Doyoulikeshopping?Ordoesthethoughtofwanderingaroundtheshopsfillyouwithterror?Forsomeofusshoppingisanenjoyablewayofspendingoursparetimeandourmoney.Formeit’ssomethingIwouldratheravoid.Thankgoodnessfor

　　Doyoulikeshopping?Ordoesthethoughtofwanderingaroundtheshopsfillyouwithterror?Forsomeofusshoppingisanenjoyablewayofspendingoursparetimeandourmoney.Formeit’ssomethingIwouldratheravoid.ThankgoodnessfortheInternet!It’smoreconvenienttobuyCDselectricalitemsevenfoodfromthecomfortofyoursofa.Butthat’snottheonlyreason:priceisan

　　importantfactor.Wecanbuygoodsandservicescheaperonline.Butsometimestheproblemis

　　knowingwhattobuy.Thishasledtoatypeofshoppingcalled“showrooming”.

　　ShowroomingissomethingI’vedone.Iwillgotoashoptoseetouchandtryoutproductsbutthengohomeandbuythemonlineataknock-downprice.I’mnotaloneindoingthis.ResearchbyacompanycalledFoolprooffound24%ofpeopleshowroomedwhileChristmasshoppingin2013.

　　AmyCashmanheadofTechnologyatTNSUKsaysthereasonsforthisnewshoppinghabit

　　arethat“peoplearelackingtimelackingmoneyandtheywantsecurityabouttheproductstheyarebuying”.SheexplainsthatconsumersarenotonlyshoppingonlineathomebuttheyareusingtheInternetinstoreorontheirsmartphonestoshoparound.

　　Butdoesthismeantechnologywillkillshops?Certainlyshopswillchange.Theywillhaveto

　　offermorecompetitivepricesorencouragepeopletobuymorebygivingin-storediscountsorfreegifts.

　　Wemustn’tforgetthatbuyinginashopmeansyoucangetexpertadvicefromthesales

　　assistantandyoucangetgoodaftercare.It’sgoodtospeaktoarealhumanratherthanlookata

　　facelesscomputerscreenbutatleastbyshowroomingyougetthebestofbothworlds!

　　1.ThetwoquestionsinParagraph1areraisedto________________.

　　A.introducethetopic B.givetwoexamples

　　C.comparedifferentopinions D.getanswersfromreaders

　　2.AccordingtoAmyCashmanwhichisnotthereasonforshowrooming?

　　A.Thelackoftime.

　　B.Thecomfortofthesofa.

　　C.Theshortnessofmoney.

　　D.Thesecurityoftheproduct.

　　3.Theauthor’sattitudetowardsshowroomingis__________________.

　　A.critical B.neutral C.casual D.supportive