6.Black Friday is the day following Thanksgiving Day in the United States.In recent years,it has been regarded as the beginning of the Christmas shopping season and most major shops have opened extremely early and offered promotional sales(促銷).Black Friday is not an official holiday,but many employees and schools have both Thanksgiving and the following Friday off,followed by a weekend.It has been the busiest shopping day of the year since 2005.
The day's name began in Philadelphia,where it originally was used to describe huge crowds and heavy traffic that would occur on the day after Thanksgiving.The use of the name started before 1961.Later all alternative explanation was made:"Black Friday"indicates the point at which retailers(零售商) begin to turn a profit or are "in the black".
For many years,it was common for retailers to open at 6:00a.m.,but in the late 2000s many had opened at 5:00a.m.or even 4:00a.m..This was taken to a new degree in 2011,when several retailers opened at midnight for the first time.
Black Friday Shopping is known for attracting aggressive crowds,with annual reports of terrible noise and crowds of people trampling(踩傷) on other shoppers in an attempt to get the best deal on a product before supplies run out.
28.What can we infer from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1?C
A.People stay at home to spend the holiday.
B.All people can have a relaxed Black Friday.
C.Black Friday can increase the number of shoppers.
D.Altogether people have 3 days off during Black Friday weekend.
29.Black Friday originally referred toC.
A.financial loss
B.a(chǎn) busy shopping day
C.heavy traffic and crowds
D.sad feelings and moments
30.Which of the following can replace the underlined phrase in Paragraph 2?A
A.gaining money B.1osing money C.growing weak D.promoting goods
31.What's the main reason for aggressive crowds on Black Friday nowadays?D
A.That people are eager to return home.
B.That sellers try to make shopping time longer.
C.That supplies are too limited to meet shoppers'needs.
D.That shoppers rush to buy the cheapest goods.
分析 本文介紹了美國(guó)的"黑色星期五",實(shí)體店商家在這一天會(huì)將商品打折處理,所以消費(fèi)者會(huì)在這一天瘋狂購(gòu)物,造成商場(chǎng)擁擠的情況.
解答 28~31.CCAD
28.C 考查細(xì)節(jié)理解,根據(jù)描述"It has been the busiest shopping day of the year since 2005"可知在黑色星期五這一天,購(gòu)物市場(chǎng)很繁忙,所以說黑色星期五可以增加購(gòu)物者的數(shù)量.故選C.
29.C 考查細(xì)節(jié)理解,根據(jù)"The day's name began in Philadelphia,where it originally was used to describe huge crowds and heavy traffic"可知,黑色星期五最初被用來描述擁擠的交通和人群.故選C.
30.A 考查詞意推斷,根據(jù)"or"前面的"turn a profit 盈利"可推斷出商家是賺錢了.故選A.
31.D 考查推理判斷,根據(jù)文章描述,商家在這一天會(huì)將商品降價(jià)出售,從而吸引大批購(gòu)物者到購(gòu)物商場(chǎng)消費(fèi).所以說購(gòu)物者在這一天會(huì)爭(zhēng)先恐后地購(gòu)買最便宜的商品.故選D.
點(diǎn)評(píng) 閱讀理解考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力,做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時(shí)一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進(jìn)行比較,再做出正確的選擇.在做推理判斷題不要以個(gè)人的主觀想象代替文章的事實(shí),要根據(jù)文章事實(shí)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.