1 . Do you like shopping on the Internet (互联网)? I like to buy books online. Usually, the price isn’t very ______. You don’t have to pay a lot. When I want to know something about a book, I write an e-mail to the online shop (网店) for ______. I am shy. It is ______ for me to talk to the shopkeepers (店主) in real shops.

Sometimes online shops have pictures of the book. They can show you some pages (页) of the book, too. I think this is very ______. I don’t like to read books in shops because the shopkeepers may come and talk to me. I ______ what to say to them.

I can ______ at 12 o’ clock at night if I like. Real shops close at nine o’ clock in the evening. Some people may worry that the postman (邮递员) may lose or damage (损坏) the things they ______ from online shops, ______ I don’t worry about that. I think it is hard to damage a book and most of the postmen are very careful.

Some people say that shopping in real shops is good ______ you can go with your friends and look at many different things. ______ call this (称之为) window shopping. I don’t like to talk too much and I don’t have any friends and it makes me ______, but I can shop online.

I am ______ my grandmother how to shop online. She ______ walk very far, so it will make shopping easy for her if she shops online. My brother ______ wants to learn how to do it. He is very ______ most of the time. When he has a little free time, he can shop online.

1.

A．expensive

B．cheap

C．high

D．much

2.

A．a model

B．a picture

C．a question

D．an answer

3.

A．easy

B．exciting

C．relaxing

D．difficult

4.

A．boring

B．helpful

C．strict

D．terrible

5.

A．don’t know

B．want

C．know

D．don’t want

6.

A．read

B．shop

C．write

D．sleep

7.

A．have

B．make

C．buy

D．sell

8.

A．and

B．so

C．but

D．then

9.

A．when

B．why

C．if

D．because

10.

A．We

B．You

C．They

D．I

11.

A．cool

B．sad

C．happy

D．cute

12.

A．asking

B．studying

C．teaching

D．giving

13.

A．can

B．cannot

C．doesn’t

D．didn’t

14.

A．again

B．also

C．too

D．never

15.

A．busy

B．free

C．lovely

D．popular

2 . The Chinese shopping day called Singles Day (Nov 11) has already finished. There is a similar day in the United States _______ Black Friday. And an increasing number of people in the US _______ shopping online now.
Black Friday is always the Friday _______ Thanksgiving. On this day, many stores _______ big discounts for products like televisions and computers.
This year, the day _______ on Nov 24 and marked the start of the holiday shopping season. People start to buy things _______ Christmas at this time. The season will _______ until the end of this month.
_______, a lot of shopping during the season is done, at physical stores. But more people in the US are turning to online shopping.
This year’s Thanksgiving and Black Friday online sales _______ to $7.9 billion (52 billion yuan), a record high, and up 17.9 percent from a year ago, Reuters reported.
According to a survey ________ the National Retail Federation (美国全国零售商联合会), 59 percent of US customers said shopping on the internet was their top choice for this shopping season.1.

A．call

B．calling

C．called

D．to call

2.

A．is

B．are

C．was

D．were

3.

A．before

B．during

C．on

D．after

4.

A．advise

B．offer

C．provide

D．support

5.

A．fell

B．is falling

C．falls

D．had fallen

6.

A．to

B．with

C．for

D．at

7.

A．happen

B．last

C．begin

D．end

8.

A．Luckily

B．Excitedly

C．Traditionally

D．Totally

9.

A．raised

B．lifted

C．held

D．rose

10.

A．with

B．for

C．in

D．by