Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:
People can be addicted（上癮）to different things, for example, alcohol, drugs, certain foods, or even television. People who have such an addicition are compulsive（強(qiáng)迫的）; i.e., they have a very powerful psychological need that they feel they must satisfy. According to psychologists, many people are compulsive spenders. They feel that they must spend money. This compulsion, like most others, is impossible to explain reasonably. For compulsive spenders, charge accounts（賒購帳戶）are even more exciting than money. In other words, compulsive spenders feel that with credit, they can do anything. Their pleasure in spending enormous amounts is actually greater than the pleasure that they get from the things they buy.
There is even a special psychology of bargain hunting. To save money, of course, most people look for sales, low prices, and discounts. Compulsive bargain hunters, however, often buy things that they don't need just because they are cheap. They want to believe that they are helping their budgets, but they are really playing an exciting game. When they can buy something for less than other people, they feel that they are winning. Most people, experts claim, have two reasons for their behavior: a good reason for the things that they do and the real reason.
It is not only scientists, of course, who understand the psychology of spending habits, but also businesspeople. Stores, companies, and advertisers use psychology to increase business: They consider people's needs for love, power, or influence, their basic values, their beliefs and opinions, and so on in their advertising and sales methods.
Psychologists often use a method called "behavior therapy" to help individuals solve their personality problems. In the same way, they can help people who feel that they have problems with money.
1. According to the psychologists, a compulsive spender is one who spends large amounts of money _______.
A) and takes great pleasure from what he or she buys
B) in order to satisfy his or her basic needs in life
C) just to meet his or her strong psychological need
D) entirely with an eagerness
2.According to the writer, compulsive bargain hunters are in constant search of the lowest possible prices _______.
A) because they want to save money to help their budgets
B) because they can openly boast of their triumph over others in getting things for less
C) and will not have money problems if they can keep to their budgets
D) but they seldom admit they feel satisfied if they can get things for less than others
3.Businesspeople ________.
A) ask people to spend money for exactly the same reason that they need to buy things
B) can use the psychology of money to increase sales
C) understand the psychology of compulsive buying better than scientists do
D) do not have problems with money
4.The article is mainly about ________.
A) the psychology of money -spending habits
B) the purchasing habits of compulsive spenders
C) a special psychology of bargain hunting
D) the use of the psychology of spending habits in business
5.From the passage we may safely conclude that compulsive spenders or compulsive bargain hunters _______.
A) are really unreasonable
B) need special treatment
C) are really helpless
D) can never get any help to solve their problems with money
2011年12月大學(xué)英語四級閱讀理解練習(xí)五
來源：育路教育網(wǎng)發(fā)布時間：2011-12-08
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