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.
A．traveling B．shopping C．visiting D．cooking
A．prepare B．check C．lower D．raise
A．shorten B．enlarge C．reduce D．extend
A．popular B．outstanding C．splendid D．ordinary
A．many B．two C．few D．no
A．leaving for B．leading to C．coming out D．sticking to
A．Prices B．Interests C．Losses D．Benefits
A．particularly B．specially C．obviously D．Eventually
完型填空,阅读下面短文，从下列各题所给的A、B、C、D三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
A strange thing happened to me last Sunday. It was such a beautiful day_ __ I drove to go for a look in the country.
On the way back home, my _______stopped. It was out of gas on a _______ road far from a town! I decided to walk until I found someone _______ could sell some gas. I had walked almost a mile ____ ___I finally found a house near the ____ ___ . I was glad to see it because it was getting dark.
I knocked at the door and a little old lady with long white hair __ ___ . She said, “I’ve been ____ ___ for you here for a long time. Come in. ___ _____is almost ready.”
“But I only came for some gas,” I answered. I couldn’t ___ ___ what she was talking about.
“Oh, Alfred! Gas? You___ ___tea,” said she.
I quickly ____ ___ that my car was out of____ ____ , but she didn’t seem to listen to me. She just kept ____ ____ me Alfred and talking about how long it had been ___ _____ she had seen me. She was acting very strangely and I was anxious to leave. As soon as she went to get tea, I went out of the house as fast as I ____ ____ .
__ ____, there was another house down the road and I was able to buy the gas I needed. When I told the man about my ___ ____, he said, “Oh, that’s Miss Emily. She lives by herself in that big house. She’s strange, but she wouldn’t ___ _____ anybody. She is still waiting for the man she was going to marry thirty years ago. The day before their wedding he left home and ____ ___ came back because of the war.”
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完形填空，阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出一个最佳选项。
Abraham Lincoln was one of the few great men who really were great. _______ he became president, Lincoln spent twenty years as a(n) ____ lawyer – at least in financial terms. But when you_______the good he did, he was very rich _______ .
For example, Lincoln didn’t like to _______ people much who were as poor as he was. Once a man gave him twenty-five dollars, but Lincoln______him back ten of it, saying he was being too ________.
Lincoln won a case for an old woman in________ poverty. He didn’t charge(收费) her for his _____and, in fact, paid her hotel bill and gave her money to buy a ticket home!
He once _____a cheater(骗子) from gaining possession of some land ______ by a mentally ill girl. After he case, Lincoln’s assosciate(同事) came to ______ their fee, but Lincoln reprimanded(训斥) him. His associate ________that her brother had agreed on the fee _____ , and that he was ______satisfied.
“That may be,” said Lincoln, “but I’m not satisfied. That money comes out of the ________of a poor, mad girl; and I would rather ________ than take it. You return half the money at least, or I’ll not take a cent of it as my ________ .”
He was a fool, perhaps, by certain standards. He didn’t have much, and it was his own ________ . But he was a good human being by anyone’s standards.
Lincoln didn’t talk much about religion. But he once said, “When I do_____ , I feel good, and when I do bad, I feel bad, and that’s my religion.”
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完形填空，阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出一个最佳选项。
This past Thanksgiving Day the boss of the company I work for decided to serve a Thanksgiving meal for the poor. I couldn't ________ this and decided that I wanted to ________ ! I could deliver foods and send out my smile card.
I arrived at my ________ around 11 and found a line of families waiting outside the doors. I wasn't sure _______ I wanted to give my card to because there were so many people there ________ I knew I wanted to give it to a mother.
I served ________ table plates of turkey with all the fixings and slices of pumpkin pie for desert. Everyone was so happy and honestly seemed ________ for what my co-workers and I were doing.
At my last ___ there was an older lady with about eight kids. She looked tired, but _____ that her children were ___ _. Smiling at her, I exchanged a few words ________her and knew that she was a foster mom(养母) and that ____ she would have liked to cook at home she couldn't ______it because of the size of her family. She then thanked me for _____ time with my family to serve hers.
She burst _______ a smile and gave me a hug______ .I gave my smile card to her.
At the end of the day I didn't think about how I gave up time with my _____ to do this because I got so ______ out of this special and unforgettable experience, ______ made me so incredibly thankful for ______ I have and I now realize it is important to give back, and not just on the holidays.
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完型填空，阅读下面短文，从下列各题所给的A、B、C、D三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
A strange thing happened to me last Sunday. It was such a beautiful day ________ I drove to go for a look in the country.
On the way back home, my ________ stopped. It was out of gas on a________ road far from a town! I decided to walk until I found someone _______ could sell some gas. I had walked almost a mile _______ I finally found a house near the _______. I was glad to see it because it was getting dark.
I knocked at the door and a little old lady with long white hair ______. She said, “I’ve been ______ for you here for a long time. Come in. ______ is almost ready.”
“But I only came for some gas,” I answered. I couldn’t _______what she was talking about.
“Oh, Alfred! Gas? You _______ tea,” said she.
I quickly _______ that my car was out of ______ , but she didn’t seem to listen to me. She just kept ________ me Alfred and talking about how long it had been _______ she had seen me. She was acting very strangely and I was anxious to leave. As soon as she went to get tea, I went out of the house as fast as I ______ .
_________, there was another house down the road and I was able to buy the gas I needed. When I told the man about my ________ , he said, “Oh, that’s Miss Emily. She lives by herself in that big house. She’s strange, but she wouldn’t ________ anybody. She is still waiting for the man she was going to marry thirty years ago. The day before their wedding he left home and _______ came back because of the war.”
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完形填空，阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It had been a nice and sunny day. I stepped slowly towards the edge of the cliff and looked out. The was wonderful. I could the gentle wind coming from the coast while watching the brilliant sunset.
My dad and I used to enjoy the sunset together on that very . We would also watch the waves crash into the below. My mother would always annoy us how it was. I was never worried, __ ___ I always felt safe next to my father, who spent most of his life out in his boat.
I remember one time on his boat；I had off the back and into the cold water accidentally. My dad immediately jumped off to me. I would never forget that day, and from that point I knew would prevent my dad protecting me if I was in danger.
As I there on top of the cliff, I remembered the times I spent with my dad. I looked down sorrowfully at the urn (骨灰瓮) . My father was my rock, someone I could when I needed him most. But now he was gone, and I felt sorrowful and .
It had always been my father’s last to have his ashes scattered out at sea. I the urn, said a farewell (告别) and then slowly twisted off the lid. The wind started to change , blowing out towards the sea. I looked last time down at my father’s ashes and then for a moment, I scattered the contents out over the cliff.
I wiped away a tear, but it was perfect happiness rather than sadness, because I finally knew the man who so much to me, my father, was finally at peace.
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