Shopping for clothes is not the same 1 for a man as it is for a woman. A man goes shopping because he needs something 2 . His purpose is settled and decided in advance. He knows 3 he wants, and his objective is to find it and get it. Almost all men simply walk into a shop and ask the assistant 4 their needs if they are not in a supermarket. If the shop has them 5 stock, the deal can be made in less than five minutes, with hardly any chat and to everyone"s satisfaction.
For a man, slight problems may 6 when the shop does not have what he wants. In that case, the salesman tries to sell the customer something else—he offers the nearest to the article required. Good salesman brings out such a substitute with skill: "I know this is not the style you want, sir; but would you like to try it for size It happens to be the color you told me." Few men have patience with this kind of treatment, and the usual response is. "This is the right color and maybe the right size, but I should be 7 my time and yours by trying it on."
For a woman, buying clothes is always done in the opposite way. She goes shopping when she wants to 8 on the streets. She is never fully aware what she wants, and she is only "window shopping". She is always open to persuasion, willing to try on a number of things. Uppermost in her mind is the thought of finding 9 that everyone thinks suits her. Most women have an excellent sense of value and 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 before selecting the dresses she wants to try on. It is a 10 process, but apparently an enjoyable one. Most dress shops provide chairs for the waiting husbands.
A. experience B. begin C. definitely
D. in E. wasting F. what
G. off H. for I. towards
J. something K. when L. wander
M. walk N. tiresome O. when