Đáp án: B
Thông tin: As they might put it, the term Black Friday came from an old way of recording business accounts: losses were recorded in red ink and profits in black ink.
Dịch: Như họ có thể nói, thuật ngữ Thứ Sáu Đen xuất phát từ một cách ghi chép tài khoản kinh doanh cũ: các khoản lỗ được ghi bằng mực đỏ và lợi nhuận bằng mực đen.
Choose the correct options (A, B, or C) for each of the following questions.
What is TRUE about the origin of Black Friday?
A. It was coined by the police.
B. It was used to describe the offer of bargains in many retail stores
C. It was originally made a holiday in Philadelphia in 1965.
Choose the correct options (A, B, or C) for each of the following questions.
Why did retailers provide another explanation about Black Friday?
A. They wanted to avoid the bad meaning of the day.
B. They didn’t appreciate Black Friday.
C. The previous meaning of Black Friday was wrong.
Read the passage and complete the tasks that follow.
Black Friday is the Friday which follows Thanksgiving Day. Black Friday is celebrated in the United States as an official beginning of the Christmas shopping season. On the day, most shops open extremely early and offer promotional sales to boost the consumption, which is similar to Boxing Day after Christmas Day in Britain and many Commonwealth nations. For years, it was quite usual for retailers to open their shops at 6:00 a.m., but in the late 2000s many opened at 5:00 a.m. or even 4:00 a.m. The year 2011 witnessed a new extreme when several retailers opened at midnight. For non-retailer employees, they may have a day off work or choose to take a day from their annual leave on Black Friday. Some use this to make trips to see family members or friends who live in other areas or to go on vacation. Others use it to start shopping for the Christmas season. Black Friday is not a federal holiday, but is a public holiday in California and some other states in the United States.
Black Friday, to the police, is not a term of endearment. The name of the day originated in Philadelphia where it was first used by the Police Department to describe massive traffic jams and over-crowded sidewalks as the downtown stores were mobbed from opening to closing. Nowadays, Black Friday crowds that are hunting for bargains still give the police headaches. However, retailers do not appreciate the negative connotation associated with Black Friday. Therefore, there exists another explanation as to why it is called Black Friday. As they might put it, the term Black Friday came from an old way of recording business accounts: losses were recorded in red ink and profits in black ink. Therefore, an alternative explanation was made that retailers traditionally operated at a financial loss, or "in the red", from January through November, and "Black Friday" indicates the point where retailers begin to turn a profit, or get "in the black". It goes without saying that Black Friday positively means a profitable Friday to the retail industry.
Decide whether the following statements are True or False.
Black Friday and Boxing Day are celebrated on the same day.
A. True
B. False
Choose the correct options (A, B, or C) for each of the following questions.
The phrase “in the black” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _______?
A. unlucky
B. profitable
C. dressed in black
Choose the correct options (A, B, or C) for each of the following questions.
The word “mobbed” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _______?
A. very crowded
B. filled with goods
C. sluggish
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.
Which of the following can result from the loss of one species in a food chain?
A. The connections among the creatures in the food chain become closer.
B. Larger predators will look for other types of prey.
C. There might be a lack of food resources for some other species.
D. Animals will shift to another food chain in the community.
Choose the correct word A, B or C for each gap to complete the following passage.
Question 5
A. throw
B. threw
C. thrown
Choose the correct word A, B or C for each gap to complete the following passage.
Question 4
A. see
B. saw
C. seen
Choose the correct word A, B or C for each gap to complete the following passage.
Question 3
A. to climb
B. climb
C. climbing
