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The days when the only fender a businessman needed to stave off a midlife crisis was on the end of a Ferrari are gone. This year
The days when the only fender a businessman needed to stave off a midlife crisis was on the end of a Ferrari are gone. This year
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2011-05-29
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The days when the only fender a businessman needed to stave off a midlife crisis was on the end of a Ferrari are gone. This year he needs to dig deep and purchase the Fender Jazz Bass he dreamed of as an acne-ridden youth. Guitars have seen a massive resurgence in the past few years, propping up the music retail industry and overtaking the keyboard. Sales of electric guitars have jumped 30 per cent in two years, bass guitars 11 per cent in the past 12 months. Barry Moorhouse, whose bass and acoustic centre, House of Guitars, has long been a Mecca for rock stars, recognized the trend and relocated his business to Bmne Street on the edge of the city. The wisdom of the move was evident at the new shop’s opening when insurance brokers and IT consultants appeared at his door like disciples drawn to a shrine. Silently they stood eyeing the gleaming rainbow of guitars-angular or curvaceous, simple or ostentatious.
Charlie Pearch, 46, a customer, explained: "I’m having a midlife crisis. First I bought a Harley Davidson and then I thought I would learn to play the guitar. My wife thinks it’s better to have a motorbike and play the guitar than chase young girls." Seven months ago, Mr. Pearch went into a guitar shop to avoid the rain. A short while later he left with a pounds 800 Fender Stratocaster. Mr. Moorhouse, 49, believes the generation that grew up with guitar bands is now intent on recapturing its youth, with the added bonus that a father can share his interest with his son. "Nowadays they can indulge that passion because they have the disposable income," Mr. Moorhouse said. "I get fathers and sons in here who listen to the same music." Brightly lit and gleaming, the new shop is a far cry from what one might expect of a music lover’s haunt. Mr. Moorhouse has already endured accusations of "guitars at Gap" from his more tradition-al clientele. But when your customers are spending pounds 1,000 or more on an instrument they do not expect grange, he explained.
And these guitars are not just toys for the boys. City bankers can expect a good in-vestment return from their instruments. Nine years ago Barry McCormack, an IT project manager, spent pounds 400 on a 1955 Gibson Les Paul. It is now worth pounds 5,000. Mr McCormack said: "People like me are recapturing their youth but they are also buying these guitars as an alternative investment to a pension."
The statement "guitars at Gap" (Line , Para. 2) most probably means ______ .
选项
A、the price of guitar is too high
B、the quality of guitar is too rude
C、the storage of guitar is too small
D、the design of guitar is too simple
答案
C
解析
依照这句话的上下文,guitars at Gap是Moorhouse受到的指责,他自己的辩解中grunge是一个关键词。根据Moorhouse的辩解我们可以推测这样一个事实:他店里的吉他质量都是很高的。因为Moorhouse对吉他的质量很挑剔,因此他不会盲目进货,所以店里的存货少是完全可以成立的,故本题的答案是C。
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