Spoilt for Choice Some research which was recently carried out in Britain has confirmed what many ordinary shoppers have sus

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问题                             Spoilt for Choice
    Some research which was recently carried out in Britain has confirmed what many ordinary shoppers have suspected for quite a long time.  Having a【C1】______selection of goods to choose from is not necessarily a【C2】______to consumers.The average supermarket in Britain has around 40,000 different products on sale at any one time and if you’re【C3】______of buying a car, then there are actually around 1,600 different【C4】______on the market.
    In one sense, choice is a good thing because it______(55) us to buy those products which best suit our needs.But choice can also【C6】______something of a problem.With over 400 brands of shampoo on the market, how does the consumer【C7】______hold of the information necessary to choose between them?
    For some people the solution is to buy only well-known brands, whilst others are happy to be【C8】______by advertising.There is evidence,【C9】______, that for some people the【C10】______of  choice   available   to   them   in   Britain’s   consumer   society   is   actually   a【C11】______of anxiety and stress.  One man interviewed by the researchers admitted that he had【C12】______out to buy his girlfriend a mobile phone for her birthday, but was so【C13】______by the number of different types on offer in the shop that he【C14】______up and decided to buy her a bundle (束) of flowers【C15】______!
【C14】

选项 A、hung
B、held
C、gave
D、kept

答案C

解析 固定搭配。give up意为“放弃”。
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