【正文】 e couple39。s home if ________. A. this is a large one B. there is enough room to entertain the people invited C. the parents cannot afford to hire a hall D. there is to be no party afterwards (2) 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。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。 indeed she sets great store by what the saleswoman tells her, even by what panions 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 lookout 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. Most dress shops provide chairs for the waiting husbands. 26. When a man is buying clothes, _______. A. he buys cheap things, regardless of quality B. he chooses things that others remend C. he does not mind how much he has to pay for the right things D. he buys good quality things, so long as they are not too expensive27. What does a man do when he cannot get exactly what he wants? A. he buys similar things of the colour he wants. 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. 28. In merce a good salesman is one who _______. A. treats his customers sharply B. always has in stock just what you want C. does not waste his time on difficult customers D. sells something a customer does not particularly want29. What does the passage tell us about women shoppers? A. They wele suggestions from anyone. B. Women rarely consider buying cheap clothes. C. Women often buy things without giving the matter proper thought. D. They listen to advice but never take it. 30. 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 to shop, but men sit down. D. The time they take over buying clothes. (3) A strange castle is situated at Hauterives, south of Vienne. This semicastle was built by a humble postman named Ferdinand Cheval. He worked during his spare time and took thirtythree years to plete it. Known as “Le Palais Ideal”, the castle is situated in a highwalled garden down a side road off Hauterives39。s strange piece of architecture. The castle has two caretakers—Robert Rebatter and his wife. The grounds are open seven days a week all day long until sundown. It all began with a stumble. One day, while Cheval was on his usual postal rounds, he tripped over a stone. It had a curious shape and Cheval decided to keep it. He found more unusuallyformed stones the next day. He went on collecting oddlooking stones for many years until he had a wheelbarrow full of them. A daydreamer, Cheval had always thought of building a fairy land palace. “One that would far surpass anything ever fancied in the minds of men. ” he thought. After accumulating enough stones, he decided to go ahead with his dream castle. He used his collected treasures as the basic to give