Helen is my good classmate. She needs to buy a new sweater, and she ________ to Mrs. Cool’s Clothes Store. The clothes are at good ________. Helen tries on (试穿) ________ orange sweater first. Orange is her favorite color, but this one is too small for her. Then she tries on a blue one.

“This blue sweater ________ beautiful on you, little girl. ________ about buying this one? And it is on sale. It is only 62 dollars,” Mrs. Cool says.

Helen thinks the sweater is beautiful, ________ she takes it. She gives Mrs. Cool 100 dollars. Then she gets the change (零钱) ________ Mrs. Cool and goes home.

When Helen gets home, she ________ she gets 48 dollars. “Oh, no,” Helen says. She goes back to Mrs. Cool’s Clothes Store and gives ten dollars to ________.

“You are a ________ girl,” Mrs. Cool says.

I remember the day when my grandparents _______ me to help them shop online. Although they noticed that online shopping was convenient, they didn’t know how to use it. After discussion, they decided to ask me for help.

I taught them to use the online shopping website step by step _______. They studied hard, my grandfather even took his notebook to write down the steps. After the first order _______ successfully, they were so happy and ready _______ more. A few days later, when I came to visit them, I found that they could buy things online _______ depending on me.

They became more familiar with online shopping and started to buy _______ everyday things online. They didn’t need to go three blocks (街区) away just for a good chair. They also discovered that online shopping often offered _______ discounts (折扣) than in-store shopping.

Now my grandparents are used to shopping online. I think the things _______ the old people really need are company and love. Teaching my grandparents to shop online was _______ helpful experience. It made our relationship closer ________ shopping online lets us have more to talk about when we are together.

There are many new ways of shopping, and online shopping is one of them. You can ________ almost everything on the Internet, and it’s very easy. First, you choose something—clothes, tickets, a mobile phone, even a new computer—and pay ________ it, then you receive it a few days ________ by post.

Online shopping has several advantages. First, you ________ shop at any time. The shops are always ________. Second, shopping usually takes a lot of time. But to shop on the Internet you only need a computer and a mouse! You can also compare the prices of ________same product and spend a lot…or save money.

But many people like going out and shopping with friends. They don’t like shopping on the Internet ________ they can’t see the product or try the clothes on. Also paying over the Internet isn’t always ________.

Online shopping is changing ________ way of life. One day no one will ________to the shops any more, because you’ll be able to buy anything on the Internet, and you will be able to receive it anywhere in the world at any time!

【推荐3】Singles’ Day is a holiday falling on November 11th in China. ________ people stay up late that night. They go shopping online (线上的) ________ money. The online stores sell things at good prices on this day. Well, the US has ________ like it called Black Friday.

Black Friday ________ on the Friday after Thanksgiving Day every year. It is one of the biggest shopping ________ in the US. People start to prepare for Christmas, so they go shopping on this day.

It’s called Black Friday ________ shops used to record (记录) sales with black ink (墨水). So when there ________ a lot of black ink on a page, it meant the shop sold a lot.

Shopping ________ Black Friday takes place at actual (实体的) stores. It is different from Singles’ Day. People stand in line (队伍) for hours. Sometimes they________ fight over things because there are only a few left in the store. Televisions, computers and video game systems (电子游戏系统) are some of ________ favorite things to buy.