2015年真题
Spoilt for Choice
Some research which was recently carried out in Britain has confirmed what many ordinary shoppers have suspected for quite a long time. Having a__________(51) election of goods to choose from is not necessarily a__________(52) to consumers. The average supermarket in Britain has around 40,000 different products on sale at any one time and if you're__________(53) of buying a car, then there are actually around 1,600 different__________(54) on the market.
In one sense, choice is a good thing because it __________ (55) us to buy those products which best suit our needs. But choice can also __________ (56) something of a problem. With over 400 brands of shampoo on the market, how does the consumer__________ (57) hold of the information necessary to choose between them?
For some people, the solution is to buy only well-known brands, whilst others are happy to be__________(58) by advertising. There is evidence,__________(59), that for some people the__________ (60) of choice available to them in Britain's consumer society is actually a __________ (61)of anxiety and stress. One man interviewed by the researchers admitted that he had__________(62) out to buy his girlfriend a mobile phone for her birthday, but was so__________(63) by the number of different types on offer in the shop that he __________ (64) up and decided to buy her a bundle( 束 )
of flowers__________(65)!
51. A. deep
B. wide
C. long
D. tall
52. A. favor
B. profit
C. gain
D. value
53. A. considering
B. planning
C. hoping
D. thinking
54. A. styles
B. patterns
C. labels
D. models
55. A. lets
B. allows
C. makes
D. leaves
56. A. report
B. respect
C. represent
D. review
57. A. come
B. have
C. get
D. put
58. A. suggested
B. proposed
C. signaled
D. persuaded
59. A. therefore
B. moreover
C. however
D. whether
60. A. rank
B. height
C. amount
D. volume
61. A. spring
B. source
C. reason
D. motive
62. A. found
B. worked
C. turned
D. set
63. A. confused
B. complicated
C. disorganized
D. misunderstood
64. A. hung
B. held
C. gave
D. kept
65. A. too
B. instead
C. likewise
D. yet