【題目】

Black Friday in the United States

Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving Day in the USA, falling on the Friday after the fourth Thursday in November.

【1】

Many people have a day off work or choose to take a day from their annual leave on Black Friday.Some people use this to make trips to see family members or friends who live in other areas or to go on vacation.Shopping for Christmas presents is popular on Black Friday.Many stores have special offers and lower their prices on some goods, such as toys.

Public life

【2】.Many people take a day off on the day after Thanksgiving Day.Many organizations also close for the Thanksgiving weekend.

Public transit systems may run on their normal schedule or may have changes.Some stores extend their opening hours on Black Friday.【3】.

Background

Black Friday,the day after Thanksgiving Day, is one of the busiest shopping days in the USA.【4】.One theory is that the wheels of vehicles in heavy traffic on the day after Thanksgiving Day left many black marking on the road surface,leading to the term “Black Friday”.

The other theory is that the term “Black Friday”comes from an old way of recording business accounts.【5】Many businesses,particularly small businesses,started making profits before Christmas.Many hoped to start showing a profit,marked in black ink,on the day after Thanksgiving Day.

More recently,Black Friday has been exported to nations outside of North America such as the United Kingdom by major online retailers like Amazon or Apple.In 2011, IBM reported online Black Friday sales were up by 24.3%, according to a study that includes 500 retailers.

A.People’s activities.

B.History of Black Friday.

C.Losses were recorded in red ink and profits in black ink.

D.A.busy shopping day is a holiday in some states.

E.There can also be jams on roads to popular shopping destinations.

F.There are two popular theories as to why it is called Black Friday.

G.Black Friday is not a federal holiday but a public one in some states.

【答案】

【1】A

【2】G

【3】E

【4】F

【5】C

【解析】本文講述了黑色星期五。黑色星期五是美國感恩節(jié)之后的一天，在11月的第四個(gè)星期四之后的星期五。很多人都有一天的休假，或者選擇在黑色星期五休一天年假。這一天也是美國最繁忙的購物日之一，這種購物傳統(tǒng)也延伸到了國外，延伸到了網(wǎng)商平臺(tái)。

【1】A 根據(jù)設(shè)空位置，這是一個(gè)小標(biāo)題，通讀本段落可知，本節(jié)講述了人們在黑五時(shí)的活動(dòng)。

【2】G 黑五不是聯(lián)邦假日，而是一些州的公共假日。許多人在感恩節(jié)后的一天休假一天。許多組織也會(huì)在感恩節(jié)周末結(jié)束。

【3】E 公共交通運(yùn)營正常或有變化，一些商場延長營業(yè)時(shí)間。由于許多人們選擇在這一天上街購物，因此公路上也會(huì)有交通堵塞的情況。

【4】F 本小節(jié)講述黑五的由來，看下文one theory….. , the other theory… 得知，關(guān)于為什么被稱為“黑色星期五”，有兩種流行的理論。

【5】C “黑色星期五”這個(gè)詞來源于一種古老的商家記賬的方式。虧損用紅墨水記錄，利潤用黑墨水記錄。許多企業(yè)，尤其是小型企業(yè)，在圣誕節(jié)前就開始盈利，他們紛紛用黑色墨水標(biāo)明利潤。

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