题目内容
【题目】根据短文内容,从短文后面的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。
America’s holiday shopping season started on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. 【1】 Retailers(零售商) 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, 94.2 percent 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.Cyber Monday falls on the Monday after Thanksgiving and Black Friday.
B.Nonetheless, Cyber Monday is not the biggest online shopping day in the world.
C.One-in-five Americans used a tablet or smart-phone.
D.It is the busiest shopping day of the year.
E.The traditional mall industry can hardly survive.
F.More and more people shop online nowadays.
G.However, the business in malls is thriving again, it adds.
【答案】
【1】D
【2】F
【3】C
【4】G
【5】B
【解析】
试题分析:美国的购物季在感恩节之后的黑色星期五开始,在这个信息时代,越来越多的人在网上购物,Cyber Monday也变成仅次于黑色星期五的购物节。
【1】D 根据下一句中的“Retailers make the most money this time of year”可知,零售商在一年的这个时候赚最多的钱,可见黑色星期五是最繁忙的购物日,故选D。
【2】F 根据下一句In an era of instant information, shoppers can use their mobile phones to find deals.可知,在信息化的时代,消费者可以使用手机来搜索折扣商品,故前一句应该是讲“现在越来越多的人在网上购物”,故选F项。
【3】C 根据前一句Nearly 80 percent of this year’s holiday shoppers, or about 183.8 million people, shopped on Cyber Monday.(这一年将近80%的购物者,或者是大约1亿8380万人在网络星期一购物),再根据后一句Online spending on Black Friday rose 15 percent to hit $2.7 billion this year.(今年黑色星期五的在线消费上涨15%,突破27亿美元),故推断空格处是讲很多美国人使用移动终端消费,故选C。
【4】G 根据前面的内容讲网购的兴起导致很多实体店的倒闭,而下面又讲“根据调查,在2014年年底94.2%的商场里商店是满的,那是27年来最高的水平”,故空格处应该是与前面的内容形成转折,故选G。
【5】根据后面讲世界上最大的网上购物节是中国的光棍节,故空格处的内容与前面的Cyber Monday要构成对比关系。故选B。
【名师点评】
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