新改革英語六級聽力練習——短文聽力（2）

Section B
Passage One
26.
A. It is the most unlucky day in a year.
B. It is the busiest shopping day now.
C. It is the day after Thanksgiving.
D. It is the day before Christmas.
27.
A. Check out the latest price reduction online.
B. Look round for items in the physical stores.
C. Order the products from the online stores.
D. Wait in queue outside the stores overnight.
28.
A. $100 million dollars.
B. $670 million dollars.
C. $20 billion dollars.
D. $25 billion dollars.

答案解析

Section B
Passage One
The winter gift-giving season is responsible for twenty percent of all retail spending at American businesses. But how and when people buy holiday gifts is changing. Record numbers of Americans are turning to the Internet. More than 100 million people are expected to buy something online this holiday season.
[26]Traditionally, the biggest shopping day of the year was in late November on the day after Thanksgiving. People still call it "Black Friday." The idea was that it could push businesses "into the black"-the traditional color for recording profits. Red is for debts. But now the busiest days are right before Christmas. Many people wait for last-minute price reductions.
With the rise of the Internet, the National Retail Federation came up with a new term. "Cyber Monday" is the Monday after Thanksgiving. The idea is that [27]many people look in stores over the weekend. Then, to save time, they order online using the Internet at their jobs when they return back to work. Cyber Monday is a big day online. But market researchers at ComScore Networks reported that the biggest day of the holiday season so far was December thirteenth. The company said people spent almost 670 million dollars at American sites that day. That did not include travel sites.
ComScore estimates that Online spending during [28]this holiday season will reach almost 25 billion dollars that is 25 percent over last year.
Online selling makes it easier for businesses to react to changing conditions. It costs less to change the advertising on a Web site than in stores.

Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.

26. What does the speaker say about "Black Friday"?
正確答案：C
解析：短文說，傳統上來說，一年當中最大的購物日是在11月底，也就是Thanksgiving的後一天，稱之爲“黑色星期五”。故答案是C。從選項的提示詞day，猜測題目與某個重要的日子有關。C、D兩項還分別提到了兩個冬季的節日，B提到了購物，可進一步推測短文的話題與節日購物有關。根據原文，black指的商家賬本上記錄利潤的顏色，應該是lucky而不是unlucky，故排除A。傳統上最忙的購物日是Black Friday，但現在變爲Christmas的前幾天，故排除B和D。

27. What do people do before "Cyber Monday"?
正確答案：B
解析：短文說，在Cyber Monday的前一個週末，許多人先去商店裏查看商品，然後等週一上班時在網上購物。故答案是B。從選項的用詞price，store，order，queue，可猜測題目與購物有關。分析各選項，抓住重點。A和C與“網絡”有關，A是查價錢，C是購物。B和D與“實體店”有關，B是看商品，D是通宵排隊。邊聽錄音邊做好筆記。D在錄音中沒有找到；網上購物是在Cyber Monday當天做的事，故排除C；查看商品的地點是在實體店，而非網絡上，故排除A。

28. How much money was spent on holiday online shopping last year?
正確答案：C
解析：短文說，今年假期網上消費估計達250億美元，比去年增長25%，則去年爲200億美元，故答案是C。選項是金額，可猜測題目與購物的金額數有關。邊聽錄音邊做好筆記。特別留意數字出現時相關聯的信息。

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