备战2022年中考英语考前时事热点话题阅读+题型专练
热点76 美国黑色星期五购物日
一、阅读理解
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Black Friday is the day after the American holiday of Thanksgiving (感恩节) on the fourth Thursday of November. The name "Black Friday" originated in (起源于) Philadelphia. There people ud it to describe the heavy traffic (交通) on the day after Thanksgiving. Black Friday is a popular day for people to start shopping for Christmas. On that day, many things are on sale. But is Black Friday always good for people?
Many of us love to get discounts (折扣), becau we can buy many things at a low price. However, it isn't always a good thing. Black Friday makes people buy many things, but in fact, they don't really need some of the things.
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Then what's the alternative (可供选择的事物) to Black Friday? You don't need to buy as much as possible on Black Friday, and you could buy nothing. People in some countries hold (举行) Buy Nothing Day (BND) on the same day as Black Friday, and in other countries people hold it on the last Saturday in November. The rules are simple. Just don't buy anything at all for 24 hours. It is sure that BND makes people think more about their spending.
内心强大什么意思What other things can people do on Buy Nothing Day? Some people go for a walk; some people stay at home; some people give out clothes to people in need on that day.
1. On Black Friday, ________________.
A. Americans go to work as usual
B. people usually shops for thanksgiving
C. people can buy many things cheaply
D. most people buy nothing now
2. What can we know from the passage?
A. The traffic is usually heavy on Thanksgiving.
B. Black Friday and BND are on the same day.
C. Black Friday is both good and bad for people.
D. BND makes people think less and buy less.
3. What's the main purpo of the passage?A. To tell us something about Black Friday.
B. To let us know when to buy cheap things.
C. To tell people some rules of Black Friday.
D. To tell people some popular holidays.
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Do you know Singles Day (November 11) in China? Many people, even your parents, go to bed late that night. They were shopping online to get big savings (省钱). Well, the US has something like it called Black Friday.
Black Friday is the Friday after Thanksgiving. It is on November 27 this year. It is one of the biggest shopping days in the US. People want to start shopping for Christmas gifts, so they go shopping on this day to save money.
It’s called Black Friday becau shops ud to record (记录) sales with black ink (墨水). So when there was a lot of black ink on a page, the shop sold a lot.金飞豹
On Black Friday, people go shopping at actual stores (实体店). It is different from Singles Day. People stand in line (排队) for hours. Sometimes they fight over things becau there are only a few left. TVs, computers and video game systems are some of people’s favourite things to buy.
4. Black Friday is _______ this year.
A. on November 11 B. on November 27
C. the Friday before Thanksgiving D. on Thanksgiving Day
5. Paragraph 3 tells us _______.
A. why Friday is good for sales B. how to u ink for sales
C. why it is called Black Friday D. how to u ink for bookkeeping
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6. Which is NOT true about Black Friday in the US?
A. It is the biggest online shopping day.
B. Many people like to buy TVs and computers on that day.
C. Sometimes there is fighting over things people want to buy.国族
D. People go shopping on that day to save money.
7. Which is TRUE about Singles Day and Black Friday?
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A. Both of them are on November 11.
B. People can save much money to buy things on both of the days.
C. People go shopping at actual stores on both of the days.D. People don’t go to work on both of the days.
8. What is the best title (标题) for the passage?
A. Singles Day in China B. Big shopping day in China效度
C. Thanksgiving Day in US D. Big shopping day in US
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In China, Double Eleven Shopping Day comes every year. And there is a similar day in the United States-Black Friday. It has been considered as the beginning of the holiday shopping ason. Although it's not an official holiday, millions of workers have the day off, and many people buy things on that day. A similar day in Canada and Great Britain is call
ed "Boxing Day".
Black Friday has become somewhat of a marketing nsation (感觉) in recent years. Since 2005, it has been the busiest shopping day of the year. To lure shoppers, retailers (零售商) usually open their doors as early as and offer special sales and promotions to the shoppers that arrive early.
But why is it called Black Friday? Historians (历史学家) believe the name started in Philadelphia in the mid-1960s. Bus drivers and police ud "Black Friday" to describe the heavy traffic that would block city streets becau of too many shoppers there the day after Thanksgiving.
Business, however, didn't like the bad influence about the "Black Friday" name. In the early 1980s, a more positive explanation (建设性的解释) of the name began to spread. According to this explanation, Black Friday is the day when retailers finally begin to turn a profit (获利) for the year. In accounting terms (会计行业), operating at a loss (亏本经营) is called being "in the red" becau accountants traditionally ud red ink to show negativ
e amounts (亏本账目). Positive amounts (盈利账目)were usually shown in black ink. Thus, being "in the black" is a good thing becau it means stores are operating at a profit (盈利经营).
