1 . 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