2002年高考阅读(春季卷)

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2002年高考阅读（春季卷）
AIneededtogetsomemoney,so,afterChristmas,ItookajobintheclothesdepartmentatGraham’sforthefirstfortnightoftheJanuarysale.Ican’tsaythatIenjoyedit,butitwasanexperienceI’llneverforget.Icouldneverunderstandwhythereweresomanythingsinthesales;wheredidtheyallcomefrom?NowIknowthesecret!Firstly,thereisthespecialwinterstock(货物andthestockthatpeoplebuyalltheyearround;someofthesethingsareslightlyreduced.Secondly,therearethesummerclothestheycouldn’tselllastyear;theseareheavilyreducedtoclearthem.Thirdly,therearecheapclothesboughtinspeciallyforthesales;theseareputoutathighpricestendaysbeforethesalebeginsandthenarereducedby60%inthesale.Clever!Lastly,theybuyin“seconds”(clothesnotinperfectconditionforthesaleandtheyaresoldverycheaply.WhenIarrivedhalfanhourbeforeopeningonthefirstdayofthesale,therewasalreadyaqueuearoundthreesidesofthebuilding.Thismademeverynervous.Whenthebigmomentarrivedtoopenthedoors,thesecurityguards,lookinglesscomfortablethanusual,cameuptothem,keysinhand.Themomenttheyhadunlockedthedoors,theyhidbehindthedoorsforprotectionasthenoisycrowd
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chargedin.Icouldn’tbelievemyeyes;thiswasn’tshopping,itwasabattlefield!Onepoorladycouldn’tkeepherfeetandwasknockedoverbypeoplepushingfrombehind.Clotheswereflyinginalldirectionsaspeoplesearchedforthesizes,colorsandstylestheywanted.Quarrelsbrokeout.Motherswereusingtheirsmallchildrentocrawl(爬行throughpeople’slegsandgetholdofthingstheycouldn’tgetnearthemselves.WithinminutesIhadhalfadozenpeoplepushingclothesundermynose,eachwantingtobethefirstserved.WherehadthefamousEnglishqueuegone?Thewholedaycontinuedlikethat,butIkeptmytemper!Iwastakingmoneyhandoverfistandbegantorealizewhy,twiceayear,Graham’swerehappytoturntheirexpensivestoreintoabattlefieldlikethis.Inthesalefever,peoplewerespendingmoneylikewaterwithoutthinkingwhethertheyneededwhattheywerebuying.AslongasitwasabargainitwasOK.Youwon’tbelievethisbutassoonasIgothomeIcrashedoutforfourhours.ThenIhaddinnerandwentbacktobed,fearingthesoundofthealarmwhichwouldtellmetogetreadyfortheseconddayofthesale.56.Whatkindofclothesislikelytobesold5%cheaper?A.Lastsummer’sclothes.
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2002年高考阅读(春季卷)

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