3．A bargain is something offered at a low and advantageous price．A more recent definition is：a bargain is a dirty trick to force money out of the pockets of silly and innocent people．
    The cost of producing a new---for example---toothpaste would make 80p the proper price for it，so we will market it at£1.20．It is not a bad toothpaste，and as people like to try new things it will sell well to start with； but the attraction of novelty soon fades，so sales will fall．When that happens we will reduce the price to£1.15．And we will turn it into a bargain by printing 5p OFF all over it．
    Sometimes it is not 5p OFF but 1p OFF．What breathtaking rudeness to advertise 1p OFF your soap or washing powder or whatever!Even the poorest old-age pensioner ought to regard this as an insult（侮辱），but he doesn't．A bargain must not be missed．People say one has to have washing powder （or whatever） and one might as well buy it a penny cheaper．
The real danger starts when unnecessary things become‘bargains'．Many people just cannot resist bargains．Provided they think they are getting a bargain they will buy clothes they will never wear or furniture they have no space for．Once I heard of a man who bought an electric saw（電鋸） as a bargain and cut off two of his fingers the next day．But he had no regrets：the saw had been truly cheap．
    Quite a few people actually believe that they make money on such bargains．A lady once told me："I've had a lucky day today．I bought a dress for£120，reduced from£400； and I bought a beautiful Persian carpet for£600，reduced from£900．"It will never occur to her that she has actually wasted£720．She feels as though she had made£580．She also feels，I am sure，that if she had more time for shopping，she could make a living out of it．
    Some people buy in large quantities because it is cheaper．Once a couple bought enough sugar for their lifetime and the lifetime of their children and grandchildren．They thought it a bargain not to be missed．When the sugar arrived they didn't know where to store it-until they realized that their toilet was a very spacious one．So that was where they piled up their sugar．Not only did their guests feel rather strange whenever they were offered sugar to put into their coffee，but the toilet became extremely sticky．
    To offer bargains is a commercial trick to make the poor poorer．When greedy fools fall for this trick，it serves them right．
28．What does the underlined word"novelty"in Paragraph 2 probably mean？D
A．Good quality．
B．Low price．
C．Curiosity．
D．Newness．
29．Which word best describes the language style of the passage？C
A．Polite．
B．Foolish．
C．Humorous．
D．Serious．
30．How does the author feel about 1p OFF a product？B
A．It's a gift for poor people．
B．It's an insult to shoppers．
C．It's a bargain worth trying．
D．It's a real reduction in price．
31．Which statement will the author probably agree with？D
A．Bargains are things people don't really need．
B．Bargains are often real cheap products．
C．Bargains help people make a living．
D．Bargains play tricks on people．

分析 這是一篇議論文閱讀，講述人們購物時盲目追求折扣卻有可能造成不理性消費的現(xiàn)象．

解答 DCBD
28．D 詞義猜測題．根據(jù)文章第二段的句子"as people like to try new things it will sell well to start with"（人們喜歡嘗試新的東西，它一開始賣得很好），接下來說："but the attraction of novelty soon fades"（新奇的吸引力很快就消失了），可知"novelty"是"newness"的意思．故選D．
29．C 細節(jié)題．根據(jù)通過全文給出的幾個例子，如第四段買鋸結(jié)果把自己鋸了，倒數(shù)第 二段的買糖結(jié)果放衛(wèi)生間了等都能看出這是一種幽默的筆法，故選C．
30．B 細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章第三段的句子"Even the poorest old-age pensioner ought to regard this as an insult （侮辱），but he doesn't．"可知作者認為一折的產(chǎn)品對消費者是一種冒犯．故選B．
31．D 推理判斷題．根據(jù)文章最后一段的句子"To offer bargains is a commercial（商業(yè)的）trick to make the poor poorer．"可知作者認為廉價商品是在愚弄人們．故選D．

點評 本文是政治經(jīng)濟類閱讀理解．做這類題材閱讀理解時要求考生對文章通讀一遍，做題時結(jié)合原文和題目有針對性的找出相關(guān)語句進行仔細分析，結(jié)合選項選出正確答案．推理判斷題也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理的分析才能得出正確答案，切忌胡亂猜測，一定要做到有理有據(jù)．

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