so good to them They can probably pay a certain part of the full price-a down payment. Then they pay a certain amount of money every month until the goods is paid for in full. But by then they often find what they have bought are of no use at all.
单选题 Why do people buy things without seeing them in person?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。文章第二段第一句和第二句就指出其优点是节省人们的时间、精力和金钱，因此正确答案为B。
单选题 What does the word "They" in "They can probably pay a certain part of the full price..."refer to?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 语义题。因为代词是用来指代上文已经提到的人或物，而这个代词的上文讲的是“人们”有时抵挡不住诱惑而经常购买一些超出自己支付能力或不需要的商品，故选A。
单选题 We know from the text that______.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 归纳题。本题可以用排除法。文章主要是讲邮购购物比逛街购物所具备的优点，所以选项B明显不正确；文章通篇都没有讲到开商店所以C也不正确；文章并 没有提到邮购购物更贵，故选A。
单选题 What is the problem with mail-order?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。根据第二段第一三句可得出选项A为正解。其他两个选项都不是说邮购购物的缺点，不符合问题，而第四句明确指出这种购物方式容易使人购买他们不需要或付担不起的东西，这正是其缺点所在。
单选题 According to the text, people can get the goods first and pay______.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。根据第二段倒数第二句可知，首付之后，是按月逐步付清货款，因此正确答案是A。