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共用题干 Something Men Do Not Like to Do

Eric Brown hates shopping."It"s just not enjoyable to me,"said the 28-year-old
Chicago man who was carrying several shopping bags along the city"s main street,Michigan
Avenue."When I"m out_______(1),I basically know what I want to get.I rush in.I
buy it.I_______(2)."
Common wisdom says that guys hate to shop.You can ask generations of men.But
people who study shopping say that a number of social,cultural and economic factors are
now_______(3)this "men-hate-to-shop" notion.
"_________(4)social class and age,men say they hate to shop,"says Sharon
Zukin,a City University of New York sociology professor."Yet when you ask them deeper
questions,it turns out that they__________(5)to shop.Men generally like to shop for
_________(6),music and hardware（硬件）.But if you ask them about the shopping they
do for books or music,they"ll say,"Well,that"s not shopping.That"s________(7).""
In other words,what men and women call"buying things"and how they approach that
task are________(8).
Women will__________(9)through several 1,000-square-metre stores in search of
the perfect party dress.Men will wander through 100 Internet sites in search of the
________(10)digital camcorder（摄像放像机）.
Women see shopping as a social event.Men see it as a mission or a________(11)
to be won.
"Men are frequently shopping to win,"says Mary Ann McGrath,a marketing professor
at Loyola University of Chicago."They want to get the best deal.They want to get the best
one,the last one and if they do that it________(12)them happy."
When women shop,"they"re doing it in a way where they want_________(13)to be
very happy,"says McGrath."They"re kind of shopping for love."
In fact,it is in clothing where we see a male-female________(14)most clearly.
Why,complain some men,are all male clothes navy,black or brown?But would they
wear light green and pink（粉红色的）?
These days,many guys wear a sort of"uniform",says Paco Underhill,author of
"Why We Buy"."It"s been hard for them to understand what it means to be fashion-
conscious（时尚意识）in a business way. It becomes much, much easier _________
(15)you narrow your range of choices." _________(1)