| A．Buy the shoes at $150. | B．Pay at the full price. | C．Go to another store. |
1. What will the woman do?
| A．Sell new game products. | B．Make a presentation. | C．Give away luggage carts. |
| A．Friends. | B．Strangers. | C．Colleagues. |
| A．In the company. | B．In the hotel. | C．In the lecture hall. |
1. Whom does the woman want to buy a piano for?
| A．Her daughter. | B．Her son. | C．Herself. |
| A．Quite reasonable. | B．Very high. | C．Very low. |
| A．$ 1,000. | B．$ 620. | C．$ 600. |
| A．It is in New York. | B．It will deliver the piano for free. | C．It is not well-known. |
4 . Over three million people will do their Christmas shopping entirely online this year without once visiting an actual shop, a survey has found. Overcrowding and long queues in shops are forcing people away from the high street as the disturbance of Christmas shopping becomes too much.
The number of people turning their backs on the high street is almost one million higher than it was last year, according to the survey by YouGov. Last Christmas 2.4 million shoppers did not do any of their shopping in actual shops. The figure this year is predicted to be around 3.4 million, equal to around 7 percent of the adult population.
Over a third of people said that the main turn-off about shopping on the high street is overcrowding. Meanwhile almost a quarter said that long queues at the checkout are the worst thing about it.
Of the 2,065 people surveyed, even those who are still taking to the shops plan to spend less time in them this Christmas. Around 31 percent of shoppers who plan to spend at least some time on the high street will spend less than half of their shopping time in actual shops, using the rest of the time to shop remotely via the Internet. This compares to 28 percent of people last year. Meanwhile, the proportion of people spending over half of their shopping time in high-street shops will drop from 41 percent last year to 39 percent this year. Just 2 percent of people said that they are looking forward to dealing with store staff this festival season.
Guy Boxall, senior product marketing manager at Casio Business Solutions Division, which commissioned the research from YouGov, said that despite the fall in people visiting the high street, humans are “social creatures” who actually like spending time together.
“Although the high street is facing a big challenge at Christmas, retailers should see this research as a challenge to improve the in-store shopping experience, rather than the nail in the coffin. We are social creatures, and the desire to spend time with each other, particularly at Christmas, is never going to go away,” said Mr. Boxall.
1. Based on the survey, in this year’s Christmas__________.| A．around 7% of the population will do both online and actual shopping |
| B．around 31% of shoppers will do half of their shopping in actual shops |
| C．39% of shoppers will do more than half of their shopping in actual shops |
| D．over three million shoppers will abandon shopping just as a result of long queues |
| A．Something that makes people lose heart |
| B．Something that makes people lose interest |
| C．Something that makes people lose aspiration |
| D．Something that makes people lose courage |
| A．retailers should center on the advantage of in-store shopping |
| B．retailers should reduce their in-store goods |
| C．retailers will be pessimistic about the result of this research |
| D．retailers will make more profits this Christmas than last one |
| A．Indifferent. | B．Skeptical. | C．Appreciating. | D．Objective. |
| A．Apples. | B．Oranges. | C．Strawberries. |
| A．At a store. | B．At a hotel. | C．At a laundry. |
| A．By bus. | B．By subway. | C．By train. |
8 . Almost every day we come across situations in which we have to make decisions one way or another. Choice, we are given to believe, is a right. But for a good many people in the world, in rich and poor countries, choice is a luxury, something wonderful but hard to get, not a right. And for those who think they are exercising their right to make choices, the whole system is merely an illusion, a false idea created by companies and advertisers, hoping to sell their products .
'The endless choice gives birth to anxiety in people's lives. Buying something as basic as a coffee pot is not exactly simple. Easy access to a wide range of everyday goods leads to a sense of powerlessness in many people, ending in the shopper giving up and walking away, or just buying an unsuitable item that is not really wanted. Recent studies in England have shown that many electrical goods bought in almost every family are not really needed. More difficult decision-making is then either avoided or trusted into the hands of the professionals, lifestyle instructors, or advisors.
It is not just the availability of the goods that is the problem, but the speed with which new types of products come on the market. Advances in design and production help quicken the process. Products also need to have a short lifespan so that the public can be persuaded to replace them within a short time. The typical example is computers, which are almost out-of-date once they are bought. This indeed makes selection a problem. Gone are the days when one could just walk with ease into a shop and buy one thing; no choice, no anxiety.
1. What does the author try to argue in Paragraphi?| A．The practice of choice is difficult |
| B．The right of choice is given but at a price. |
| C．Choice and right exist at the same time. |
| D．The exercise of rights is a luxury. |
| A．People are likely to find themselves overcome by business persuasion. |
| B．Shoppers may find themselves lost in the broad range of items. |
| C．Companies and advertisers are often misleading about the range of choice. |
| D．Professionals find it hard to decide on a suitable product. |
| A．products of the latest design flood the market |
| B．competitions are fierce in high-tech industry |
| C．everyday goods need to be replaced often |
| D．advanced products meet the needs of people |
| A．The opinions on people's right in different countries. |
| B．The problems about the availability of everyday goods. |
| C．The helplessness in purchasing decisions. |
| D．The variety of choices in modern society. |
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| A．Descriptions of several products. | B．An advertisement of a product. |
| C．An introduction to lost items. | D．Directions of a new item. |
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Palm Desert
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1. The desert hiking trails__________.
| A．are named after some famous people |
| B．reach the top of some high mountains. |
| C．provide visitors with free water and food. |
| D．have attracted many well-known cowboys. |
| A．92260(760)340-0574 | B．92278(760)664-7215 |
| C．92234(760)770-3918 | D．92253(760)564-4712 |
| A．the Indian Oven must be a well-known restaurant in India. |
| B．kids enjoy the hiking trails in Palm Desert at half price. |
| C．Palm Desert has been badly polluted by human activities. |
| D．staying in an RV costs less than staying in a hotel room. |
