Shopping for clothes is not the same experience for a man as it is for a woman. A man goes shopping because he needs something. His purpose is settled and decided in advance. He knows what he wants, and his objective is to find it and buy it; the price is a secondary consideration. All men simply walk into a shop and ask the assistant for what they want. If the shop has it in stock, the salesman promptly produces it, and the business of trying it on proceeds at once. All being well, the deal can be and often is completed in less than five minutes, with hardly any chat and to everyone’s satisfaction. For a man, slight problems may begin when the shop does not have what he wants, or does not have exactly what he wants. In that case the salesman, as the name implies, tries to sell the customer something else―he offers the nearest he can to the article required. No good salesman brings out such a substitute bluntly; he does so with skill and polish. “I know this jacket is not the style you want, sir, but would you like to try it for size? It happens to be the color you mentioned.” Few men have patience with this treatment, and the usual response is: “This is the right color and may be the right size, but I should be wasting my time and yours by trying it on.” Now how does a woman go about buying clothes? In almost every respect she does so in the opposite way. Her shopping is not often based on need. She has never fully made up her mind what she wants, and she is only “having a look around”. She is always open to persuasion; indeed she sets great store by what the saleswoman tells her, even by what companions tell her. She will try on any number of things. Uppermost in her mind is the thought of finding something that everyone thinks suits her. Contrary to a lot of jokes, most women have an excellent sense of value when they buy clothes. They are always on the look-out for the unexpected bargain. Faced with a roomful of dresses, a woman may easily spend an hour going from one rail to another, to and fro, often retracing her steps, before selecting the dresses she wants to try on. It is a laborious process, but apparently an enjoyable one. So most dress shops provide chairs for the waiting husbands.1 When a man is buying clothes, ____ .A he chooses things that others recommendB he buys cheap things, regardless of qualityC he buys good things, so long as they are not too expensiveD he does not mind how much he has to pay for the right things2 In commerce a good salesman is one who ____ .A sells something a customer does not particularly wantB always has in stock the thing the customer wantsC can find out quickly the goods requiredD does not waste his time on difficult customers3 What does a man do when he cannot get exactly what he wants?A He buys something that is similar enough to the ideal one.B He usually does not buy anything.C At least two of his requirements must be met before he buys.D So long as the style is right, he buys the thing.4 According to this passage, when shopping for clothes, women ____ .A often buy things without thinkingB seldom buy cheap clothesC welcome suggestions from anyoneD never take any advice5 What is the most obvious difference between men and women shoppers?A The fact that men do not try clothes on in a shop.B Women bargain for their clothes, but men do not.C Women stand up while shopping, but men sit down.D The time they take over buying clothes.