第二节（共5小题;每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为 多余选项。
Singles’ Day may sound lonely, but at least they have “retail therapy (购物疗法)”. Starting in 2009, Singles’ Day Shopping Carnival has established a fabulous business miracle. Every year on that day, we flock into online shops, fill our carts and check out promptly. 36 ______ We buy because it makes us happy. For some people, if they’re feeling blue, shopping will make them happier because it restores some control in their lives. It’s making the choice to buy or not to buy that helps people feel more in control. 37_________
Doing something we find rewarding lights up the brain’s pleasure center, which when activated leads to the release of dopamine(多巴胺)，which makes us feel good. 38______ Experiments with the brain’s dopamine releases in pleasurable situations have found that expectations also kicks them off to leave us in a joyful atmosphere. In other words, we experience pleasure when we’re looking forward to a fun event as well as during and after it. A trip to the mall is also enjoyable in our schedules for the weekend.
39________ Ryan Howell, an professor of psychology at San Francisco State University said back in our hunter and gatherer days, when people saw something they wanted, they’d grab it, even if they didn’t need it, because it was likely they wouldn’t come across that item again. “If you see something that seems to be running in short supply, you’re going to get it,” Howell said. These days, such scarcity isn’t an issue. 40________ However, we often still approach life like our ancestors did, especially when it comes to sale. “When we see a 50% off clearance price tag, that scarcity impulse kicks into gear,” Howell said. The feeling is, if we don’t buy that item now, it’s going to be gone forever---or at least at that good price.
With all the factors above, it is no wonder that Singles’ Day is called “the planet’s biggest shopping event of the year”.
A. But why are we so keen on shopping?
B. Retail therapy proves to be a useful and practical thing.
C. People expect far more than the usual shopping experience.
D. It’s why we can even get addicted to the pleasure of buying.
E. We can buy nearly everything we want if we have the means.
F. Pleasure is not the only reason why we buy things we don’t need at all.
G. After all, we can take part in the world9s largest annual shopping activity.
36. A 由36题前后句we flock into online shops, fill our carts and check out promptly.和We buy because可知答案；
37. B 对本段的总结； 38 D
39. F 分析所在的位置并结合文章内容可知是承上启下的句子。
40. E 空前一句话的意思是：这样的（物资）不足现在不是问题，可知答案；
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为 多余选项。
Singles’ Day may sound lonely, but at least they have “retail therapy (购物疗法)”. Starting in 2009, Singles’ Day Shopping Carnival has established a fabulous business miracle. Every year on that day, we flock into online shops, fill our carts and check out promptly. 36 ______ We buy because it makes us happy. For some people, if they’re feeling blue, shopping will make them happier because it restores some control in their lives. It’s making the choice to buy or not to buy that helps people feel more in control. 37_________
Doing something we find rewarding lights up the brain’s pleasure center, which when activated leads to the release of dopamine(多巴胺)，which makes us feel good. 38______ Experiments with the brain’s dopamine releases in pleasurable situations have found that expectations also kicks them off to leave us in a joyful atmosphere. In other words, we experience pleasure when we’re looking forward to a fun event as well as during and after it. A trip to the mall is also enjoyable in our schedules for the weekend.
39________ Ryan Howell, an professor of psychology at San Francisco State University said back in our hunter and gatherer days, when people saw something they wanted, they’d grab it, even if they didn’t need it, because it was likely they wouldn’t come across that item again. “If you see something that seems to be running in short supply, you’re going to get it,” Howell said. These days, such scarcity isn’t an issue. 40________ However, we often still approach life like our ancestors did, especially when it comes to sale. “When we see a 50% off clearance price tag, that scarcity impulse kicks into gear,” Howell said. The feeling is, if we don’t buy that item now, it’s going to be gone forever---or at least at that good price.
With all the factors above, it is no wonder that Singles’ Day is called “the planet’s biggest shopping event of the year”.
A. But why are we so keen on shopping?
B. Retail therapy proves to be a useful and practical thing.
C. People expect far more than the usual shopping experience.
D. It’s why we can even get addicted to the pleasure of buying.
E. We can buy nearly everything we want if we have the means.
F. Pleasure is not the only reason why we buy things we don’t need at all.
G. After all, we can take part in the world9s largest annual shopping activity.
36. A 由36题前后句we flock into online shops, fill our carts and check out promptly.和We buy because可知答案；
37. B 对本段的总结； 38 D
39. F 分析所在的位置并结合文章内容可知是承上启下的句子。
40. E 空前一句话的意思是：这样的（物资）不足现在不是问题，可知答案；
