Shopping in the United States is always a pleasant experience. There are different types of shops that operate to cater to your different needs. To buy groceries, you can go to the convenience store, the supermarket or the mass merchandiser (such as Wall Mart). To buy some clothes and big-ticket items you can go to the mall or factory outlets.
Every grocery store has promotions on different kinds of products every week. Usually you can find a store weekly newspaper with featured promotions for that particular week. I am a bargain hunter, forward buying a lot of daily products if I feel I need them in the future. Once, I saw a featured promotion on Pantene 2 in 1 shampoo plus conditioner(护发素). Although I did not need it at that time, I felt it was a great deal. So I decided to buy 2 bottles. However, I could not find any such Pantene on the shelf. I went to a sales clerk and asked if he could find any for me. He told me that the store was out of the stock and it would not have any in until the next week. The unfortunate thing was that by then the promotion would be over. However, the clerk told me that I could go the customer service counter and I would be given a rain check, which would guarantee the promotion price for me on that particular item.
A shopping mall in the States is composed of many individual specialty shops and nationwide chain stores, such as Sears and JC Penny. What impresses me most when shopping is its return policy. No matter what you buy, shoes, pants or big-ticket items such as JV and VCR, if you find some problems with them or simply do not like them any longer, you can return them within 30 days. You won’t be challenged at the customer service counter as long as you have your receipt. Of course there are some people who might take advantage of this return policy, especially when they need something for a momentary use. That’s why you can find a long line of people waiting to return their goods right after Christmas.
5. What does the word “big-ticket” (Para. 1) most probably mean?
6. It can be inferred from the second paragraph that the author（ ）.
7. According to the author, the return policy of the mall（ ）.
8. The author thinks many people return their goods after Christmas because（ ）.
问题1选项
A.A large amount of.
B.Name-brand.
C.Highly price.
D.Huge space occupied.
问题2选项
A.could buy Pantene in the following week at the promotion price
B.bought what he wanted with the help of the sales clerk
C.didn’t buy Pantene shampoo for he didn’t need it at that time
D.wouldn’t buy Pantene the next week for the promotion would be over
问题3选项
A.is as good as promotions of grocery stores
B.is impressive but not pleasing
C.benefits the customers
D.is taken advantage by poor people
问题4选项
A.there are some problems with their goods
B.they don’t like the goods any longer
C.they are challenged at the customer service counter
D.they just want to use them for a very short time
5. 词义推测题。根据原文No matter what you buy, shoes, pants or big-ticket items such as JV and VCR, if you find some problems with them or simply do not like them any longer, you can return them within 30 days.（不管你买什么，鞋子、裤子或者是像电视和录像机这样的……物品，如果你发现它们有问题，或只是不喜欢它们了，你都可以在30天内退掉它们。）big-ticket放在名词前由此可推测出它是一个形容词。前面讲的是小物件，后面指的是像电视机或者录像机价格比较贵的物品。因此C选项“价格很高的”正确，符合题意。A选项“大量的”；B选项“名牌的”；D选项“巨大占地方的”均不符题意，故选C。
6. 推理判断题。定位在第二段最后一句However, the clerk told me that I could go the customer service counter and I would be given a rain check, which would guarantee the promotion price for me on that particular item.（不过，他告诉我，我可以到顾客服务台去拿一张推迟票，这张票确保我以后会以促销价买到那东西。）由此可知作者之后还是能够以促销价买到潘婷，因此A选项“可以在下周以促销价购买潘婷”正确，符合题意。B选项“在售货员的帮助下买了他想要的东西”，根据原文However, I could not find any such Pantene on the shelf.（然而，我在架子上找不到这样的潘婷。）和He told me that the store was out of the stock and it would not have any in until the next week.（他告诉我这家商店没有存货了，要到下周才能进货）可知，作者并没有立马获得，售货员的建议是拿一张推迟票，可以在下周买。表述有误，可排除。C选项“没有买潘婷洗发水，因为他当时不需要”，根据原文Although I did not need it at that time, I felt it was a great deal. So I decided to buy 2 bottles.（虽然我当时不需要它，但我觉得它真的很值。所以我决定买两瓶。），可知作者还是决定要买，表述有误，可排除。D选项“下周不会买潘婷，因为促销活动将要结束了”，干扰项，文章中只说作者有这个打算，但最后有没有买下来并未提及，可排除。故选A。
7. 推理判断题。定位在第三段What impresses me most when shopping is its return policy.（退货政策让作者印象最深。）30天内可退货，而且You won’t be challenged at the customer service counter as long as you have your receipt.（只要你有收据，顾客服务台就不会有人为难你。）由此可推理，退货政策是能够让顾客受益的。因此C选项“使顾客受益”正确，符合题意。A选项“和杂货店的促销活动一样好”与题意无关，可排除。B选项“令人印象深刻但不讨人喜欢”，作者对保护权益的退货政策是很满意的，只是后面说到了这个政策会被人钻空子。D选项“被穷人占了便宜”，定位到原文Of course there are some people who might take advantage of this return policy, especially when they need something for a momentary use.（当然，有些人可能会利用这种退货政策，特别是当他们需要一些暂时使用的东西时。）并没有说明占便宜的一定是穷人，可排除。故选C。
8. 推理判断题。定位在第三段Of course there are some people who might take advantage of this return policy, especially when they need something for a momentary use. That’s why you can find a long line of people waiting to return their goods right after Christmas.（当然，有些人会利用这个退货政策占便宜，尤其当他们只是暂时需要某种东西的时候。这就是为什么在过完圣诞节之后，你会看到人们排着长队等着退货。）由此可知圣诞后很多人退货是因为他们只需要暂时使用，因此D选项“他们只想在很短的时间内使用它们”正确，符合题意。A选项“他们的货物有些问题”，B选项“他们不再喜欢这些商品了”，C选项“他们在客户服务柜台受到质询”，A，B，C选项均与题意不符，可排除，故选D。
