{{B}}The difference between men and women
shoppers{{/B}}
Shopping for clothes is not the same
experience for a man as it is for woman. A man goes shopping because he needs
something. His purpose is settled and decided in advance. He knows what he
wants, and his objective is to find it and buy it; the price is a secondary
consideration. All men simply walk into a shop and ask the assistant for what
they want. If the shop has it in stock, the salesman promptly produces it, and
the business of trying it on proceeds at once. All being well, the deal can be
and often is completed in less than five minutes, with hardly and chat and to
everyone's satisfaction. For a man, slight problems many begin
when the shop does not have what he wants, or does not have exactly what he
wants. In that case the salesman, as the name implies, tries to sell the
customer something else—he offers the nearest he can to the article required. No
good salesman brings out such a substitute bluntly; he does so with skill and
polish: "I know this jacket is not the style you want, sir, but would you like
to try it for size. It happens to be the colour you mentioned. "Few men have
patience with this treatment, and the usual response is: "This is the right
colour and may be the right size, but I should be wasting my time and yours by
trying it on." Now how does a woman go about buying clothes? In
almost every respect she does so in the opposite way. Her shopping is not often
based on need. She had never fully made up her mind what she wants, and she is
only "having a look round". She is always open to persuasion; indeed she sets
great store by what the saleswoman tells her, even by what companions tell her.
She will try on any number of things. Uppermost in her mind is the thought of
finding something that everyone thinks suits her. Contrary to a lot of jokes,
most women have an excellent sense of value when they buy clothes. They are
always on the lookout for the unexpected bargain. Faced with a roomful of
dresses, a woman may easily spend an hour going from one rail to another, to and
fro, often retracing her steps, before selecting the dresses she wants to try
on. It is a laborious process, but apparently an enjoyable one. Most dress shops
provides chairs for the waiting husbands.
单选题
When a man is buying clothes he does not mind how much he has to pay for the right things.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】第一段第四句中讲到,男士购物是把价钱放在次要位置的。
单选题
Women shoppers for clothes welcome suggestions from anyone.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】第三段第五句提到,女士们非常尊重和重视推销员和同伴们的意见,并很容易被说明。
单选题
Women rarely consider buying cheap clothes.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】由第三段“They are always on the lookout... bargain.”可知女人爱买便宜货。
单选题
Women often buy things without giving the matter proper thought.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】由第三段“She will try on any number... suits her.”可知女人在买衣服时是很挑剔的。
单选题
A man usually does not buy anything when he cannot get exactly what he want.