首页
登录
职称英语
On the last shopping day before Christmas, stores across the United States w
On the last shopping day before Christmas, stores across the United States w
游客
2023-09-03
42
管理
问题
On the last shopping day before Christmas, stores across the United States were busy but not jam-packed as shoppers scrambled for last-minute gifts, even though some refused to admit it. At Boston’s Copley Mall, a small crowd gathered outside the main entrance of luxury department store Neiman Marcus, but no one waiting for the store to open would admit to being a last-minute shopper. "I’m really here to use a gift certificate and get something for myself and maybe someone else with what’s left over," said Matt Doran, who lives in Boston and had been waiting since 8:30 a.m. for the store’s 10 a.m. opening. Ilya Polykoff, who moved to Boston from Russia, said he was waiting "because I had the day off and I wanted to get some perfume." But he insisted that he was really shopping early because for him Christmas comes in January. The Orthodox Christmas will be celebrated on Jan. 7.
"There are lots of men out there today," said Karen McDonald, a spokes-woman for mall operator Taubman Centers, after returning from the Lakeside Mall in Sterling Heights, Michigan. "There is panic out there but people seem to be in good spirits," she said, adding that most shopping traffic peaked around midday. According to the International Council of Shopping Centers, December 24 was the sixth busiest holiday shopping day in 1997, while 44 percent of holiday sales were recorded in the December 15 to December 24 period. Ed Nally, manager of the Swatch Store known mostly for its brightly colored plastic watches, described the atmosphere as festive rather than crazed. He did say, however, that Dec. 21 was the turning point date, after which shoppers started. "The closer to Christmas, the crazier they get," Nally said. "They become more agitated, less patient." He said red-hot items this year were phones, beepers and the new digital swatch watch that costs $ 70 and came onto the market a week before Christmas. [br] The best title for this passage is ______.
选项
A、Last-Minute Christmas Shoppers Fill U.S. Stores
B、Digital Watches Are the Red hot Items This Year
C、The Excuse of the Last-Minute Shoppers
D、Christmas, the Best Shopping Season
答案
A
解析
主旨题。第一段开始便提到,尽管是圣诞节前最后一天,人们却拒绝承认是last-minute shoppers。第一段首句即本文的中心句,后面描述的现象以及采访顾客的对答都是对本文论点的论证。其中,第一段第二句“but no one waiting for the store to open would admit to being a last-minute shopper”更是点睛之笔.因此,正确答案为A项。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/2982186.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]Fast-foodrestaurantsareverypopularintheUnitedStates.
[originaltext]Fast-foodrestaurantsareverypopularintheUnitedStates.
[originaltext]Fast-foodrestaurantsareverypopularintheUnitedStates.
[originaltext]W:Doyouwantmetoexplainthesequestionsbeforetheexam?M:
[originaltext]W:Doyouwantmetoexplainthesequestionsbeforetheexam?M:
[originaltext]W:Doyouwantmetoexplainthesequestionsbeforetheexam?M:
[originaltext]EverytenyearstheUnitedStatesgovernmentcountsthenatio
[originaltext]EverytenyearstheUnitedStatesgovernmentcountsthenatio
[originaltext]Lastweek,theUnitedNationsheldaworldsummitonfoodsecu
[originaltext]Lastweek,theUnitedNationsheldaworldsummitonfoodsecu
随机试题
MasteringtheArtofConversation1.Makeeyecontact■Givea【T1】______smilin
[originaltext]Isyourfamilyinterestedinbuyingadog?Adogcanbeahap
TheRedistributionofHope"HOPE"isoneofthemost
关于书刊装帧加工的说法,正确的是( )。A.书刊都要制成书心后才可进行装帧加工
沉管施工,接口连接形式符合设计文件要求;柔性接口无渗水现象;混凝土刚性接口密实、
超重的诊断标准是BMI≥( )。A.21 B.23 C.25 D.31
Adams一Strokes综合征
温里剂的适用证是A.表寒证 B.里寒证 C.阴虚证 D.失血证 E.亡阳
患者女,68岁。患肝硬化已5年,近日发现牙龈出血、夜间睡眠时流涎呈粉红色,皮肤有
根据资料,可以推出:() A.2011年中部省份中河南货物和服务出口量最少
最新回复
(
0
)