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Global financial big dogs are no match for China's "Da Ma", or housewives, who have crowded into gold stores across China, buying up 300 tons of gold over the past two weeks. No wonder gold prices have steadied after taking a dive.

During the May Day holiday, gold stores were crowded with mostly female customers. Most of them are middle-aged "Chinese housewives". This group of buyers has risen to fame recently. They are big spenders and are desperate to get their hands on a bargain. "I bought some gold jewellery and kept them as a gift for my son when he gets married," said a buyer from Shanghai.

The gold business is skyrocketing. "Our sales are growing by the day. Yesterday we sold more than ten million yuan of gold products," a gold store salesperson said. The gold rush in China started about two weeks ago thanks to a decline in global gold prices. Media reports suggest that Chinese housewives have spent about 100 billion yuan, or about 16 billion US dollars, purchasing 300 tons of gold since mid-April. That has helped support gold prices.

"Gold prices depressed since the middle of last month but have risen gradually. That is mainly due to the strong demand from Asian markets," said foreign trader Zhang Chen from Industrial & Commercial Bank of China. "Some people even joked that Chinese housewives have beaten Wall Street analysts." For Chinese people, with limited investment options, the only thing better than buying gold is buying gold at discount prices.

1.What does the author indicate(表明;預示)in the first sentence of the first paragraph?

A. The global big dogs can’t match with Chinese housewives.

B. Chinese housewives spend a great deal of money on gold

C. China's "Da Ma" help a lot to support the global economic crisis

D. Chinese housewives have a better consumption idea than global financial big dogs .

2.We can infer from the passage that_______________

A. China’s "Da Ma" become the largest gold buyers due to a decline in global gold prices.

B. China's "Da Ma" crowded into stores to get gold as the best gifts for sons when they get married.

C. China's "Da Ma" are bigger spenders and cleverer than global financial big dogs.

D. Chinese housewives are most willing to spend money in buying gold .

3.In the writer’s view, Chinese housewives are desperate to get their hands on a bargain because_____.

A. it is worthy to buy gold.

B .they have a strong demand

C. it is at discount prices.

D they have unlimited investment options

4.The author’s description about the passage is ______.

A. doubtful   B. subjective    C. objective    D. Negative

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文是關于中國“大媽”的黃金搶購熱潮。由于金價的回落，在中國以中年婦女為主掀起了一股搶購黃金的熱潮，在短短兩周的時間內購買了300多噸黃金，使得黃金價格驟然飆升，她們被稱為“中國大媽”。

1.推斷題：從后面的定語從句who have crowded into gold stores across China, buying up 300 tons of gold over the past two weeks以及后面文章的敘述可知中國“大媽”購買了大量黃金。句意是：全球金融大鱷都不是中國大媽的對手。選B。

2.推斷題：從文中第三段The gold rush in China started about two weeks ago thanks to a decline in global gold prices. Media reports suggest that Chinese housewives have spent about 100 billion yuan, or about 16 billion US dollars, purchasing 300 tons of gold since mid-April. That has helped support gold prices判斷可知，由于全球黃金價格的下降，中國“大媽”成了最大的黃金購買群體。故選A。

3.細節題：從文章末句For Chinese people, with limited investment options, the only thing better than buying gold is buying gold at discount prices可判斷作者認為中國“大媽”搶購黃金的原因是由于金價的下降

。故選C。

4.推斷題： doubtful懷疑的；subjective主觀的；objective客觀的；Negative消極的，負面的。從文章內容可知，作者只是通過引用中國“大媽”，近點工作人員的話來敘述這一事實，而沒有添加個人觀點，所以作者對于文章的描述是客觀的，就事論事的。故選C。

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