英国人日常生活中一个不可缺少的重要部分就是“超市文化”。许多英国人偏爱在同一时间、同一家商店内买到自己所需的所有日常用品及食物，这也就对英国超市规模的大小和出售货品的种类有着极高的要求。在英国超市购物时，各种货品标签和促销标牌让人看得眼花缭乱。

 

1. What is the name of the legally-required expiry date which is printed on every food label in a supermarket or shop?

 

a) a go-bad date

 

b) an eat-before date

 

c) a sell-by date

 

d) an edible-by date

 

2. Supermarkets offer customers the opportunity to use a barcode scanner to record the items they are buying while they are shopping. In this way, they do not need to queue at a checkout² to pay. In some of the most popular supermarket chains in the UK, what is this process known as? 

 

a) Rapid scan¹

 

b) Scan as you shop

 

c) Fast track and scan

 

d) All of the above

 

3. Supermarkets are often full of special offers. One of the more popular ones is abbreviated³ to BOGOF, but what does BOGOF stand for?

 

a) Buy one, get one free

 

b) Bring one, get one free

 

c) Broken one? Get one fast

 

d) Better, or greater food.

 

4. You can find fresh foods counters in large supermarkets. Which of these are you likely to find?

 

A) Butcher

 

b) Fishmonger

 

c) Bakery

 

d) All of the above

 

5. Supermarkets are cheap because they are able to offer discounts on products sold in high quantities. There is an expression which means to buy a product in high quantity. What is it?

 

a) to buy in large

 

b) to buy in bulk⁴

 

c) to buy in many

 

d) to buy in number

 

6. Supermarkets can sell items using a ‘three for two’ special offer. But what does this mean?

 

a) Buy two items and get a third free

 

b) Buy two items but pay for three

 

c) Buy three items, pay for four but only receive two

 

d) Receive one item free when buying two items as a married couple

 

答案

1) c, 2) d, 3) a, 4) d, 5) b, 6) a.

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