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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 1 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 1,000-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're doing 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(粉红色的)?
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 A 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 wantler B go C fly D 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
63 A everybody B nobody C anybody D no one
64 A explanation B intention C division D description
65 A because B although C since D if
答案:
5l C 第一段第一个句子是主题旬，说的是：Eric：Brown讨厌买东西。因此"shopping"是合适的选择。
52 A 语境是这样的：当我出去买东西时，我基本上已经知道要买什么。我冲了进去，买了后……显然，填入"get 0ut"(出去)是连贯的。"move round"是"转身"，"look round"是"环顾"，"move about"是"闲荡"，不难看出，这些都不是 合适的选择。
53 B 第二段的第一个句子说的是：通常人们认为，男人讨厌买东西。第三句的起始词是"But"，它告诉我们意思将发生转折，因此"challenging"是合适的选择。"challenging"是"挑战"的意思。"defending"是"保卫"，"proving"是"证明"，"supporting"是"支持".
54 A 第三段的第一个句子引自纽约城市大学社会学教授Sharon zukin的话，大意是：……在社会阶层、种族特点、年龄上是有差异的，男人都说他们讨厌买东西。可以看出，合适的选择是".Regardless of"(不管)。"Because of"，"Owing to"，"1'hanks to"都表示"原因"，插入后意思上是不连贯的。
55 B 紧接着第三段第一个句子的后一个句子由"Yet"起始， 这个词提示我们由它引导的句子在意思上跟上～个句子构成对比。由于上一个句子说的是"男人们讨厌买东西"，那么这个句子应当说的是男人们实际上是喜欢买东西的。因此，"like"是合适的选择。
56 D 从下文的"music"(音乐)，"hardware"(硬件)判断，"coats"(外套)，caps(帽子)socks(：袜子)都不是合适的选择，因为它们都不能与"music"和"hardware"构成一个比较自然的类别，所以惟有"books"是合适的选择。另外，紧随其后的一句话中也出现了"books"这个词，这是提示。
57 D 该题问的是：男人们不把买书和占乐制品看做是购物，那么他们把它们看做是什么呢?从下面的三段提供的信息来看，"research"(研究)比"job"(活)，"movement"(走动)，"exercise"(锻炼)更合适一点。
58 D 该题问的是：男人们和女人们在称之为"买东西"和行事方式上都会怎么样? 所在的句子实际上是对前～段文章的总结。所以合适的选择是"different".similar"(相似的)，"close"(相近的)和"alike"(相同的)都不构成答案。
59 A 买东西是需要来回看的，这是常识。另外，紧随其后的句子中也用了"'wander"(漫游)这个词。
60 D 上文中出现了"perfect"(完美无缺的)。注意：文章始终在把男人与女人做比较。因此此处也应用"perfect".
61 C 注意紧随其后的动词不定式"to be won"(赢得)，能跟"'won"在语义上搭配的只能是"game"(游戏)。
62 C 这个句子要表达的是：这会使得他们快乐。"makes"是正确的。如果用"brings"，须改原文：it brings them happiness或it brings happiness to them.如用"causes"，也须改原文：it causes them to become happy."it keeps them happy"是可以说的，但它的意思是：他们原来
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