I needed to buy a camera, one that was simply good at taking good snaps (快照). So I went on the net, spent 15 minutes reading product reviews on good websites, wrote down the names of three top recommendations (推薦) and headed for my nearest big camera store. There in the cupboard was one of the cameras on my list. And it was on special offer. Oh joy. I pointed at it and asked a salesgirl, “Can I have one of those?” “Do you want to try it first?" she said. It didn’t quite sound like a question. “Do I need to?” I replied. “There’s nothing wrong with it?” “No, no. But you should try it,” she said encouragingly. “Compare it with the others.”
I looked across at the others: shelves of similar cameras placed along the wall, offering different prices. With so many models to choose from, it seemed that I would have to spend hours weighing X against Y, always trying to consider Z and possibly H at the same time. But when I had finished, I would still have only the same two certainties that I had entered the store with: first, soon after I carried my new camera out of the shop, it would be worth half what I paid for it; and second, my wonderful camera would very quickly be replaced by a new model.
But something in the human soul whispers that you can beat these traps (陷阱) by making the right choice. In the end, I agreed to try the model I had chosen. The salesgirl seemed a kind girl. So I let her take out my chosen camera from the cupboard, show how it took excellent pictures of my fellow shoppers... and when she started to introduce the special features, I cut in to ask whether I needed to buy a carry-case and a memory card as well.
Why do we think that new choices still offer us anything new? Perhaps it is because they offer a chance to avoid facing the fact that our real choices in this culture are far more limited than we would like to imagine.
小題1:The salesgirl insisted that the writer should ______.
A．try the camera to see if there was anything wrong with it
B．compare the camera he had chosen with the others
C．get more information about different companies
D．trust her and stop asking questions
小題2:What does the writer mean by “it would be worth half what I paid for it”?
A．The camera was not good.
B．He should get a lower price.
C．The camera would soon fall in value.
D．The price of the camera was too high.
小題3:The writer decided to try the model he had chosen because he ______.
A．knew very little about it
B．didn’t trust the salesgirl any more
C．wanted to make sure he chose the best one
D．wanted to take pictures of his fellow shoppers
小題4: It can be inferred from the passage that in the writer’s opinion, ______.
A．salespersons are not always very kind
B．people waste too much money on cameras
C．cameras have become an important part of our daily life
D．we don’t actually need so many choices when buying a product

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:C
小題4:D

試題分析：作者去商店買一款自己從網(wǎng)上看到的相機，有一款正好打折，作者要看一看，售貨員讓他與別的產(chǎn)品比較一下，經(jīng)過再三思量，作者還是買了自己選中的那一款，他認為買東西的時候，并不需要那么多的選擇，相信自己。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。從短文中這句話“Compare it with the others.”可知女售貨員堅持讓作者把他選的與其它的比較一下，故選B。
小題2:語義猜測題。根據(jù)語境，從這句話“ first, soon after I carried my new camera out of the shop, it would be worth half what I paid for it; and second, my wonderful camera would very quickly be replaced by a new model.”中作者面臨兩個問題，一是：買新款相機，它只有我預(yù)付款的一半的價格；二：買款別的。但劃線部分意思是屬于第一種情況，相機價值很快下滑，故選C。
小題3:結(jié)構(gòu)分析題。從短文倒數(shù)第二段描述可看出，作者決定買自己選擇的那一款，因為他認為自己選擇的就是最好的，故選C。
小題4:分析歸納題。從短文最后一段可看出，作者的觀點是，當(dāng)我們買東西的時候，并不需要那么多的選擇，所以作者決定買自己選擇的那一款，故選D。
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