My favorite day is Sunday. On Sunday, I always have ________ at 9:00 in the morning. Then I go to the library to ________. It’s fun. In the afternoon, I meet my friends. We play sports like tennis, basketball and soccer. After dinner, I play computer games or watch movies at home.

This Sunday is November 11th, the Double Shopping Day in China. It is ________ good time to buy things. My mother   _______ me to stay at home with her and go shopping online. She says the shops sell a lot of things ________ very good prices, and she buys a lot of things for ________. My grandfather’s birthday is in December and she buys a ________ for him. It looks very nice on the head. She buys a pair of ping-pong bats for my brother. Ping-pong is my brother’s favorite sport. My father’s shirt is old, so she buys a ________ one for him. ________ is it? It is only 120 yuan. I get two model planes. ________ are very interesting to play with and I like them very much. This Sunday I have a great time with my mother.

2 . As teenagers, maybe you are interested in blind (失明的) boxes. Some of you have got blind box toys ________ online stores. But why does this kind of shopping become popular in China?

You may have different ideas. Firstly, the box adds more ________ and fun to your buying experience. Because you don’t know what is inside the box, you want to ________ your luck. Secondly, blind boxes are really cheap. As a student, you don’t have too much money, so you want to save some for yourself. ________, on Taobao and Pinduoduo, some blind boxes are sold for prices as low as 9.9 yuan. Thirdly, you may get something such as a pet dog your parents wouldn’t buy for you. If this is your choice, you are really wrong. Because your parents are adults, they know ________ you should get.

On May 3, 2021, about 160 pet dogs and cats were found at a business outlet of ZTO Express (快递) in Chengdu. Sellers were ready to put ________ in boxes to be sent to different places through the express. When volunteers found those animals, ________ most of the dogs were jumping, four of them were dead (死亡的) and many were sick. So what do you think of the blind box pet event in Chengdu? If you really love animals, you are ________ angry. You are probably hoping that people can stop the sale of blind box pets You may ask your parents to buy a pet in a pet store near your home. Whatever your choice is, it shows that you are a(n) ________ teenager.

Blind box toys are ________ in some ways because of their cute looks. But remember: Animals are our friends, so we should love them and make them keep away from blind boxes! So from now on, let’s stop buying such blind box. And it’s time for us to play a part in saving and protecting them.

Many people like to shop online now. Why? Sometimes we ______ have much time to go to the stores. If we want to shop online, we only need a ______ and the Internet. If we shop online, we can go to many online stores in a ______ time, and we can ______ things from all over the world.

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

In America, Black Friday is many people’s _________ day. It is on the fourth Friday in November. On Black Friday, many stores sell things at very good _________. Americans always buy a lot of things in real stores. They often get up very early in the _________, stand and wait （等待） for hours to _________ their favorite things.

In China, there isn’t Black Friday, _________ there is “Double Eleven Day（双11）”. On _________ 11^th, many Chinese people like to buy lot of things from online （网络的） shops because they can save money.

Wang Lin is a Chinese student. She wants to buy some things for her _________ that day. First, she wants to buy a birthday gift for her mother. Maybe she will buy an orange sweater for her because it’s cold now. Second, she wants to buy a _________ watch for her father. He lost his watch yesterday. She wants to buy some snacks（小吃） for the school _________ next Friday. Wang Lin feels very _________ now.

5 . There are many new ways of shopping, and online shopping is one of them. You can buy almost everything on the ________ , and it’s very easy. First, you ________ something—clothes, tickets, a mobile phone, even a new computer—and ________ for it. Then you will get it a few days later.

There are some advantages（优点）. First, you can shop at ________ time. The shops are always open. Second,   ________ in the stores usually takes us a lot of time. But you only need a computer and a mouse to shop on the Internet! And you can get better and ________ things, you will save lots of money.

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

Online shopping is changing our way of ________. One day no one will go to the shops anymore, because you’ll ________ buy anything on the Internet, and you will get it anywhere in the world at any time!

6 . As teenagers, maybe you are interested in blind boxes. Some of you have got blind box toys from online stores. But why does this kind of shopping become popular in China?

You may have different opinions. Firstly, the box adds more ________ and fun to your buying experience. Because you don’t know what is inside the box, you want to ________ your luck. Secondly, blind boxes are really ________. As a student, you don’t have too much ________ so you want to save some for yourself. For example, on Taobao and Pinduoduo, some blind boxes are being sold for prices as ________ as 9.9 yuan. Thirdly, you may get something such as a pet dog your parents wouldn’t ________ for you. If this is your choice, you have really gone too far. Since your parents are adults, they know ________ you should get.

On May 3, 2021, about 160 pet dogs and cats were ________ at a business outlet of ZTO Express in Chengdu. They were put in boxes to be sent to different ________ through the express. When volunteers found those animals, four of them were dead, ________ many were sick. So what do you think of the blind box pet event in Chengdu? If you really love animals, you are ________ angry. You are probably calling for an end to the crazy ________ of blind box pets like other people. You may ask your parents to buy a pet in a local pet store. Whatever your choice is, it suggests that you are a(n) ________ teenager.

Blind box toys are ________ partly because of their cute looks. But remember: Animals are our friends, so we should love them and make them ________ from blind boxes! So it’s time for us to play a part in protecting them. And from now on, let’s stop buying such blind boxes!

7 . “Who needs a shopping mall if you have Taobao?” says Wang Lin, 28, a writer in Beijing. Taobao, China’s largest online shopping site, has become an important part of Wang Lin’s life. She ________ lots of money on Taobao.

A growing number of Chinese internet users like Wang have found the joys of online shopping. Most online shoppers are students or young workers. More women shop online than men. Clothing and home-use products are the most ________ products online.

Taobao means “looking for treasure” in Chinese. People can find almost ________ they need on Taobao, from clothes to books, from candies to DVD players.

“You may question the safety of online shopping,” Wang Lin said. “It’s very safe and convenient. ________ you receive the product from the seller and are satisfied (满意) with it, the seller will not get the money. You can ________ get your money back if you want to return the products.”

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 something about a book, I write an e-mail to the online shop for an answer. I am shy. It is difficult for me to ________ the shopkeepers in real shops.

Sometimes online shops have pictures 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 may 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 the postman (邮递员) may lose or damage (损坏) their things. But 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 because you can go with your 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 so 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 . Life is getting better and better now. Many people like shopping on the Internet. Do you like shopping online? I like buying magazines online. They are often ________, so you don’t have to spend much money. And I am ________. It is hard for me to ________ to the shopkeepers in real shops. Sometimes online shops can ________ you some pictures of the magazines. I think it is very helpful. I don’t like to read magazines in ________ because the keepers may come and talk with me. I don’t know what to say to them.

I can shop at ________ if I want to. Real shops close at 10 o’clock in the evening. Some people think the postman(快递员)sometimes may break or lose their things, but I don’t ________ that. I think most of the postmen are very kind and careful. I am ________ my grandfather how to shop online now. He is too ________ to walk far so it’s good for him to shop online. My little sister ________ wants to learn how to shop online. It’s interesting for her.

10 . Online shopping is very popular in the world. Almost 85% of Internet users in America like to _______ online. The Republic of Korea (韩国), with 99%, is one of the most popular _______ for Internet users to shop online.

Online shopping is easy and fast because you can do _______ shopping on a _______ at home. When you visit an online shop, you can choose things and then pay _______ them. Several days later, you can receive them by _______.

There are some _______ of shopping online. Online shopping is popular during the Christmas shopping season because people can _______ things online at any time of the day, and they don’t need to _______ in long lines in big supermarkets. That is to say, online shopping can save ________.

But you must be careful when you buy clothes online. Sometimes the color doesn’t look the same as that on your screen. And you can’t decide whether the dress fits you or not without trying it on.