题文
Shopping is not as simple as you may think! There are all sorts of tricks at play each time we reach out for that particular brand of product on the shelf.Colouring, for example, varies according to what the producers are trying to sell. Health foods are packaged in greens, yellows or browns because we think of these as healthy colours. Ice cream packets are often blue and expensive goods, like chocolates, are gold or silver.
When some kind of pain killer was brought out recently, researchers found that the colours turned the customers off because they made the product look weak and ineffective. Eventually, it came on the market in a dark blue and white package—blue because we think of it as safe, and white as calm.
The size of a product can attract a shopper. But quite often a bottle doesn’t contain as much as it appears to.
It is believed that the better-known companies spend, on average, 70 percent of the total cost of the product itself on packaging!
The most successful producers know that it’s not enough to have a good product. The founder of Pears soap, who for 25 years has used pretty little girls to promote (推销) their goods, came to the conclusion: “Any fool can make soap, but it takes a genius to sell it.”
小题1:Which of the following may trick a shopper into buying a product according to the text?A．The cost of its package.B．The price of the product.C．The colour of its package.D．The brand name of the product.小题2:The underlined part “the colours turned the customers off” (in Para.3) means that the colours _________.A．attracted the customers stronglyB．caused the customers to lose interestC．tricked the customers into shoppingD．had weak effects on the customers小题3:Which of the following is the key to the success in product sales?A．The way to promote goods.B．The discovery of a genius.C．The team to produce a good productD．The brand name used by successful producers.小题4:Which of the following would be the best title for this text?A．Choice of Good ProductsB．Disadvantages of ProductsC．Effect of Packaging on ShoppingD．Brand Names and Shopping Tricks 题型：未知 难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:C
解析
文章集中描述了产品的包装对产品销售的影响，包括颜色，大小，和推销手段等。
小题1:细节题：该文重点描述了产品包装的颜色对购买者的影响，这也是促使消费者购买的手段之一。选C
小题2:推理题：根据“because they made the product look weak and ineffective”这句话的说明，我们可以判断，既然产品看起来似乎是无效的，因此消费者当然没有购买的兴趣。选B
小题3:推理题：根据文章最后一段所举的一个实例可以看出：光有好的产品还不够，重要的是对产品的大力推销，这才是产品畅销的关键。选A
小题4:主旨大意题。文章集中描述了产品的包装对产品销售的影响，因此 C 选项最佳。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“Shopping is not as s.....”主要考查你对 [政治经济类阅读 ]考点的理解。政治经济类阅读
政治经济类文章的概念：
要做好这类阅读，平时就要注意了解国内外发生的政治经济大事，掌握一定背景知识，对这类文章的叙述特点及内容安排有一定了解，还要扩展这方面的词汇。阅读这类文章，要抓住文章的核心，即文章整体和各段主要在说什么，也要注意段落之间的逻辑关系。
如何备考政治经济类阅读理解题：
【题型说明】政治经济类阅读文章是高考常选材料之一。该类文章时代气息浓郁，语言鲜活，但熟字新义词、超纲词及专业词语多，长句、难句多。政治类文章大多数是同学们感性趣的内容，读起来倒有似曾相识的感觉，经济类文章读起来就像是雾里看花，文章看完，一头雾水。再加之这类文章的命题侧重于词义猜测、推理判断和文章主旨，同学们对这类题材是望而生畏。
【备考策略】建立心理优势。针对不同体裁的文章，我们要采取相应的阅读方法和技巧。政治类文章多采用记叙文形式，我们可采取“顺读法”，以便抓关键语句，领会文章主旨；而经济类文章则多采用说明文形式，我们则可以采取“逆读法”，先读试题，再从文章中查找有用信息。若遇到的确难读的材料。千万不用着急，因为你觉得难，其他人也一定是同感。在高考前，我们就要有这种心理准备，高考试卷肯定有一、两篇难以阅读的材料。不过，我们平时可以有意识地从报刊杂志上找一些较难的阅读材料来阅读，以培养自己迎难而上的心理素质。
【答题方法】
1、寻找主干：
根据英语中五种基本句型结构，把句子中的主语、谓语、宾语、表语等主要成分找出来，其他成分如定语、状语、补语等则易于理解。找到了句子主干，句子的意思至少明白了一半。
2、剔除从句：
在一个长句中可能会出现若干个从句，在理解时，如果把各个从句剔除出来单独理解，然后把大意拼凑起来，整个长句的意思就会明白六、七分。
3、辨别分句：
一个长句如果是由几个并列、转折、递进、对比关系的分句组成，句中往往有表示这些分句关系的连接词，只要能弄清楚分句和分句之间的逻辑关系，再把各层分句的意思加以连贯，整个长句的句意基本上能跃然脑中。
4、寻找关键词：
如果一个句子看完，一点句意的感觉也没有，下下策就是抓住句中的关键词，通过关键词大体弄懂这个长句的意思。
