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【题目】Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving Day, is a busy shopping day in the United States. Many people have a day off work on that day. Some use this to make trips; others use it to start for the Christmas season.

Many stores have special offers and their prices on some goods. Some their opening hours. There can also be traffic jams on roads to shopping destinations.

There are common theories as to why it is called Black Friday. One is that the wheels of vehicles in heavy traffic on the day left many black markings on the road surface, the term Black Friday. The other is from an old way of recording business accounts. were recorded in red ink and profits in black. Many businesses, small businesses, started making profits before Christmas, so they started to mark in black ink on the day after Thanksgiving.

【1】A. traveling B. shopping C. visiting D. cooking

【2】A. prepare B. check C. lower D. raise

【3】A. shorten B. enlarge C. reduce D. extend

【4】A. popular B. outstanding C. splendid D. ordinary

【5】A. many B. two C. few D. no

【6】A.leaving for B. leading to C. coming out D. sticking to

【7】A. Prices B. Interests C. Losses D. Benefits

【8】A.particularly B. specially C. obviously D. Eventually

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】D

【4】A

【5】B

【6】B

【7】C

【8】A

【解析】

试题分析：在感恩节后的第二天是黑色星期五，在美国这是一个繁忙的购物日。许多人在这天是放假的。

【1】B考查动词。A. Traveling旅行；B. Shopping购物；C. visiting 拜访；D. Cooking煮饭；根据下文的Many stores have special offers 可知很多美国人开始购物了，故选B。

【2】C考查动词。A. prepare 准备；B. check 检查；C. Lower更低；D. Raise提升；根据special offers特价，可知是商店都开始促销了，那么就是降价，故选C。

【3】D考查动词。A. Shorten变短；B. enlarge 变大；C. reduce 减少；D. Extend扩展；根据their opening hours.开店时间，可知促销期间商店都开始延长开门时间，故选D。

【4】A考查形容词。A. popular 流行；B. outstanding 显著；C. splendid 灿烂；D. Ordinary普通；shopping destinations.购物地点，可知一旦到了购物季节，就要去著名的购物景点购物，故选A。

【5】B考查形容词。A. many 很多；B. two 两个；C. few 很少；D. No不；根据下文One is，The other，可知黑色星期五的由来有两个理由，故选B。

【6】B考查动词短语。A. leaving for离开去...；B. leading to 导致；C. coming out 出版；D. sticking to坚持；heavy traffic on the day left many black markings on the road surface, 与the term Black Friday.之间是因果关系，故选B。

【7】C考查名词。A. Prices价格；B. Interests利益；C. Losses损失；D. Benefits好处；were recorded in red ink and profits in black根据profits利润，可知前文提到的是一个相反的词，损失，故选C。

【8】A考查副词。A. particularly 特别；B. specially 尤其；C. Obviously显著；D. Eventually最终；尤其是小企业开始在圣诞节之前盈利，因为后面提到的是一个具体的例子，故选A。