Question

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

Teleshopping is becoming popular in Sweden. ____, 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 ____ about $ 20 million a year in buying things through those channels. 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.

Some people like teleshopping because it allows them to do their shopping without ____.

With all the traffic problems in cities, going shopping is not an easy thing. But at the same time, other Europeans ____ like this new way of buying things. They call ___ “junk on the air.”

Many Europeans usually worry about the quality（质量） 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 will 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. 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. wont

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

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

15.A. the number B. the qualityC. the places D. the buyers

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.D

3.D

4.B

5.D

6.D

7.C

8.C

9.B

10.B

11.A

12.C

13.B

14.B

15.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了电视电话购物在世界各国的流行情况。在美国，瑞典和法国，电视电话购物很受欢迎。在德国也在逐渐流行起来。电视购物使人们不用出门就能买到所需物品，但很多欧洲人也担心电视上商品的质量。为此，欧洲公司应更注重产品质量。

1.考查形容词及语境的理解。A. European欧洲人（的）；B. Asian 亚洲人(的)；C. American 美国人(的); D. African非洲人(的). 句意：在一些欧洲国家人们可以打开电视购买衣服，珠宝，食物，玩具和其他物品。根据上一句Now teleshopping is starting in Europe. 可知本句应该讲述欧洲的一些国家的人们购物的情况。故选A。

2.。A. lights 灯光；B. switches开关；C. radios收音机；D. TVs电视。句意：在一些欧洲国家人们可以打开电视购买衣服，珠宝，食物，玩具和其他物品。根据文章第一句可知，要讲述的是电视购物，故选 D。

3.。 A. some else 不正确，因为else不能用于名词之前， B. another many 其他许多；C. the other二者中的另一个；D. many other 许多其他的。句意：在一些欧洲国家人们可以打开电视购买衣服，珠宝，食物，玩具和其他物品。因为上面举了很多例子，所以这里要表示的应该是还有许多其他东西，故选D。

4.。A. Such as例如，（列举同类事物中的某几个）；B. For example 例如（对举例进行详细说明）；C. For teleshopping对于电话购物；D. It is like像。句意：例如最大的瑞典公司在电视上向15个欧洲国家销售各种各样的产品。根据上一句 Teleshopping is becoming popular in Sweden.可知这里是在举例说明瑞典电话购物的流行，故选B。

5.。四个选项都可以表示花费，但A. 句型为It takes sb. some time to do sth. ； B. cost 主语是物；C，D. 用spend on sth./ in doing sth.。句意： 在法国有两大电话购物频道，法国人每年通过这些频道买东西花费大约2千万。 the French 指全体法国人是复数意义，故后面动词用原形，选D。

6.。 A. to 到，向；B. Until直到……；C. unless 除非；D. by 在……之前。句意：在德国，在去年之前电话购物每天只可能在一个频道上播放一小时。根据下一句Then the government allowed more teleshopping. 可知以前是不允许太多电话购物的，故选D。

7.。A. begin 开始；B. leave离开； C. open打开；D. turn on打开（开关，煤气等）。句意：其他频道可以向电话商务开放，包括最大的美国电话购物公司和一个24小时电话购物公司。根据句意可知选C。

8.。A. people 人们；B. women 女人；C. businessmen商人；D. officials官员。 句意：德国商人希望这将能帮助他们卖掉更多的东西。希望卖东西的肯定是商人，故选C。

9.。 A. to go out 出去；B. going out 出去；C. to buy things买东西；D. buying things买东西。句意：一些人喜欢电视购物，因为这允许他们不用出去就能购物。without后面接名词，代词或动名词。故选 。B

10.。A. still 仍然；B. Don’t 不……，别……；C. even甚至；D. wont将不…… 。句意：但同时，其他欧洲人不喜欢这种新的购物方式。根据下一句“他们称之为空中垃圾”，可知其他欧洲人不喜欢这种购物方式，故选B。

11.。A. teleshopping电话购物；B. TV电视；C. radio收音机；D. telephone 电话。句意：他们称电视购物为“空中垃圾”。因为文章一直在谈论电话购物，故选A。

12.。A. appearing 出现；B. coming out 出版，发行；C. for sale 为销售；D. to buy 买。句意：很多欧洲人常常担心在电视上所购物品的质量。根据句意可知选C。

13.。A. in the shop在商店里；B. on TV 在电视上；C. they bought 他们购买；D. by this way通过这种方式。句意：他们认为高质量是最重要的，而且他们不相信他们能确定电视上面东西的质量。根据上下文可知本句是说电视上的物品，故选 。B

14.。A. the same with和……一样；B. different from 和……不同；C. as big as 和……一样大；D. larger than比……更大。句意：高质量的需求意味着欧洲的电视购物公司将必须和美国公司不同。根据第一段可知美国的电视购物已经很流行了，而本段说欧洲人不太相信电视购物，可见这两个国家的情况不同，因此电视购物公司也必须有差别，故选B。

15.。 A. the number 数量；B. the quality质量；C. the places 地方； D. the buyers购买者。句意：他们将不得不更加注意所卖东西的质量。根据上文可知欧洲人关心消费品的质量，因此公司应更注重质量，故选B。

考点：生活类短文。