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Research has found that compulsive spending is more common than previously thought. It is 1. ________ that in the U.S. alone, about 20 million people suffer from an 2. ________ urge to spend, risking their jobs, marriages, families, and finances. The truth is, they would rather shop than 3. ________ anything else.
What is at the 4. ________ of the problem? 5. ________ to psychiatry (精神病学) professor Donald Black, “Sometimes it is a very pleasurable impulse, and people act on those impulses. Other times, bottled-up anger is the trigger, and shopping is a way of 6. ________ the anger.”
While 90% of obsessive shoppers are 7. ________, Black also points 8. ________ that many men have the addiction. Male shopaholics (购物狂) are often 9. ________ of as “collectors”, buying things like hardware, electronics, and CDs. Women 10. ________ to buy lots of cheaper clothes, along with shoes, jewelry, and make-up.
1. A) estimated B) estimates C) estimating D) estimation
2. A) controllable B) uncontrollable C) uncountable D) countable
3. A) did B) doing C) done D) do
4. A) end B) root C) base D) result
5. A) According B) Due C) Owing D) Considering
6. A) tackle B) destroy C) handling D) dealing
7. A) children B) men C) youth D) women
8. A) out B) to C) in D) up
9. A) supposed B) considered C) thought D) viewed
10. A) intend B) attend C) tend D) leaned

Answer 1

1. A
It is estimated that... 据估计...
2. B
uncontrollable 无法控制的
3. D
would rather do sth than do sth，即than后面加动词原形
4. B
at the root of... 在...的根源/根本上
5. A
according to 根据/按照
6. A
tackle 应付/解决
7. D
购物狂一般以女性women居多
8. A
point out 指出
9. C
think of...as...把...视为...，变成被动即：be thought of as...
10. C
tend to do sth 倾向于...