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第五节 七选五根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入短文1~5小题的最佳选项选项中有两项为多余选项AThanksgivingDayisalwaysonaThursday.1Itisthestartoftheholidayshoppingseason,andithasbeenthebusiestshoppingdayoftheyearintheUSsincexx.MoststoresofferbigsalesonBlackFriday.Theyopentheirdoorsveryearlyinthemorningandtrytoattractshopperswithlowprices.SomethingslikeTVsandclothesaremuchcheaperthanusual.2Theyhopethatshopperswillbuymoregiftswhiletheyareinthestore.BlackFridayisagreattimeforshopping.However,thereareproblems.3Eachstorehasonlyafew,sothegoodsareingreatneedandpeoplestandinlonglinestogetthem.Theymaywaitthreeorfourhoursbeforeastoreopens,butnoteveryonecangetone.Somepeopleleave,disappointed.Thissituationmakespeopleworried.SomeBlackFridayeventshavebeencrazy.Therehavebeenfightsovertoysamongshoppers.Someworkershavebeenhurtbylargecrowd.4Still,ifyouwanttogo,youwillexpectlargecrowdsandabitofpushing.Sowheredoesthename“BlackFriday”efrom?ItwasfirstusedinPhiladelphiainthe1950s.ThepolicecalledthisdayBlackFridaybecauseoftheheavytrafficitcaused.Inthe1960s,storestriedtochangethenameinto“BigFriday”.Itdidntstick.Thename“BlackFriday”continuedtospreadacrossthecountry.Itseemsthatitisheretostay.5Itisevenspreadingtootherpartsoftheworld.StoreshaveheldBlackFridayeventsintheUK,Australia,andBrazilsincexx.InMexico,storesofferaweekendoflowpriceeveryyear.Theycallit“ElBuenFin”,whichmeans“thegoodweekend”inSpanish.Iguesspeopleeverywhereliketobuythingsonsale.1.__________
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5.__________BOnthefourthSundayofeveryNovember,mostAmericansgettogetheraroundthedinnertabletocelebrateThanksgiving.SpecialtraditionsintheUShavebeenaroundformanyyears.1ThesearefourpopularThanksgivingtraditionsandhowtheystarted.2ThefirstThanksgivingmealwasintheautumnof1621whenthefirsttravelersfromEnglandcelebratedtheirfirstharvest收获.Butitwasntmadeintoanofficial官方的holidayuntil
1863.Thefirstlargemealhadturkey,fruitsandvegetables,whicharestillmontoday.3HistorianssaythefirsttravelersinvitedNativeAmericanstothemealtothankthemforteachingthemhowtogrowfood.Todayatthelargemeal,friendsandfamilywillalsosaywhattheyaremostthankfulfor.4Theparadeincludesverylargeballoonsthatlooklikecartooncharactersandbeautifulfloatsthatcarryfamouspeople.Therearealsomanymusicalperformancestowatch.Thisparadestartedin1924,andtodayover44millionpeoplewatchitonTVorinNewYorkCity.5PeoplestartedtowatchfootballonThanksgivingafewyearsafterthedaybecameanofficialholiday.Today,theNationalFootballLeaguetakesadvantageofthispopularityandhoststhreeNFLgameseveryThanksgiving.1.__________
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5.__________参考答案A【篇章导读】这篇短文主要介绍了在黑色星期五人们购物的情况及黑色星期五的来历1.D 解析根据上文ThanksgivingDayisalwaysonaThursday可知,下文应与“星期”有关故选D2.A 解析根据上文谈到商店的打折促销,那商店就可能“赔钱销售物品”,希望顾客买更多的商品故选A3.F 解析根据下文句意Eachstorehasonlyafewsothegoodsareingreatneedandpeoplestandinlonglinestogetthem.可知,商店的低价商品少故选F4.C 解析根据上文Someworkershavebeenhurtbylargecrowd可知,虽然黑色星期五存在不和谐的拥挤致伤的事件,但大多数黑色星期五事件是安全的和有趣的故应选C5.E 解析根据下文Itisevenspreadingtootherpartsoftheworld.可知黑色星期五人们购物这件事已经蔓延到世界其他地方,故上文应是“现在全国人都参与了购物这件事”故选EB【篇章导读】这篇短文主要介绍了美国的感恩节中传统的庆祝方式及庆祝来源1.C 解析推理判断题根据上文提及感恩节传统持续了多年,及后文介绍感恩节四个传统及怎么开始,可知有一些人想知道这些传统从哪儿来故选C2.E 解析推理判断题根据后文Thefirstlargemealhadturkey,fruitsandvegetables,whicharestillmontoday.可知主要介绍的是感恩节丰盛的食物,故选E3.A 解析推理判断题根据后文描述Todayatthelargemeal,friendsandfamilywillalsosaywhattheyaremostthankfulfor.可知选A4.F 解析推理判断题根据后文提及Theparadeincludesverylargeballoonsthatlooklikecartooncharactersandbeautifulfloatsthatcarryfamouspeople.可知选F5.B 解析推理判断题根据后文提及PeoplestartedtowatchfootballonThanksgivingafewyearsafterthedaybecameanofficialholiday.可知选B。