1 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A．A problem.

B．A person.

C．A purchase.

2. What happened two weeks ago?

A．The woman bought a dryer.

B．The dryer started to work poorly.

C．The company fixed the dryer.

3. How much did people pay to use the dryer perfectly at first?

A．$2.

B．$3.

C．$4.

4. What will Joe probably do if he can’t fix the dryer?

A．Check the dryer.

B．Replace the dryer.

C．Repay the money.

3 . 听下面一段对话对话，回答下面小题。
1. What advantage does cash payment have according to the man?

A．It makes people feel safer.

B．It prevents people from overspending.

C．It offers rewards like store discounts or points.

2. Why does the woman prefer a credit card?

A．It can be canceled easily.

B．It can be used in an emergency.

C．It often charges a low rate of interest.

3. Where does the conversation probably take place?

A．In a bank.

B．In a company.

C．In a supermarket.

4 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. How did the man buy his television?

A．He went to a store.

B．He bought it on the Internet.

C．He ordered it over the telephone.

2. When did the man get his television?

A．On Monday.

B．On Wednesday.

C．On Thursday.

3. What does the woman promise to do for the man?

A．Send him a remote control.

B．Change the TV set for him.

C．Help him set up the television.

5 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What items are on sale?

A．Fruit.

B．Chips.

C．Bread.

2. Where can the woman find the milk and cheese?

A．At the back of the store.

B．On the left side of the store.

C．On the right side of the store.

3. What kind of apples does the woman want?

A．Golden apples.

B．Green apples.

C．Red apples.

6 . The Best and Worst Things to Buy in March

Frozen food

Grocery store ads aren't the only places to find deals on freezer-section treats. To take advantage of the deepest discounts, combine coupons (优惠券) from sponsoring brands, such as Dole, Green Giant and Tyson Foods, with grocery store sales. Plus, look for printable savings on Coupons. com and EasyHoreMeals.com. Brands participating in National Frozen Food Month will offer more than 180, 000 coupons that make frozen food among the best things to buy in March.

Boxed chocolates

If you desire to give a gift to a friend in March, consider chocolate. Two minor holidays in March provide the perfect excuse: National Chocolate Caramel Day on March 19 and National Chocolate-Covered Raisin Day on March 24. You can discover chocolate deals online as well as in stores. Head to sites like RetailMeNot.com to find discount coupons for boxed chocolate savings of 10 percent or more.

New cars

With the latest car models filling dealers' lots, you'll have a hard time finding discounted models from the year before. Car dealerships are less motivated to offer steep discounts from March through May. Instead, plan to buy your car during the fall or winter. You should also research the auto you want at TrueCar before heading for the dealership. The site offers information on how much the previous buyers paid for the vehicles you want.

Spring clothing

When warm weather makes you want to head outdoors, resist the urge to do so wearing the latest fashions. You won't find March deals on swimsuits, Easter dresses or other spring items. To find discounts on clothes of this spring, hold off until Memorial Day weekend. You can also look for online and in-store savings at Amazon, Macy's, Saks Fifth Avenue and other retailers.

1. Which things offer discounts in March?

A．Frozen food and new cars.

B．Boxed chocolates and new cars.

C．Frozen food and boxed chocolates.

D．Boxed chocolates and spring clothing.

2. What are the vehicle buyers advised to do?

A．Register on a site in advance.

B．Get discounts from car dealers.

C．Consult some previous buyers:"

D．Make purchases at the right time.

3. Which of the flowing festivals is celebrated after March?

A．Memorial Day.

B．National Frozen Food Month.

C．National Chocolate Caramel Day.

D．National Chocolate-Covered Raisin Day.

4. Where is the passage most likely from?

A．A journal.

B．A guidebook.

C．A catalogue.

D．An advertisement.

7 . “Regardless of social class, race and age, men say they hate to shop,” says Zukin, City University of New York sociology professor. “Yet when you ask them deeper questions, it turns out that they like to shop. Men generally like to shop for books, music and hardware. But if you ask them about the shopping they do for books or music, they'll say, ‘Well, that's not shopping. That's research.’”

In other words, what men and women call “buying things” and how they approach that task are different.

Women will wander through several 1,000­square­metre stores in search of the perfect party dress. Men will wander through 100 Internet sites in search of the perfect digital camcorder. Women see shopping as a social event. Men see it as a special task or a game to be won.

“Men are frequently shopping to win,” says Ann, a marketing professor at Loyola University of Chicago. “They want to get the best deal. They want to get the best and latest one and if they do that, it makes them happy. When women shop, they're doing it in a way that they want everybody to be very happy,” says Ann. “They're kind of shopping for love.”

“Teenage girls learn to shop from their mums and elder sisters, and they also learn to shop by examining articles in magazines like Seventeen,” Zukin says. “And although men's magazines such as GQ and Esquire have long had shopping articles, it's TV that has the eye of young male shoppers,” say Ann and Zukin.

“Television shows are used by young men in the same way Seventeen or Lucky is used by girls,” says Zukin, “to help make clothing and toiletry choices.”

“Of course, there are men who love to shop and are proud of it,” Ann says. And that is important no matter whether you buy a car or a frying pan. All men love to buy but don't want to get cheated. Ann adds, “There actually are men who are interested, for example, in cooking or shopping or chinaware or things around the home-they become kind of girl magnets. Women like it.”

1. From the first paragraph we can find that                  .

A．men like to shop in fact	B．men are all dishonest
C．men hate to shop actually	D．men are all book­lovers

2. Compared to women, men usually treat shopping                .

A．honestly

B．frequently

C．seriously

D．foolishly

3. As is shown in this passage, teenage girls go shopping                 .

A．only with their sisters	B．often following magazines
C．only with their mums	D．often following TV shows

4. The underlined word “magnets” in the last paragraph means “              “.

A．vegetables that make women beautiful	B．magazines that attract young women
C．persons that have a powerful attraction	D．tools that can help housewives much

8 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

A．Co-workers.

B．Husband and wife.

C．Shopkeeper and customer.

2. What is in the woman’s basket?

A．Vegetables.

B．Chips.

C．Cookies.

3. How much does the woman pay for the items?

A．£6.

B．£10.

C．£12.

4. How will the woman probably go home?

A．On foot.

B．By bus.

C．By car.

9 . Healthy See, Healthy Do

Visit the grocery store on an empty stomach, and you will probably come home with a few things you did not plan to buy. But hunger is not the only cause of additional purchases. The location of store displays (摆放) also influences our shopping choices.    1    

The checkout area is a particular hotspot for junk food. Studies have found that the products most commonly found there are sugary and salty snacks.    2     A 2012 study in the Netherlands found that hospital workers were more likely to give up junk food for healthy snacks when the latter were more readily available on canteen shelves, for example. In 2014 Norwegian and Icelandic researchers also found that replacing unhealthy foods with healthy ones in the checkout area significantly increased last-minute sales of healthier foods.

    3     It has been working with more than 1,000 store owners to encourage them to order and promote nutritious foods. “We know that the stores are full of cues (暗示) meant to encourage consumption,” says Tamar Adjoian, a research scientist at the department, “Making healthy foods more convenient or appealing can lead to increased sales of those products.”

Adjoian and her colleagues wondered if such findings would apply to their city’s crowded urban checkout areas, so they selected three Bronx supermarkets for their own study.     4     Then they recorded purchases over six three-hour periods in each store for two weeks.

Of the more than 2,100 shoppers they observed, just 4 percent bought anything from the checkout area. Among those who did, however, customers in the healthy lines purchased nutritious foods more than twice as often as those in the standard lines.    5     The findings were reported in September in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior.

The potential influence may seem small, but Adjoian believes that changing more checkout lines would open customers’ eyes to nutritious, lower-calorie foods. Health department officials are now exploring ways to expand healthy options at checkout counters throughout New York City.

A．These foods give people more energy.

B．They bought unhealthy foods 40 percent less often.

C．And it may make or break some healthy eating habits.

D．The supermarkets began to offer nutritious, lower-calorie foods.

E．These findings caught the attention of New York City Department of Health.

F．They replaced candies and cookies with fruits and nuts near the checkout counter.

G．And a few studies have suggested that simply swapping in healthier options can change customer behavior.

10 . With the average American going through more than 700 pounds of paper per year, many firms are looking for ways to discourage their employees from over-using the office printer.

Toshiba America Business Solutions has come up with an alternative idea. It has introduced the e-STUDI04508LP, a printer that gives users the option to print with erasable toner (墨粉) — allowing a single piece of paper to be reused several times.

To reuse a piece of paper, the printer basically uses the same process as a normal printer, but in reverse (反过来), said Bill Melo, chief marketing executive for Toshiba America Business Solutions. Paper printed with the erasable toner is fed back into the printer, superheated, and the toner gets removed and put in a discard tank.

There are a couple of catches. All of the printouts using the erasable toner have to be in blue ink, which is the only color in which erasable toner is now available. And the company said that people may want to stop reusing the printouts after five times through the eraser because small traces of erased text will build up over time.

The $15,420 printer is aimed at offices and   schools, where there are often large numbers of printouts that outlive their usefulness quickly. With the erasable toner, it' s possible to load any short-lived handouts back onto the printer to be erased and then reused.

Still, convincing customers to commit to erasable toner isn't always easy. Melo said not all its customers were happy about only having the erasable option.

The model, Melo said, should better serve the needs of those who want to be environmentally conscious but also may need something more permanent on occasion.

1. What' s special about Toshiba' s printer?

A．It' s low-priced.	B．It' s fashionable.
C．It' s lightweight.	D．It' s eco-friendly.

2. What' s the key to making the printer work?

A．A discard tank.	B．Light colored ink.
C．Special writing paper.	D．A high enough temperature.

3. What does the underlined word "catches" in Paragraph 4 mean?

A．Theories.	B．Differences.
C．Problems.	D．Characteristics.

4. How did the public respond to the printer?

A．They asked for more patterns.

B．Some expressed dissatisfaction.

C．They considered it hard to operate.

D．Some worried about its recycling.