Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D.  Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

For several years, Americans have enjoyed teleshopping---watching TV and buying things by phone. Now teleshopping is starting in Europe. In some __46__ countries, people can turn on their __47__ and shop for clothes, jewelry, food, toys and __48__ things.

Teleshopping is becoming popular in Sweden. __49__, the biggest Swedish company sells different kinds of things on TV in fifteen European countries, and in one year, it makes $10 million. In France, there are two teleshopping channels, and the French __50__ about $ 20 million a year in buying things through those channels.

In Germany, __51__ last year teleshopping was only possible on one channel for one hour every day. Then the government allowed more teleshopping. Other channels can __52__ for telebusiness, including the largest American teleshopping company and a 24-hour teleshopping company. German __53__ are hoping these will help them sell more things.

Some people like teleshopping because it allows them to do their shopping without __54__. With all the traffic problems in cities, going shopping is not an easy thing. But at the same time, other Europeans __55__ like this new way of buying things. They call __56__ “junk on the air.” Many Europeans usually worry about the quality of the things __57__ on TV. They think high quality is the most important thing, and they don’t believe they can be sure about the quality of the things __58__.

The need of high quality means that European teleshopping companies will have to be __59__ the American companies. They will have to be more careful about __60__ of the things they sell. They will also have to work harder to sell things that the buyers cannot touch or see by themselves.

1.                A．European       B．Asian           C．American D．African

 

2.                A．lights          B．switches        C．radios    D．TVs

 

3.                A．some else       B．a(chǎn)nother many    C．the other D．many other

 

4.                A．Such as         B．For example     C．For teleshopping    D．It is like

 

5.                A．takes          B．cost            C．spends   D．spend

 

6.                A．to             B．until           C．unless    D．by

 

7.                A．begin          B．leave           C．open D．turn on

 

8.                A．people         B．women         C．businessmen   D．officials

 

9.                A．to go out        B．going out        C．to buy things   D．buying things

 

10.               A．still            B．don’t         C．even D．won’t

 

11.               A．teleshopping    B．TV             C．radio D．telephone

 

12.               A．a(chǎn)ppearing       B．coming out      C．for sale    D．to buy

 

13.               A．in the shop      B．on TV          C．they bought    D．by this way

 

14.               A．different from   B．the same with    C．a(chǎn)s big as   D．larger than

 

15.               A．the number     B．the quality      C．the places D．the buyers

 

 

【答案】

1.A

2.D

3.D

4.B

5.D

6.B

7.C

8.C

9.B

10.B

11.A

12.C

13.B

14.A

15.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文介紹了發(fā)源于美國(guó)并流行于歐洲各國(guó)的電話購物法，說明了電話購物法的發(fā)展情況以及受大眾歡迎的原因，同時(shí)也指出了這種購物法存在的問題，并提出了解決這些問題的途徑。

1.A。上文講到電話購物法在歐洲也開始起步，本句承接上文，對(duì)歐洲的情況作進(jìn)一步介紹，因此，應(yīng)選European。

2.D。電話購物法，應(yīng)通過看電視選擇物品，然后電話訂購， 故應(yīng)選TVs。

3.D。else為副詞不用來修飾名詞作定語。the other things意為“別的所有商品”不合文意，選項(xiàng)many other things意為“別的許多商品”為正確選項(xiàng)。

4.B。such as中的as為介詞，因此該詞組用于列舉時(shí)，后面常直接接名詞或名詞性短語。而for example用于列舉時(shí)與后面例子常用逗號(hào)隔開。因此B為正確選項(xiàng)。

5.D。分析句子，不難發(fā)現(xiàn)本句使用了“spend money in dong something”這一結(jié)構(gòu)，且主語the French為第三人稱復(fù)數(shù)，故應(yīng)用spend的原形。

6.B。該句子表示“在德國(guó)，每天電話購物法僅在一個(gè)頻道播放一個(gè)小時(shí)，這種情況一直持續(xù)到去年”，表示某狀態(tài)一直持續(xù)到某個(gè)點(diǎn)時(shí)間，應(yīng)用“until + 點(diǎn)時(shí)間”。

7.C。這里open表示“開放，開張，營(yíng)業(yè)”，本句表示電影頻道對(duì)電話購物實(shí)行了開放政策，可用來進(jìn)行電話購物。

8.C。很明顯，電話購物法為商人銷售產(chǎn)品提供了一個(gè)極佳的渠道。因此本句表達(dá)了商人的愿望。

9.B。without為介詞。后面應(yīng)跟動(dòng)詞的-ing形式。根據(jù)文意，going out應(yīng)為正確選項(xiàng)。

10.B。根據(jù)本句開頭的But以及下文內(nèi)容，這里提到的是對(duì)電話購物持反對(duì)態(tài)度的人。故選don’t。

11.A。一些人不喜歡電話購物法，稱其為“垃圾”。故應(yīng)選teleshopping。

12.C。人們擔(dān)心的是電視上正在銷售的產(chǎn)品的質(zhì)量。A，B意思不對(duì)。for sale表示“待售”，為正確選項(xiàng)。

13.B。電話購物法令人們擔(dān)心的是電視上展銷的商品的質(zhì)量，而不是商店里的商品，也不是已經(jīng)買到手的商品。故選on TV。

14.A。根據(jù)上文，歐洲人的購物觀念與美國(guó)人有所不同。因此電話購物公司也得采取不同的措施。固定結(jié)構(gòu)be different form意為“不同于……”為正確答案。

15.B。根據(jù)上文，消費(fèi)者關(guān)心的是質(zhì)量。因此電話購物公司必須對(duì)質(zhì)量倍加小心。故選擇quality。

考點(diǎn)：考查日常生活類短文

點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文主要是測(cè)試學(xué)生綜合運(yùn)用語言的能力，即從語篇的角度綜合測(cè)試閱讀理解能力、詞匯的掌握和對(duì)英語習(xí)慣用語的熟悉程度、以及語法規(guī)則的靈活運(yùn)用。考生做題時(shí)必須時(shí)刻從上下文考慮，不應(yīng)該只看到所添的詞在短語或句子內(nèi)是否可行。因此，在做題時(shí)最好將全文通讀一下，了解了全文的意思以后再作答。

 

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