【推荐1】阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Gerry: Hi, Susan. Are you interested in     1     (buy) some used books for school? They are     2     good condition and much     3     (cheap) than new ones. You can really save money that way.
Susan: Well, what do you have?
Gerry: Well, I have a science book,     4     (call) “Today’s World”. And I’m selling it     5     30 dollars.
Susan: 30? That’s too expensive for a broken book like that.
Gerry: Maybe so,     6     I bought it for 60, and I     7     (write) a lot of notes in the book, which should be a great help to you if you could read my writing.
Susan:     8     else are you selling?
Gerry: OK. I have     9     English writing textbook, for 14 dollars, a math book, for 23 and a novel…
Susan: Huh.
Gerry: It’s up to you. You know, these things go fast. After all, opportunities lost never come again.
Susan: OK. I’ll take the writing book and the novel. I need both of those for sure.
Gerry: No more textbooks?
Susan: Not now.     10     (teach) are constantly changing their minds about textbooks.
Gerry: All right.

【推荐2】Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word. For the other blanks, fill in each blank with one proper word. Make sure that your answers are grammatically correct.

Pop-up Shops Are Gaining Popularity

The retail business may be suffering in Hong Kong, but pop-up shops have become popular with the brands looking to reconnect with the local consumers.

Although the pop-up is not a new concept, the market is welcoming it with open arms. It     1     (regard) as a testing ground for promoting new products, while offering shoppers a more personalized brand interaction. It is believed that the pop-up effect primarily benefits small retailers and young designers, both of       2     expect to connect with their customers for lack of a physical store. On the other hand, they try to avoid long-term contract.

“As we are a young brand, it’s difficult for customers to find us. We’re     3     (likely) to have a permanent store since the barriers to entry are so high,” says the founder of fashion label PT’A. “With the pop-up, we sell in person and have that one-to-one contact with our customers. We see our sales soar dramatically     4     we do pop-ups.”

It is not just small retailers and young designers that are benefiting. With the market     5     (shift) from physical retail to e-commerce, online-only brands such as Grana have used pop-up shops as a way to complement their brand. Customers are able to try out the products firsthand, and then shop online at their convenience. Additionally, established brands are also using pop-ups to excite shoppers. Shiseido, for example, once did a pop-up     6     (promote) one of their specific line of lipsticks. It is otherwise difficult to do in their current retail spaces     7     they have to accommodate their entire product line.

While some industry insiders insist that it is a short-term trend       8     (drive) by a bad economy, others see benefits in the long run. Landlords are also changing their minds. In essence, pop-up shops are mutually beneficial to both the landlord and the retailer.

“Personally, I don’t think pop-ups are a passing trend. From what we       9     (learn) from our customers so far, they are always looking for unique products and experiences, exactly       10     that pop-up shops can offer. I believe they will remain an enduring experiential marketing platform,” says the manager of a small retailer.

【推荐3】阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

It’s certainly enjoyable to catch up with friends’ activities or watch your favorite content creator while you’re eating.     1    , bringing your cellphone to the dinner table is not only disrespectful to others, but it can also do harm     2     your health. First of all, if you’re at the dinner table with other people, you have a     3     (responsible) of making them not feel like they’re eating alone.     4     (share) a dinner table with your family, friends, or romantic partner isn’t only about eating. There might be a person sitting right in front of you, and you may not even remember     5     they look like. Phone use     6     (lower) the enjoyment people get from real-world social interactions (社交).

If you have kids, dinner time can be your chance to be a role model for them. When you’re not on your phone, unaware that you’re sitting at a table with other people, it will engrave (铭记) polite table     7     (manner) and healthy eating habits in your children.

When in reality, the story is     8     (complete) different. Besides affecting relationships, if your attention is not     9     (concentrate) on eating, you are close to many physical and mental health problems.

It’s not that hard to keep your phone away from the dinner table     10     should serve as a bond (纽带). Better throw it to another room so that you can enjoy your meal.