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50. To achieve better shopping experiences, customers are advised to___.

A．voice their dissatisfaction to store managers directly

B．settle their disputes with stores in a diplomatic way

C．exert pressure on store to improve their service

D．shop around and make comparisons between stores

Passage Four

Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.

As a writer of romance novels, I create exotic fantasies. My heroines are beautiful, my heroes gilded with a touch of the legendary, my plots larger than life.

Fans sometimes think of me as an "expert" on love, but my children never ask my advice. When I try to give it anyway, they roll their eyes. To them, I'm just Mom---too impossibly old-fashioned and ordinary to understand the winds of their times.

Since they have reached their teens, however, their often painful searches for that special someone have left me sleepless many a night. There are so many things I wish for them that I am utterly powerless to provide. Sometimes I imagine a little scene. Robby and Johanna ask me, "Mom, how do I find true love?" Here is what I say:

Love is not dependent on beauty, physical strength or the romantic settings I use in my books. Though it may begin with infatuation （热恋）, it moves from physical attraction in a golden curve, often involving sacrifice, to the deepest bond between two people.

Love for me is specific: I speak of your father, Robert, my husband of 23 years. To you our marriage is as plain as vanilla ice cream, but it is the core of my life. Ours is the kind of love to which romance novels are just a prelude.

Your dad doesn't arrange intimate dinners or second honeymoons. He doesn't bring me flowers. What he does is keep my car repaired and full of gasoline so I'll never be stranded. He vacuums the carpet when your grandmother is coming---not because he cares, but because he knows I care. Though your dad is not a pet person, when our old cat died, Robert buried him for me. He held me while I wept. After I’d mourned for several months, he encouraged me to adopt a kitten. So remember, true romance---the enduring kind--often comes so cleverly disguised it's easy to overlook.

I've seen couples live together in a "trial marriage." That seems as logical as biting into an orange to see if you have an appetite for an apple.

I know a man who has bitten one orange after another for years. He claims women are too “into themselves” to commit to a relationship, but he's got it backward. No one can open up the depths of her heart to a mere experiment.

A marriage certificate won't solve all your problems, but until you have the guarantee of one, you can't begin the struggle to forge yourselves into one unit against the world---the ultimate goal.

A mate is the post you lean on, the person who, when you've really screwed up, loves you anyway. The only way to get that kind of mate is to make the dreadful leap of trust and be that kind of mate.

51. When the author tries to give her children some advice on love, they roll their eyes because _________.

A. they are very happy to take her advice on love

B. they are grateful to their mother for her advice on love

C. they do not believe that she can offer them any useful advice on love

D. they want to indicate that they are too young to need her advice on love

52. What does “winds” (in the 2nd para.) refer to?

A. strong current of air

B. new trend

C. powerful effects

D. words without meanings

53. We can infer from the passage that __________.

A. the author’s children do not have any problems in finding a suitable lover for themselves

B. the author’s children are more experienced than the author in handling their love affairs

C. the author believes that romance novels are often misleading in one’s real-life love affairs.

D. the author is in favor of “trial marriage” and regards it as one of the best solutions to the rising rate of divorce.

54. Which of the following sentences best serves as the topic sentence for the last four paragraphs?

A. Settle for nothing less than total commitment.

B. No one can open up the depths of a woman’s heart to a mere experiment.

C. A marriage certificate won't solve all your problems.

D. A mate is the post you lean on.