The shelves in most supermarkets are full of family-size this and multi-buy that. However, if you’re shopping for one, buying extra     1     (benefit) from price reductions doesn’t make sense. Either your shopping is then too heavy to carry home     2     you can’t use what you’ve bought while it’s still fresh.

Of course, shops are not charities — they price goods in the way     3     will make them the most money. If most of their customers are happy to buy larger quantities, that’s     4     they’ll promote. But that leaves the solo (单独) customers out of pocket and disappointed.

Many supermarkets are no longer doing “buy one get one free” promotions because of the     5     (criticize) that they lead to waste. Consumers prefer money off individual items. However, though it’s nice to get a few cents off a pack of sausages, it would help even more if they could sometimes     6     (offer) in smaller packs. Even the biggest sausage fan doesn’t want to eat them every day.

If your supermarket sells loose produce, then buying smaller quantities is easier. Over the last two years, some supermarkets     7     (start) selling chicken or salad in packs     8     (design) with two halves containing separate portions (份). Then, when you use one section,     9     other stays fresh.

Who knows, perhaps some of the more forward-looking     10     (one) may yet come out with a whole range of “just for you” pack sizes with special offers as well.

China’s movie box office earnings reached nearly 6.76 billion yuan (about $998.5 million) during the 2023 Spring Festival holiday, making for the second-highest total figures for the holiday to date     1     sending a signal of the strong recovery of China’s film industry this spring.

The top earners     2    (be) the twist-filled hit Full River Red and the sci-fi blockbuster The Wandering Earth II, which harvested about 2.61 billion yuan and over 2.16 billion yuan, respectively. This signaled that Chinese movies embedded (嵌入) with traditional values and culture were     3    (increase) appealing to domestic audiences, with the trendy rise of     4     (culture) confidence.

    5    (cover) diverse genres (体裁), this year’s holiday films were professionally made and fully met the particular demands of the audience. In terms of movie-goers’     6    (satisfy), domestic films screened during the week-long holiday scored 87.1 points,     7     year-on-year increase of 1.8 points, according to a survey conducted by China Film Archive.

“Film consumption     8    (anticipate) to continue to grow after the holiday, as people who were busy travelling during the Spring Festival holiday get an opportunity     9    (watch) films now,” said Rao Shuguang, president of the China Film Critics Association. He also predicted that people’s passion     10     cinema-going might last for several weeks.

Yuan Tian, who wears a traditional Lao dress is preparing tea in the food and agricultural products section of the fifth China International Import Expo. As head of the exhibit booth and general manager of the company, Yuan knows too well     1     popular the Lao-produced tea is.

Eight years ago, several Chinese businessmen traveling the Bolaven Plateau of Laos found     2     their surprise that aging tea trees were being cut down by local villagers. Feeling it a great pity, they offered     3     (purchase) the treasures. The company established a factory there, taking tea leaves collected from the wild tea trees to the     4     (globe) market. Its business there then expanded to the     5     (grow) of tea trees as the natural conditions in Laos were especially suitable for cultivating tea trees.

With the launch of the China-Laos Railway, transportation costs have dropped significantly for the tea company,     6     has sold three to five tons of tea to China per year since 2019, Yuan said. So far, the company has been awarded     7     official document of origin in Laos. “At last year’s CIIE, many Chinese     8     (buy) came to our booth and the sales     9     (boost) greatly, and this year we have customers who committed     10     (they) to our brand,” Yuan said.

This year, China’s express delivery     1     (firm) handled 552 million parcels on Nov 11,1.8 times the usual daily average, the State Post Bureau said Saturday. The country’s courier sector handled 4.27 billion parcels from Nov 1 to 11, as online sales rose in the run-up to the annual online shopping bonanza, according to the bureau. The courier sector makes good preparations for the peak season that may continue until Nov 20, and the delivery network is running     2     (smooth).

    3     (initiate) in 2009, Singles’ Day (Nov 11) is that time of the year when people, especially singles, loosen their purse strings for online shopping.     4     started as an experiment thirteen years ago has turned into the world’s     5     (big) single-day shopping gala. The date was chosen for the shopping gala     6     Nov 11, written as 11.11, looks like unitary figures representing singles. And the success of the shopping gala, also called “double 11”, owes almost everything     7     the internet, in other words digital technology.

After years of exponential development, the digital economy     8     (become) one of the dominant economic forces in China. Accordingly, the country has decided to make the digital economy     9     driver of development, and promote digital industrialization and digital     10     (transform) of the industry.

Imported vehicles（进口汽车）can now enter the Chinese market at a     1    （fast）rate with lower costs, thanks to efforts made by the Pudong Airport Comprehensive Bonded Area（综合保税区）.     2     has smoothed out the clearance, examination and storage process.

The area     3    （take）the lead across China to set up the first examination line for imported vehicles in January by     4    （offer）“one-stop” examinations near the warehouse.

The Shanghai Customs office at the Pudong airport has also cut the clearance time for imported vehicles from half a day     5     half an hour at its service window that is     6    （especial）set up for imported vehicles. In addition, the bonded area offers tailored, storage solutions for imported vehicles to help promote     7    （efficient）and reduce costs.

Take the 30 Aston Martin vehicles that arrived in Pudong on December 7 as     8     example. The new storage solution for these vehicles will save costs by nearly 20 percent,     9    （compare）with the previous method.

Up to now, the bonded area     10    （receive）about 6,000 international expensive vehicles including Ferrari, Maserati, Jaguar and Land Rover. The combined value has exceeded 4 billion yuan.

Today's teen consumer market is the most profitable it has ever been. It is estimated that about 20% of the teen population is     1    (fashion) enough to drive fashion trends, according to a recent study     2     (conduct) by a marketing firm. Marketers recognize this fact and using elements of youth culture is of growing     3    (interesting) to them. Perhaps one of the best examples is their use of hip-hop culture. Hip-hop fashion alone is reported     4     (bring) about 8450 million to $1 billion in 2010. Rap's rise and global popularity is a good example of     5     youth culture has greatly influenced youth attitudes and behavior.

Fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger,     6     brands were extremely popular with the upper class and the casual buyers in the 1990s, was fully aware of the power of youth culture. He marketed his brand by giving clothes to famous MTV stars and     7    (feature) teen stars in his ads. In 1995 , Hilfiger launched The Tommy Hilfiger Corporate Foundation in order to empower America's youth, placing a major     8    (emphasize) on cultural programs. His efforts     9    (pay) off. Teens rated Hilfiger jeans     10     their number one brand in a survey in 2000.