Task 2Directions: This task is the same as Task 1.The 5 questions or unfinished statements

Task 2

Directions: This task is the same as Task 1. The 5 questions or unfinished statements are numbered 41 through 45.

There is another sale this Christmas season. With the sliding sound of cash registers'(收银箱) drawers, one might think Santa Claus(圣诞老人) is about to overtake Microsoft owner Bill Gates to become the world's richest person. Christmas has become far more commercial than its original meaning—the celebration of Jesus Christ's birth. Santa should be pleasantly surprised to find himself warmly welcomed in major Chinese cities, where hotels, shopping centers, bars and restaurants and markets have been cashing during this golden spending season.

30% of Beijingers are willing to pay for Santa, creating a 100-million-yuan market in catering(餐饮), shopping and entertainment. No wonder businessmen are more aware than ever before of the business opportunity created by Christmas. Christmas has always been a time when leading Beijing hotels offer seasonal foods and special events.

Chinese people prefer to stay at home with their families during the traditional Spring Festival. They generally spend the seven-day holidays in May and October traveling. Christmas seems to have become the only happy time that Chinese party and enjoy food and entertainment outside their homes. Five years ago. Christmas in Beijing was fashionable for Chinese. Now, the celebration is habitual.

Christmas season might bring profit to the businessmen with the pleasant ______ of cash registers' drawers.

A．moving

B．singing

C．shouting

D．crying