职称英语考试理工类完型填空练习(五)

　　Shopping forClothes
　　Shopping for clothes is not the same experience for a man asit is for a woman. A man goes shopping because he needs something. His purposeis settled and decided in __1__. He knows what he wants, and his __2__ is tofind it and buy it. All men simply walk into a shop and ask the assistant forwhat they want. If the shop has it in stock, the deal can be and often iscompleted in less than five minutes, with hardly any chat and to everyone’s__3__.
　　For a man, slight problems may begin when the shop does not havewhat he wants. In that __4__ the salesman tries to sell the customer somethingelse - he offers the nearest to the article required. Good salesman brings outsuch a substitute with __5__: "I know this jacket is not the style you want,sir, but would you like to try it for size. It __6__ to be the colour youmentioned." Few men have __7__ with this treatment, and the usual response is:"This is the right colour and may be the right size, but I should be __8__ mytime and yours by trying it on."
　　For a woman, buying clothes is alwaysdone in the __9__ way. Her shopping is not often __10__ on need. She has neverfully decided what she wants, and she is only "having a look round". She isalways open to persuasion, willing to try __11__ any number of things. Uppermostin her mind is the thought of finding something that __12__ thinks suits her.Most women have an excellent sense of value and are always on the look-out forthe unexpected __13__. Faced with a roomful of dresses, a woman nay easily spendan hour going from one rail to another __14__ selecting the dresses she wants totry on. It is a tiresome process, but apparently a(n) __15__one. Most dressshops provide chairs for the waiting husbands.
　　EXERCISE:
　　1. A) detailB) advance C) hurry D) full
　　2. A) objective B) need C) dream D) reason
　　3. A) sadness B) amusement C) surprise D) satisfaction
　　4. A) time B)event C) case D) situation
　　5. A) care B) skill C) attention D) interest
　　6. A) happens B) is C) changes D) comes
　　7. A) experience B) is C)interest D) patience
　　8. A) losing B) wasting C) spending D) giving
　　9.A) same B) similar C) opposite D) clever
　　10. A) relied B) done C) relatedD) based
　　11. A) on B) with C) by D) people
　　12. A) nobody B) someone C)surprise D) everyone
　　13. A) deal B) bargain C) surprise D) people
　　14.A) before B) after C) as D) by
　　15. A) exhausting B) boring C) enjoyable D)graceful
　　Key: BADCBADBCDADBAC
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