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"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)
What can we find from the first paragraph?
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)
What does the underlined word "magnets" in the last paragraph mean?
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.
答案: A
C
B
C