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America’s holiday shopping season started on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. 1. Shoppers make the most money this time of year, about 20 percent to 30 percent of all revenue all year. About 136 million people shopped during the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend.

2. In an era of instant information, shoppers can use their mobile phones to find deals. Nearly 80 percent of this year’s holiday shoppers, or about 183.8 million people, shopped on Cyber Monday. 3. Online spending on Black Friday rose 15 percent to hit $2.7 billion this year. Cyber Monday spending increased 12 percent to $3 billion. NBC News reported that for many, shopping online was a more comfortable alternative than crowded malls.

The shift to online shopping has had a big impact on solid shopping malls. Since 2010, more than 24 shopping malls have closed and an additional 60 are struggling.

Fortune says the weakest of the malls have closed. 4. According to a survey, 94.2percent of malls were full with shops by the end of 2014. That is the highest level in 27 years.

The average American consumer will spend about $805 on gifts. That’s about $630.5 billion between November and December – an increase of 3.7 percent from last year.

5. That goes to China’s Singles’ Day, celebrated on November 11, which posted record sales of $14.3 billion in 2015.

A.More and more people shop online nowadays.

B.However, the business in malls is thriving again, it adds.

C.It is the busiest shopping day of the year.

D.One-in-five Americans used a tablet or smart-phone.

E.The traditional mall industry can hardly survive.

F.Cyber Monday falls on the Monday after Thanksgiving and Black Friday.

G.However, Cyber Monday is not the biggest online shopping day in the world.

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Have you ever played the video dance game? Now such games are used to help lose weight!

Like many other teenage boys, Jones loved sports. But at 5 feet, 175 pounds, he found his weight a trouble. His doctor wanted him to lose 50 pounds so that he may catch up with the football game by the end of summer.

Jones chose the popular dance revolution video game at home to increase his activity. He had lost about 10 pounds by changing his diet. Now, after two weeks playing the game, he has lost another 10!

The health study is being done by an insurance company, which hopes that game will lead to better health and lower costs. “Obesity claims(肥胖索赔) last year cost us $77 million. We have to cut those costs”, said a member of the insurance group. The company provides a game console(游戏主机), a dance mat and software for the six-month, $ 60,000 study.

The study is more than commercial thing of an insurance company. It is widely supported by physical education and health professionals.

In West Virginia, 43% of the nearly 6,000 children examined for heart disease risk were considered over-weighted; more than 25% were too fat. “We are in a crisis of childhood obesity not only in West Virginia but in America,” said a researcher.

Researchers are looking at the potential for improving effects by using the game. A teacher in West Virginia has been using the video game in her classes since last fall. She reported that the game does improve heart health as well as eye-hand coordination, and her students take the video game as a great alternative to jumping rope or ball games.

The US Education Department is putting the game in 20 schools to control childhood obesity. Well, are you going to try such a game to dance away your extra weight?

1.The underlined part is trying to tell us .

A.the study is more important than the money of the insurance company

B.the study is only an insurance company’s business

C.the study involved many insurance companies

D.it’s not only the insurance company that is concerned about the study

2.It can be inferred that .

A.in West Virginia 25% of the children were too fat

B.the government and society think highly of the game

C.the teacher is a success in using the video game

D.the US Education Department is promoting the game all over the country

3.The most suitable title for the passage is .

A.Dance Away Your Weight

B.Play the Video Dance Game

C.Solve the Problem of Obesity

D.A Magic Video Dance Game

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