Over three million people will do their Christmas shopping entirely online this year without once visiting an actual shop, a poll (民意調(diào)查) has found. Overcrowding and long queues in shops are forcing people away from the high street as the hassle (煩擾) 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 poll 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 0ver-crow-ding. Meanwhile almost a quarter said that long queues at the cheek-out are the worst thing about it.
Of the 2.065 people pored, even those who are stir 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 has dropped from 41 percent last year to 39 percent this year. Just 2 percent of people said that they are looking forward to dealing wi.th 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 Christmas, retailers (零售商) 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.
小題1:According to the poll, in this year's Christmas       
A．a(chǎn)bout 7 % of the population will do both online and actual shopping
B．a(chǎn)bout 31% of shoppers will do half of their shopping in actual shops
C．a(chǎn)bout 39% of shoppers will do more than half of their shopping in actual shops
D．over three million shoppers will quit actual shopping just because of the long queues
小題2:What's the meaning of "turn-off" in Para.5?
A．Something that makes people lose heart
B．Something that makes people lose face
C．Something that makes people lose interest
D．Something that makes people lose courage
小題3:It can be inferred from Mr. Boxall's words that                                                                                                   
A．retailers should reduce their in-store goods.
B．retailers wiR be pessimistic about the result of this research.
C．retailers should focus on the advantage of in-store shopping.
D．retailers will make more profits this Christmas than last Christmas
小題4:Wheat's the writer's attitude towards Christmas online shopping?
A．Concerned.B．Doubtful.C．Approving.D．Objective.

小題1:C
小題2:C
小題3:C
小題4:D

試題分析：本文講述了在現(xiàn)實生活中人們越來越多進(jìn)行網(wǎng)上購物，作者在文章里分析了原因。
小題1:C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第四段5，6行Meanwhile the proportion of people spending over half of their shopping time in high street shops has dropped from 41 percent last year to 39 percent this year.說明C項正確。
小題2:C 推理題。根據(jù)本句Over a third of people said that the main turn-off about shopping on the high street is 0ver-crow-ding.超過3分之一的人說他們不愿意去實體店里購物是因為過于擁擠。故這里的turn off是指不愿意做某事；C項內(nèi)容與之相符。
小題3:C 推斷題。根據(jù)文章最后一段retailers (零售商) 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.說明零售商要多看到實體店內(nèi)銷售好的一方面，并加以發(fā)揚。故C正確。
小題4:D 推理題。作者對于人們在圣誕節(jié)購物，很多都通過網(wǎng)絡(luò)購物這一情況作出了客觀的描述，并沒有發(fā)表自己的個人觀點，故D Objective（客觀的）正確。
點評：本文講述了在現(xiàn)實生活中人們越來越多進(jìn)行網(wǎng)上購物的情況。本文主要考查推理題。在解題時要立足已知，推斷未知。立足現(xiàn)在，猜測未來。不能主觀臆想，憑空想象，隨意揣測，更不能以自己的觀點代替作者的觀點;要把握句、段之間的邏輯關(guān)系，了解語篇的結(jié)構(gòu)。要體會文章的基調(diào)，揣摸作者的態(tài)度，摸準(zhǔn)邏輯發(fā)展的方向，悟出作者的弦外之音。
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