Read the following passage and mark the letter A B C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 39 to 45.
Black Friday
The day after Thanksgiving has become America's biggest shopping day. Closed all day on Thursday, shopping centres all across the nation open early on Friday. Some of them open at 12:01 Friday morning, while others open at 4 a.m. Some "sleepyhead" shopping centres, like Target this year, don't open their doors on Friday until 6 a.m. From Friday to the day before Christmas, this is the season when businesses make nearly 25 per cent of what they earn in a year. This season puts many businesses “in the black", that is, they make the money they need for the year.
Reporters from local TV stations interview people who sleep in tents in front of the shops a day or two before the doors open on Friday. These people patiently wait in queue to get products that are 50 per cent cheaper or more.
"Oh, we have fun," said one of the persons queuing, "We sometimes bring games to play, we watch TV and order lots of pizza, and we often meet interesting people. And, most important of all, we save a lot!" The problem, of course, is that only a very small number of products have big reductions in their prices. Apart from a few big discounts, each shop has other things that are reduced from 10 to 50 per cent, saving shoppers from 10 to 400 dollars per item, and so Americans want to go shopping.
Not all Americans enjoy shopping. Reverend William Graham wants to change Black Friday's name. "We want to call it Remember Jesus Friday. People should start the season with the right attitude, Christmas has become a Season of Shopping. We want to make it a Season of Giving. And we don't mean giving material things. We mean giving your back, your mind, and your hands. Help an old lady clean up her house. Teach a kid how to read. Visit sick people in the hospital or in nursing homes....
C. an important holiday in The United States
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Đáp án A
Giải thích:
Theo văn bản, Thứ Sáu đen tối là ______.
A. sự khởi đầu của thời kỳ mua sắm B. thứ sáu trước lễ Giáng sinh
C. một kỳ nghỉ quan trọng ở Hoa Kỳ D. một thời gian để thư giãn và vui vẻ sau Lễ Tạ ơn
Thông tin: The day after Thanksgiving has become America's biggest shopping day.
Tạm dịch: Ngày sau Lễ Tạ ơn đã trở thành ngày mua sắm lớn nhất của nước Mỹ.
Chọn A.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
Reverend William Graham thinks shopping so much at this time of the year ______.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheer to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.
At a group discussion.
Andrew: Volunteer activities are good for teenagers.
Mary: “___________.”Her son, who was reported dead more than three years ago, came out of the blue.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress.
In a restaurant.
Waiter: Would you like to see the dessert menu?
Jason: “____________”
The phrase "in the black” in the first paragraph implies that people or companies ______.
