You may even have entered the shop just to find shelter from a sudden shower. Whatever the reason, you can soon become totally unaware of your surroundings. The desire to pick up a book with an attractive dust jacket (书的护封)is irresistible, although you might end up with a rather dull book. This opportunity to escape the realities of everyday life is, I think, the main attraction of a bookshop. You can wander round such places to your heart's content. If it is a good shop, no assistant will approach you with the greeting—"Can I help you, sir?" You needn't buy anything you don't want. In a bookshop, an assistant should remain in the background until you have finished browsing (浏览). You may want to find out where a particular section is. Then, and only then, are his/her services necessary. But when he/she has led you there, the assistant should leave politely and look as if he/she is not interested in selling a single book. It is very easy to enter the shop looking for a book on ancient coins and come out carrying a copy of the latest best-selling novel. Apart from running up a huge account, you can waste a great deal of time wandering from section to section. According to the author, a bookshop is popular mainly because _______. A people can shelter from the rain B most people are book lovers C people might have the opportunity to escape the realities of everyday life D people can choose a book as a gift

Time spent in a bookshop can be most enjoyable, whether you are a book lover or you are merely there to buy a book as a present. You may even have entered the shop just to find shelter from a sudden shower. Whatever the reason, you can soon become totally unaware of your surroundings.

The desire to pick up a book with an attractive dust jacket (书的护封)is irresistible, although you might end up with a rather dull book.

This opportunity to escape the realities of everyday life is, I think, the main attraction of a bookshop. You can wander round such places to your heart's content. If it is a good shop, no assistant will approach you with the greeting—"Can I help you, sir?"

You needn't buy anything you don't want. In a bookshop, an assistant should remain in the background until you have finished browsing (浏览). You may want to find out where a particular section is. Then, and only then, are his/her services necessary. But when he/she has led you there, the assistant should leave politely and look as if he/she is not interested in selling a single book.

It is very easy to enter the shop looking for a book on ancient coins and come out carrying a copy of the latest best-selling novel. Apart from running up a huge account, you can waste a great deal of time wandering from section to section.

According to the author, a bookshop is popular mainly because _______.

A people can shelter from the rain

B most people are book lovers

C people might have the opportunity to escape the realities of everyday life

D people can choose a book as a gift