2014年成人英语阅读理解练习及答案(四)

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1、2014年成人英语阅读理解练习及答案四　　Passage1：　　Today，supermarketsarefoundinalmosteverylargecityintheworld.Butthefirstsupermarketwasopenedonlyfiftyyearsago.ItwasopenedinNewYorkbyamannamedMichaelCullen.　　Asupermarketisdifferentfromothertypesofstoresinseveralways.Insupermarkets，

2、goodsareplacedonopenshelves.Thecustomerschoosewhattheywantandtakethemtothecheck-outcounter.Thismeansthatfeweremployeesarerequiredthaninotherstores.　　Thewayproductsaredisplayedisanotherdifferencebetweensupermarketsandmanyothertypesofstores.Forexample，insupermark

3、ets，thereisusuallyadisplayofsmallinexpensiveitemsjustinfrontofthecheck-outcounter：candies，chocolate，magazines，cheapbooksandsoon，whyaretheythere？　　Mostcustomerswhogotoasupermarketbuyfromashoppinglist.Theyknowexactlywhattheyneedtobuy.Theyshopaccordingtoaplan.Byth

4、etimeheorshereachesthecheck-outcounter，thecustomerisfeelingpleadedandrelaxedbecausethetaskofshoppingisfinished.Inthishappymood，thecustomerseesanattractivedisplayofinexpensivegoodsthatwerenotonhershoppinglist.Nowshefeelslikebuyingsomethingjustforherownpleasurean

5、denjoyment.Manycustomersbuyfromthesedisplaysofproductsnearthecheck-outcounter，andthisisexactlywhattheownerofthesupermarkethopestheywilldo.　　Anotherimportantfactinhelpingacustomerchoosewhattobuy，iswhereaproductisplacedonashelf.Aproductthatisplacedateyelevelonash

6、elfsellsmuchbetterthanonewhichisplacedonalowerorhighershelf.Aproductwhichiseasytoseesellsbest.Manufacturerspayahigherpricetohavetheirproductsplacedateyelevelontheshelves.　　Thecomfortandconvenienceofshoppingcentersisanotherfactorwhichmakesthempopularwithcustomer

7、s.Largeparkingspacesareprovided，andmanysupermarketsstayopenuntilverylateatnight.　　1.AccordingtothepassagewhichstatementisNOTtrue？　　A）      Todaysupermarketsarefoundinalmosteverybigcity.　　B）      Thefirstsupermarketwasopenedonlyhalfacenturyago.　　C）      Thefirst

8、supermarketwasopenedinNewYork.　　D）      Asupermarketisdifferentfromotherkindsofstoresintwoways　　答案：D　　解析：细节题。根据第一段内容知道A、B和C都是正确的，另外第2段的第一句中severalways和下面文章的内容也都可以知道不仅仅是两个方式。