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Part 1
Read the text. Fill in each gap with ONE word. You must use a word which is somewhere in the rest of
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Page 2
Black Friday in the United States
Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving Day and the Friday before Cyber Monday in the United States. It is a busy
shopping day and is a holiday in some states.
Black Friday is not a federal 1 _____________________, but is a public holiday in some states. Many organizations
also close for the Thanksgiving weekend. Many people have a 2 ____________________off
work or choose to take a
day from their quota of annual leave on Black Friday. Some people 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.
3 _____________________ for Christmas presents is also popular on Black Friday. Many stores have special offers
and lower their prices on some goods, such as toys.
Public transit systems may run on their normal schedule or may have changes. Some stores extend their opening
hours on Black Friday. There can also be congestion on roads to popular shopping destinations.
Black Friday is one of the busiest shopping days in the USA. There are two popular theories
as to why the day after
Thanksgiving Day is called Black Friday. One theory is that the wheels of vehicles in heavy traffic on the day after
Thanksgiving Day left many black markings on the road surface, leading to
the term
Black Friday
.
The other 4 _________________ is that the term
Black Friday
comes from an old way of recording business accounts.
Losses were recorded in red ink and profits in black 5 __________________. Many businesses, particularly small
businesses, started making profits prior to Christmas. Many hoped to start showing a 6 ___________________,
marked
in black ink, on the day after Thanksgiving Day.
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