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【题目】One of the major holiday shopping days is the day after Thanksgiving. It is frequently【1】(refer) to as Black Friday. The use of the word “black” relates to the business accountants. Storekeepers used to record profits in black ink and【2】(lose) in red ink. So【3】(be) “in the black” on the Friday after Thanksgiving means a good thing, a return to profit.

Black Friday is the big day for many retailers, and it presents the shopper an opportunity【4】(get) all of one’s holiday shopping done at once among amazing sale prices. On that day, most retailers will open very early and usually provide massive and【5】(attract) discounts on their product while a great number【6】holiday shoppers will get an early start in the morning to begin Christmas shopping.

Black Friday also means that people face crowded stores,【7】is the other idea of a “Black Friday”,【8】day they do not like. It used to be the【9】(busy) shopping day of a year. Many people avoid this shopping day altogether because of the stress involved in fighting the crowds. In recent years the Saturday before Christmas【10】(see) the biggest shopping crowds.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】referred

【2】losses

【3】being

【4】to get

【5】attractive

【6】of

【7】which

【8】a

【9】busiest

【10】has seen

【解析】试题分析：本文介绍了西方国家感恩节后的“黑色星期五”的由来以及一些相关的情况。

【1】考查动词。句意：它经常被称为“黑色星期五”。refer to…as…“把……称为……”。refer与主语It是被动关系，由is推断，用一般现在时的被动语态。refer的过去分词是referred。故填referred。

【2】考查名词。句意：零售店店主过去用黑墨水记录利润，用红墨水记录亏损。and连接名词profits in black ink和___2____(lose) in red ink作record的宾语，由profits推断空格处用名词，loss“损失”是可数名词。故填losses。

【3】考查非谓语动词。句意：因此感恩节后的星期五“用黑色”意味着一件好事，商店又盈利了。 _____3_____(be) “in the black”是主语，作主语用动名词描述泛指的抽象的动作，根据语境。故填being。

【4】考查非谓语动词。句意：黑色星期五对于许多零售商是一个重要的日子，它给顾客提供了一个以令人吃惊的价格购买商品的机会。______4______(get) all of one’s holiday shopping done作定语修饰opportunity，用不定式作定语表示未发生的动作。故填to get。

【5】考查形容词。句意：多数商家都会很早开门迎客，同时为顾客提供许多吸引人的折扣。and连接massive和attractive作定语修饰名词discounts，作定语用形容词。故填attractive。

【6】考查介词。句意：许多假日购物者在早晨会早早地开始圣诞节购物。a number of“许多”是固定短语，修饰可数名词复数。故填of。

【7】考查定语从句。分析句子结构可知，______7______is the other idea of a “Black Friday”是非限制性定语从句，指代主句整个意思，从句中作主语，引导非限制性定语从句用关系代词which。故填which。

【8】考查冠词。句意：他们不喜欢的一天。根据语境，此处表示泛指，作a “Black Friday”的同位语。故填a。

【9】考查形容词的比较级。句意：它过去常常是一年中最繁忙的购物日。形容词最高级前常用定冠词the，介词短语of a year表示范围，根据语境，用形容词最高级。故填busiest。

【10】考查动词。根据时间状语In recent years可知，“see”这一动作表示从过去一直延续到现在的动作，用现在完成时，主语the Saturday before Christmas是第三人称单数，谓语动词“see”表示“见证”，与主语是主动关系。故填has seen。