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备战2022年中考英语考前时事热点话题阅读+题型专练 热点70 双十一购物节相关情况 一、阅读单选 1 The “Double Eleven” Shopping Festival is coming again. Most stores have started discounting（打折）their goods. Now, if you take a careful look at the sale prices youd find that many of them end in “9” or “.99”. In everyday life, we seldom say, “Just give me 5.99 minutes.” Its not common to say “Just give me 59 minutes” either. We are more likely to say “Just give me six minutes” and “Just give me 60 minutes”. Why do stores prefer the other way round? According to Lee E. Hibbett, a professor of marketing, this pricing strategy has been around f