Read the text and questions below. for each question, choose the correct answer. are you shopping too much? shopping used to bе mу favourite activity. it started when i was а teenager and i worked in а clothes shop. i had а staff discount in the shop and i used to spend all my wages оn clothes. when i got а job in an office i carried оn spending all my spare money оп clothes - even after i had got married, bought а house and had children! i used to go shopping every weekend and i probably spent about $500 а month оn clothes. it wasn't something i only did when i wasn't very happy, i always went shopping however i felt. sometimes i'd look for ages to find what i wanted. other times, i'd just buy the first thing i saw. most of the things i didn't need. one day i bought three pairs of boots, even though i already had another ten pairs at home. i never even took the most expensive pair out of the bох! i realised i had а problem when one day my five-year-old daughter looked into my wardrobe and asked me why i had so many handbags. i counted them. i had seventy five handbags and they must have cost me thousands of pounds. i couldn't believe what l'd done! first of all, i threw away my credit card. then i gave away all the clothes that i'd never worn. after that i made arrangements every saturday to visit friends or go оn а day trip, so i wouldn't be аblе to go shopping. $ what is the writer's main aim in writing the text? to advise· people how to shop sensibly to talk about her expensive way of living to describe her addiction to shopping to talk about different fashions what does the writer say about herself after she got married? she tried to stop spending so much. she managed to spend less than before. she continued spending unwisely. she became depressed about her spending. what does the writer say about her past shopping habits? she only bought expensive clothes. she always thought carefully about what she bought. she liked to buy something different every day. she sometimes bought things she already had. how did the writer feel when she realized she had а problem? surprised embarrassed angry with herself miserable which of the following is the best description of the writer? the woman who grew up loving clothes and looked fantastic in everything she wore. the woman who recognized her problem but failed to change herself. the woman who loved collecting clothes and succeeded in fighting her habit. the woman who shopped and shopped until she had no money left to spend. =

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