Question

【題目】 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】

試題分析：在感恩節(jié)后的第二天是黑色星期五，在美國這是一個繁忙的購物日。許多人在這天是放假的。

【1】B考查動詞。A. Traveling旅行；B. Shopping購物；C. visiting 拜訪；D. Cooking煮飯；根據(jù)下文的Many stores have special offers 可知很多美國人開始購物了，故選B。

【2】C考查動詞。A. prepare 準(zhǔn)備；B. check 檢查；C. Lower更低；D. Raise提升；根據(jù)special offers特價可知是商店都開始促銷了，那么就是降價，故選C。

【3】D考查動詞。A. Shorten變短；B. enlarge 變大；C. reduce 減少；D. Extend擴展；根據(jù)their opening hours.開店時間，可知促銷期間商店都開始延長開門時間，故選D。

【4】A考查形容詞。A. popular 流行；B. outstanding 顯著；C. splendid 燦爛；D. Ordinary普通；shopping destinations.購物地點，可知一旦到了購物季節(jié)，就要去著名的購物景點購物，故選A。

【5】B考查形容詞。A. many 很多；B. two 兩個；C. few 很少；D. No不；根據(jù)下文One is，The other，可知黑色星期五的由來有兩個理由，故選B。

【6】B考查動詞短語。A. leaving for離開去...；B. leading to 導(dǎo)致；C. coming out 出版；D. sticking to堅持；heavy traffic on the day left many black markings on the road surface, 與the term Black Friday.之間是因果關(guān)系，故選B。

【7】C考查名詞。A. Prices價格；B. Interests利益；C. Losses損失；D. Benefits好處；were recorded in red ink and profits in black根據(jù)profits利潤，可知前文提到的是一個相反的詞，損失，故選C。

【8】A考查副詞。A. particularly 特別；B. specially 尤其；C. Obviously顯著；D. Eventually最終；尤其是小企業(yè)開始在圣誕節(jié)之前盈利，因為后面提到的是一個具體的例子，故選A。