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2013年职称英语考试综合类冲刺试卷及答案(5)

2013-03-27来源:和谐英语

　　第六部分：完形填空(第51--65题，每题1分，共15分)

　　阅读下面的短文，文中有15处空白，每处空白给出了4个选项，请根据短文的内容从4个选项中选择1个最佳答案

　　Something Men Do Not Like to Do

　　Eric Brown hates shopping. " It's just not enjoyable to me," said the 28-year-old Chicago man who was carrying several shopping bags along the city' s main street, Michigan Avenue. "When I' m out __(51), I basically know what I want to get. I rush in. I buy it. I__(52)."

　　Common wisdom says that guys hate to shop. You can ask generations of men. But people who study shopping say that a number of social, cultural and economic factors are now __(53) this "men-hate-to-shop" notion.

　　"__(54)social class and age, men say they hate to shop," says Sharon Zukin, a City University of New York sociology professor. "Yet when you ask them deeper questions, it turns out that they.__(55)to shop. Men generally like to shop for __(56), music and hardware(硬件). But if you ask them about the shopping

　　they do for books or music , they'll say , " Well , that' s not shopping. That' s __(57)."

　　In other words, what men and women call "buying things" and how they approach that task are__(58).

　　Women will __(59)through several 1, O00-square-metre stores in search of the perfect party dress. Men will wander through 100 Internet sites in search of the__(60) digital camcorder (摄像放像机)."

　　Women see shopping as a social event. Men see it as a mission or a __(61)to be won. "Men are frequently shopping to win," says Mary Ann McGrath, a marketing professor at Loyola University of Chicago, "They want to get the best deal. They want to get the best one, the Last one and if they do that it __(62)them happy." When women shop, "they' redoing it in a way where they want __(63)to be very happy," says McGrath. "They' re kind of shopping for love. "

　　In fact, it is in clothing where we see a male-female __(64)most clearly. Why complain some men, are all male clothes navy, black or brown? But would they wear light green and pink(粉红色)?

　　These days, many guys wear a sort of "uniform", says Paco Underhill, author of "Why We Buy". "It's been hard for them to understand what it means to be fashion-conscious(时尚意识)in a business way. It becomes much , much easier __(65)you narrow your range of choices. "

　　51 h. playing B. fishing C. shopping D. going

　　52. A. get out B. look round C. move round D. move about

　　53. A. defending B. challenging C. proving D. supporting

　　54. A. Regardless of B. Because of C. Owing to D. Thanks to

　　55. A. want B. like C. hate D. hope

　　56. A. coats B. caps C. socks D. books

　　57. A. job B. movement C. exercise D. research

　　58. A. similar B. close C. alike D. different

　　59. A. wander B. go C. fly O. run

　　60. A. small B. big C. large D. perfect

　　61. A. task B. play C. game D. destination

　　62. A. brings B. causes C. makes D. keeps