单选题 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 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 proceed at once. All being well, the deal can be and often is completed in less than five minutes, with hardly any chat and to everyone's satisfaction.
For a man, slight 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, 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 has 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 provide chairs for the waiting husbands.

单选题 When a man is buying clothes, ______.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】由第一段第四句话：“the price is a secondary consideration” (价格居于次要地位)，也就是说男人并不在意价格的高低。选A。
单选题 What does a man do when he cannot get exactly what he wants?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】见第二段末尾。Few men have patience with this treatment..., wasting my time and yours by trying it on。也就是说，这个男人根本不想买任何东西，耐心已经达到了极限。
单选题 In commerce a good salesman is one who ______.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】本题似乎与原文无关，但第二段中间提及salesman中谈到：in that case the salesman, as the name implies, tries to sell the customer something else。将顾客本不想要的东西推销出去，这才是优秀销售人员的真本领，选D。
单选题 What does the passage tell us about women shoppers?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】本题可参见最后一段。第五句话：she is always open to persuasion。与选项A：they welcome suggestions from anyone相同，选A。
单选题 What is the most obvious difference between men and women shoppers?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】男女逛商店购物最显著的差别何在?可以综合全文考虑。第一段最后一句：通常在五分钟内交易成交，然后再比较第三段“she will try on any number of things”，购物的效率反差相当大。所以应该选A：最显著差别在于买衣服的时间不同。