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People can be addicted to different things—e. g., alcohol, drugs, certain foods, or even television. People who have such ail ad

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问题     People can be addicted to different things—e. g., alcohol, drugs, certain foods, or even television. People who have such ail addiction are compulsive; i.e., they have a very powerful psychological need that they feel they must satisfy. According to psychologists, many people axe compulsive spenders. They feel that they must spend money. This compulsion, like most others, is irrational—impossible to explain reasonably. For compulsive spenders who buy on credit. Charge accounts are even more exciting than money. In other words, compulsive spenders feel that with credit, they can do anything. Their pleasure in spending enormous mounts is actually greater than the pleasure that they get from the things they buy.
    There is even a special psychology of bargain hunting. To save money, of course, most people look for sales, low prices, and discounts. Compulsive bargain hunters, however, of ten buy things that they don’t need just because they are cheap. They want to believe that they are helping their budgets, but they are really playing an exciting game. When they can buy something for less than other people, they feel that they are winning. Most people, experts claim, have two reasons for their behavior: a good reason for the things that they do and the real reason.
    It is not only scientists, of course, who understand the psychology of spending habits, but also businesspeople. Stores, companies, and advertisers use psychology to increase business: They consider people’s needs for love, power, or influence, their basic values, their beliefs and opinions, and so on in their advertising and sales methods.
    Psychologists often use a method called "behavior therapy" to help individuals solve their personality problems. In the same way, they can help people who feel that they have problems with money.
According to the writer, compulsive bargain hunters are in constant search of the lowest possible prices ______.
选项 A、because they want to save money to help their budgets
B、because they can openly boast of their triumph over others in getting things for less
C、and will not have money problems if they can keep to their budgets
D、but they seldom admit they feel satisfied if they can get things for less than others
答案D
解析 综合判断题。第二段中提及compulsive spenders“want to believe that they are helping their budgets”，其实并非如此，故A项不符合文章原意；同一段中，作者说“they feel that they are winning”，故并非B项说的they can openly boast；C项明显与文中意思不符；故此题应选D。
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