Question

【题目】请用适当的词完成下面的短文，并将答案写在答题卡相应题目的答题位置上。每个空只能填写一个形式正确、意义相符的单词。

BLACK FRIDAY

You probably know about Singles Day (November 11) in China. On this day, people usually stay up very late at night to shop online in order to 【1】a lot of money. Well, the US has something similar called Black Friday.

Black Friday is the Friday after Thanksgiving. Last year it fell 【2】November 29. It's the start of the holiday shopping season and most people don’t have to go to work that day. So they start to think about what gifts they want to 【3】for Christmas.

While Singles Day is usually for online 【4】, a lot of shopping on Black Friday is done at actual stores. Shoppers look for things especially on electronic products, 【5】as televisions, computers and video game systems. These things usually have 【6】prices, but on this day, a few of them are sold at the very low sale prices. So people often fight over these things.

Some people will 【7】in line for hours before midnight when stores finally open. People camp out in the cold and sometimes get hurt 【8】the doors are opened and people rush in.

But lately a few stores will start sales even 【9】on Thanksgiving Day. They do this to hopefully get 【10】shoppers and stay ahead of the competition.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】save

【2】on

【3】buy

【4】shopping

【5】such

【6】high

【7】wait

【8】when

【9】earlier

【10】more

【解析】

本文讲述了中国的“光棍节”和美国的“黑色星期五”。这一天，人们通常熬夜到很晚网上购物，为了节省很多钱。虽然“光棍节”通常是网购，“黑色星期五”的很多购物活动都是在实体店进行的。有些店需要排队等午夜开门，但最近有几家商店会在感恩节当天更早开始打折。他们这样做是希望能吸引更多的顾客，并在竞争中保持领先。

【1】句意：在这一天，人们通常熬夜到很晚网上购物，为了节省很多钱。

根据“a lot of money”可知很多钱，再结合常识，可推测出此处是“节约”，故答案为save。

【2】句意：去年，黑色星期五是11月29日。

fall on +日期表示“（节日等）适逢（某日）”根据“Last year it fell _____2_____November 29.”可知去年，黑色星期五是11月29日，可推测出此处是“on”，故答案为on。

【3】句意：所以他们想要买什么圣诞礼物。

buy sth for sb表示“为谁买什么”，根据“what gifts they want to ____3____for Christmas”可知他们想要买什么圣诞礼物，可推测出此处是“buy”，故答案为buy。

【4】句意：虽然“光棍节”通常是网购。

online shopping表示“网购”，根据“Singles Day is usually for online ____4___”及“a lot of shopping on Black Friday is done at actual stores”可知“光棍节”通常是 ，“黑色星期五”的很多购物活动都是在实体店进行的，可推测出此处是“网购”，所以用“shopping”，故答案为shopping。

【5】句意：尤其是在电子产品上，比如电视、电脑和视频游戏系统。

such as表示“例如”，根据“electronic products”可知电子产品，结合后面的电视等，可推测出此处是“例如”，句中有“as”，所以此处缺“such”，故答案为such。

【6】句意：这些东西通常都很高价格。

根据“but on this day, a few of them are sold at the very low sale prices.”可知但在这一天，其中一些是在非常低的销售价格出售，可推测出此处是“很高的价格”，所以用“high”，故答案为high。

【7】句意：有些人会在午夜商店开门前排几个小时的队。

wait in line表示“排队等”，根据“before midnight when stores finally open.”可知在午夜商店开门前，可推测出此处是“等”，故答案为wait。

【8】句意：人们在寒冷中露营，有时当门打开，人们冲进来时，他们会受伤。

根据“sometimes get hurt ____8___the doors are opened and people rush in.”可知门打开，人们冲进来时，他们会受伤，可推测出此处是“当……时”，故答案为 when。

【9】句意：但最近有几家商店会在感恩节当天更早开始打折。

根据“even”可知此处缺比较级，结合“But lately a few stores will start sales even”及前文提及要到午夜开门，可推测出此处是“更早地”，故答案为earlier。

【10】句意：他们这样做是希望能吸引更多的顾客，并在竞争中保持领先。

根据“stay ahead of the competition.”可知在竞争中保持领先，可推测出此处是“更多的”，故答案为more。