填空题Directions:In this section, you will hear a passage three
times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully
for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are
required to Jill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 48 with the exact words you
have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in
the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words
you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally,
when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have
written. For Americans, the traditional
season to buy winter holiday gifts begins on the last Friday in {{U}}
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after Thanksgiving Day. But lately there is a term for another popular shopping
day. that {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}Black Friday.. "Cyber
Monday". The term Cyber Monday comes from an {{U}}
{{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}made by people who study the holiday buying
{{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}. That is, lots of people may have
gone into stores over the Thanksgiving weekend to look for {{U}} {{U}}
5 {{/U}} {{/U}}. But many wait until they return to work on Monday to
buy {{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}. Many people have faster
Internet {{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}on the computers at their
jobs than at home. Consumer spending {{U}} {{U}}
8 {{/U}} {{/U}}two-thirds of all economic activity in the United States.
And about one-fourth of all personal spending {{U}} {{U}} 9
{{/U}} {{/U}}. There are gifts to buy for Christmas, Hanukkah and the
African-American celebration of Kwanzaa. {{U}} {{U}}
10 {{/U}} {{/U}}from the tradition of recording profits in black ink and
losses in red ink. Black Friday may be a profitable time for sellers, {{U}}
{{U}} 11 {{/U}} {{/U}}. Now the busiest day usually falls just
before Christmas on December twenty-fifth.