1 . Online shopping is very popular among most Internet users. ________ 50% of the Internet users in the US like to shop online. South Korea, where 99% of the Internet users like shopping online, is one of the ________ where shopping online is popular.

Internet shopping is easy, ________ and convenient. People can do their shopping on a computer at home. When a person visits an online shop, chooses something he needs and then pays with his credit card (信用卡), he has ________ the process of online shopping. Several days later, his things will be sent to his home or his office.

There are some other ________ of shopping online. Online shopping is very popular during the Christmas shopping season ________ people can buy things online at any time of the day, and they don’t need to wait in a long line. That is to say, online shopping ________ save time.

Online shopping lets a person have enough time to choose things ________ being rushed. You have the chance to save the thing which you want and come back to it later to decide whether or not to buy it.

But for ladies, you must ________ when you buy something online. On the one hand, sometimes the color doesn’t look the same as ________ on your screen. On the other hand, you can’t know whether the dress fits you or not if you don’t try it on.

5 . I spent an hour in the bank with my dad to transfer some money (转账). I asked him, “Dad, why not use _______ banking?”       

“_______ would I do that?” He said.

“Well, then you won’t have to spend an hour here to transfer your money. You can do your shopping online. Everything will be _______!” I was excited to try to make my father believe it was a good way. He asked, “If I do that, I won’t have to _______ the house, right?” “Yes!” I said. I told him how things can be sent to our doors now and how Jingdong sends everything. However, his answer made me _______. He said, “As I walked into this bank today, I met four of my friends and I talked with the workers. I have _______ free time, so I often come to the bank. Two years ago, when I was badly injured(受伤), the store owner from whom I buy fruit came to see me. What’s more, when your mom _______ a few days ago, the bank worker saw her and helped her get to the hospital.”

He asked, “Why would I want to look at my _______ all the time? I like to know the person that I met is not just the seller. Does Jingdong send not only things but also friendship and _______ as well?”

I couldn’t say anything after hearing his words. My dad was right, of course. We shouldn’t depend so much on technology (依赖科技). It’s better to spend time with real ________.

Do you like shopping on the Internet? 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 ________ about a book, I write an e-mail to the online shop for an answer. I am shy. It is difficult for me to ________ with the shopkeepers in real shops.

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

I can shop at midnight if I want to. Real shops ________ at nine o’clock in the evening. Some people think they can ________ things from online shops, but postmen (邮递员) may lose or damage (损坏) their things. But I don’t worry about that. I think it is ________ to damage a book and most of the postmen are very careful.

Some people say that shopping in real shops is good because they can go with their friends and ________ many different things. They call this window shopping. I don’t have any friends and I don’t like to talk too much—it makes me ________ .

I am ________ my grandmother how to shop online. She cannot walk very far ________ it will make shopping easy for her if she shops online. My brother ________ wants to learn how to do it. He is very busy most of the time. When he has a little free time, he can shop online.

9 . Many people like to shop online（网上购物）now. Why?Sometimes we ________ have much time to go to stores. If we want to shop online, we only need a ________ and the Internet. If we shop online, we can go to many stores in a ________ time, and we can ________ things from all over the world（世界各地）.

________ we find the right online stores? Let me ________ you. First, go to an online store with a good reputation（名誉）. Second, ________ other shoppers reviews（评论）. From these, we can know about（了解）the ________ and the things we want to buy. Third, we can ________ our friends about some good online store, ________ can help us.

Do you like to shop online?

10 . Online shopping is more and more popular. You can shop without________your house. Just sit in front of your computer, click your________and your things will be sent to your house in several days.

Last November 11th, many online stores offered a big discount(折扣)and free delivery________. The biggest online shopping sites in China, taobao.com and t-mall.com, sold________worth 19.1 billion yuan in total.

“Goods online are often much cheaper. It also________me a lot of time. And we often find more goods online to________than in shopping malls.” said Wang Xin, an online shopping lover in Beijing. She________late for a lot of cheap goods online.

Another big________of online shopping is that it helps people get things from different places________. “I like eating duck necks very much and Taobao makes it________for me to buy them from shops in Wuhan.” said Zhang Xi, a girl in Yangzhou.

While enjoying online shopping, many people also have worries,_________for middle school student buyers. Young students are easily attracted by advertisements on the Internet and________things they don’t need.

“Middle school students________pay more attention to their studies. Searching for things wastes their time,” said Jing Chunling, an education expert. “Besides, online shop owners have no idea of the________of their buyers. Anyone can easily buy things they want. Some of the goods are ________for young students such as cigarettes(香烟) and wine(酒).”