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Passage 20
Have you ever bought something and then changed your mind? For Alison Jenson, 15, this used to happen several times a week. Alison was a shopaholic. She just couldn't stop shopping and she loved special offers.
Alison's bedroom is full of stuff. "I've been to every shop in Birmingham, I think," says Alison. She picks up some earrings. The labels are still on them. "These were half price," she says. "I've never worn them." Alison's problem wasn't just jewellery. She also bought a lot of clothes, though not many shoes, because they were usually too expensive. She has also bought lots of other small things—like 20 new covers for her phone. She hasn't used any of them.
According to experts, we all feel excited after we buy something new. For shopaholics, it's a little different. Soon after they buy something, they think they've made a mistake and start to feel unhappy. So they buy themselves something else to feel happier.
Psychologists(心理学家) first described the problems of shopaholics in 1915. However, there was very little research on the subject until recently. Now, doctors think thousands of people suffer from the problem, and the situation is getting worse. There are also more teenage shopaholics now, although most young people don't have enough money to go shopping very regularly.
Alison knew she had a problem. "I often bought something every day. Usually, it was something small, but I just needed to buy it," she says. "I spent money that I got for my birthday, and when I was short of cash, I borrowed money from friends or my parents. When I couldn't go shopping, I felt anxious. Then one day, my parents just looked at all the stuff in my room and said,‘This is crazy!’ I knew they were right. I needed some big changes in my life."
Alison now gets help with her problem and feels she has changed. She no longer thinks she's a shopaholic. "When I want to buy something in a shop, I ask myself two questions," she says. "Do I need it? Can I afford it? The answer to both questions is usually 'no', so I walk away. It's great!"
(
A. Shopaholics feel sad when they are shopping.
B. Shopaholics soon feel unhappy after they have bought something.
C. Shopaholics feel more excited than other people when they shop.
D. Shopping is the only way shopaholics can feel happy.
(
A. Glad.
B. Worried.
C. Embarrassed.
D. Moved.
(
A. Shop till you drop
B. Shopping makes me happy
C. You'd better shop less
D. I can stop shopping now
Have you ever bought something and then changed your mind? For Alison Jenson, 15, this used to happen several times a week. Alison was a shopaholic. She just couldn't stop shopping and she loved special offers.
Alison's bedroom is full of stuff. "I've been to every shop in Birmingham, I think," says Alison. She picks up some earrings. The labels are still on them. "These were half price," she says. "I've never worn them." Alison's problem wasn't just jewellery. She also bought a lot of clothes, though not many shoes, because they were usually too expensive. She has also bought lots of other small things—like 20 new covers for her phone. She hasn't used any of them.
According to experts, we all feel excited after we buy something new. For shopaholics, it's a little different. Soon after they buy something, they think they've made a mistake and start to feel unhappy. So they buy themselves something else to feel happier.
Psychologists(心理学家) first described the problems of shopaholics in 1915. However, there was very little research on the subject until recently. Now, doctors think thousands of people suffer from the problem, and the situation is getting worse. There are also more teenage shopaholics now, although most young people don't have enough money to go shopping very regularly.
Alison knew she had a problem. "I often bought something every day. Usually, it was something small, but I just needed to buy it," she says. "I spent money that I got for my birthday, and when I was short of cash, I borrowed money from friends or my parents. When I couldn't go shopping, I felt anxious. Then one day, my parents just looked at all the stuff in my room and said,‘This is crazy!’ I knew they were right. I needed some big changes in my life."
Alison now gets help with her problem and feels she has changed. She no longer thinks she's a shopaholic. "When I want to buy something in a shop, I ask myself two questions," she says. "Do I need it? Can I afford it? The answer to both questions is usually 'no', so I walk away. It's great!"
(
B
) 1.What do experts say about shopaholics?A. Shopaholics feel sad when they are shopping.
B. Shopaholics soon feel unhappy after they have bought something.
C. Shopaholics feel more excited than other people when they shop.
D. Shopping is the only way shopaholics can feel happy.
(
A
) 2.Which word can best describe Alison's feeling at the end of the passage?A. Glad.
B. Worried.
C. Embarrassed.
D. Moved.
(
D
) 3.The best title for the passage might be "D
".A. Shop till you drop
B. Shopping makes me happy
C. You'd better shop less
D. I can stop shopping now
答案
1.B 2.A 3.D
解析
【分析】
做这篇阅读理解时，我们可以按照先读题干、带着目标回文定位的思路解题：首先针对第1题，锁定题干关键词"experts"和"shopaholics"，回到原文对应专家观点的段落比对选项排除错误项；第2题定位到文章末尾Alison的表述，直接抓取她的情绪描述判断选项；第3题需要通读全文梳理叙事主线，排除片面、偏离核心的干扰项，选出最贴合全文主旨的标题。
【解析】
1. 第1题：定位到原文第三段专家的描述，原文明确说明"Soon after they buy something, they think they've made a mistake and start to feel unhappy"，和B选项表述完全吻合。A选项错误，购物狂并非购物时感到难过，是消费结束后很快产生负面情绪；C选项错误，原文只提到普通人买完新商品会兴奋，购物狂的状态和普通人不同，没有说明他们购物时比常人更兴奋；D选项表述过于绝对，原文只是说购物狂会通过买新东西缓解不快，并没有说购物是他们获得快乐的唯一方式，因此选B。
2. 第2题：文章最后一段提到Alison已经改掉了购物成瘾的问题，她最后直接说出"It's great!"，能看出她此时的感受是轻松愉悦的，对应A选项Glad（开心的）。B担忧、C尴尬、D感动都不符合她摆脱购物瘾后的状态，因此选A。
3. 第3题：全文以Alison的经历为主线，讲述她从无法控制购物的购物狂，到学会理性消费、成功改掉成瘾问题的过程。A选项"逛到停不下来"只对应她过去的状态，不能覆盖全文；B选项"购物让我开心"是她过去的错误认知，不是文章主旨；C选项"你最好少购物"是泛泛的劝告，完全偏离了本文以Alison个人经历为核心的叙事线；只有D选项"我现在可以停止购物了"精准贴合她成功摆脱购物瘾的核心故事，因此选D。
【答案】
1.B 2.A 3.D
【知识点】
细节信息定位
主旨大意归纳
文本情感推断
【点评】
本篇是贴近青少年生活的叙事类阅读理解，题目设置梯度合理，前两道细节题可以直接从原文找到对应依据，难度较低，第三题的标题选择需要学生跳出局部内容、整体把握全文叙事主线，避免误选以偏概全的干扰项，能有效锻炼学生的信息检索和整体文本理解能力。
【难度系数】
0.7
做这篇阅读理解时，我们可以按照先读题干、带着目标回文定位的思路解题：首先针对第1题，锁定题干关键词"experts"和"shopaholics"，回到原文对应专家观点的段落比对选项排除错误项；第2题定位到文章末尾Alison的表述，直接抓取她的情绪描述判断选项；第3题需要通读全文梳理叙事主线，排除片面、偏离核心的干扰项，选出最贴合全文主旨的标题。
【解析】
1. 第1题：定位到原文第三段专家的描述，原文明确说明"Soon after they buy something, they think they've made a mistake and start to feel unhappy"，和B选项表述完全吻合。A选项错误，购物狂并非购物时感到难过，是消费结束后很快产生负面情绪；C选项错误，原文只提到普通人买完新商品会兴奋，购物狂的状态和普通人不同，没有说明他们购物时比常人更兴奋；D选项表述过于绝对，原文只是说购物狂会通过买新东西缓解不快，并没有说购物是他们获得快乐的唯一方式，因此选B。
2. 第2题：文章最后一段提到Alison已经改掉了购物成瘾的问题，她最后直接说出"It's great!"，能看出她此时的感受是轻松愉悦的，对应A选项Glad（开心的）。B担忧、C尴尬、D感动都不符合她摆脱购物瘾后的状态，因此选A。
3. 第3题：全文以Alison的经历为主线，讲述她从无法控制购物的购物狂，到学会理性消费、成功改掉成瘾问题的过程。A选项"逛到停不下来"只对应她过去的状态，不能覆盖全文；B选项"购物让我开心"是她过去的错误认知，不是文章主旨；C选项"你最好少购物"是泛泛的劝告，完全偏离了本文以Alison个人经历为核心的叙事线；只有D选项"我现在可以停止购物了"精准贴合她成功摆脱购物瘾的核心故事，因此选D。
【答案】
1.B 2.A 3.D
【知识点】
细节信息定位
主旨大意归纳
文本情感推断
【点评】
本篇是贴近青少年生活的叙事类阅读理解，题目设置梯度合理，前两道细节题可以直接从原文找到对应依据，难度较低，第三题的标题选择需要学生跳出局部内容、整体把握全文叙事主线，避免误选以偏概全的干扰项，能有效锻炼学生的信息检索和整体文本理解能力。
【难度系数】
0.7
