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People can be addicted to different things—e, g., alcohol, drugs, certain foo

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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 an addiction are compulsive,  i.e., they have a very powerful psychological need that they feel they must satisfy. According to psychologists, many people are compulsive spenders: they feel 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’ amounts is actually greater than the pleasure that they get from the things they buy.
   There is a special psychology of bargain hunting. To save money, of course, most people look for sales, low prices and discounts. Compulsive bargain hunters, however, often buy things 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 things that they do and the real reason.
   It is not only scientists, of course, who understand the psychology of spending habits, but also business people. Stores, companies, and advertisers use psychology to increase business: they consider people’s needs for love, power, or influence, their basic value, their beliefs and opinions, and so on in their advertising and sales methods.
   Psychologists can 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. [br] According to the psychologists, a compulsive spender is one who spends large amounts of money______.
选项 A、and takes great pleasure from what he or she buys
B、in order to satisfy his or her basic needs in life
C、just to meet his or her strong psychological need
D、entirely with an irrational eagerness
答案 C
解析 根据第一段第二句和第三句"People who have such an ad diction are compulsive; i.e. , they have a very powerful psychological need that they feel they must satisfy. According to psychologists,  many people are compulsive spenders:  they feel they must spend money", 便可以断定[C]为正确答案。而[A]和文章第一段最后一句的内容有出入；[B]和[D]与原文内容不符。
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