Question

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

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

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

Many Europeans usually worry about the quality of the things       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        ．

The need of high quality means that European teleshopping companies will have to be      the American companies ．They have to be more careful about       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． another many  C． the other     D． many other

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

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

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

7.A． appearing       B． coming out    C． for sale      D． to buy

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

9.A． the same with   B． different from   C． as big as  D． larger than

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

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.D

4.B

5.C

6.C

7.C

8.B

9.B

10.B

【解析】

1.1】考查名词及语境理解。由上一句可知是欧洲开始了电话购物，因此这里填欧洲人，故选A。

2.2】考查名词及语境理解。由短文第一句可知电话购物是在电视上看到相应产品的广告，然后打电话订购，因此是打开电话并且购物。故选D。

3.3】考查代词及语境理解。else跟在不定代词或疑问词之后，不能修饰名词things；another一般不修饰复数名词；the other指两者中剩下的；other可以修饰名词，故选D。

4.4】考查介词及语境理解。句意：在德国，直到去年，电话购物每天才可能在一个电视频道上播出。表示直到，用until，故选B。

5.5】考查动词及语境理解。根据句意可知由于政府的允许，其它频道可以为电话商务开放，故选C。

6.6】考查名词及语境理解。希望帮助他们销售更多东西的是德国的商人。故选C。

7.7】考查非谓语动词及语境理解。人们担心的是电视、电话上所销售商品的质量。故选C。

8.8】考查介词短语及语境理解。句意：他们认为东西的质量是最重要的，而他们不相信他们能确信电视上商品的质量。A． in the shop在商店里；B． on TV电视上；C． they bought他们买的；D． by this way 顺便问一下。短文谈论电视、电话购物，故选B。

9.9】考查形容词及语境理解。A． the same with同……一样；B． different from与……不同；C． as big as同……一样大；D． larger than比……不大。根据上下文，由于德国人更注重商品的质量，因此德国电商也就与美国的不一样。故选B。

10.10】考查名词及语境理解。句意：他们必须注意他们所销售的东西的质量。A． the number数量； B． the quality质量；C． the places地点；D． the buyers购买者。根据语境可知选B。