Our life has been greatly changed by E-commerce(电子商务). With fewer people       1     (leave) home for shopping, physical stores are having a difficult time.       2     it seems that one kind of physical store is not being hit – the convenience store.

Convenience store sales in 2016 in China increased by 13 percent,     3     (compare) with those of 2015, according to China Daily. There were       4     (rough) 100,000 convenience stores in China in 2017.

Why are these 24-hour stores with    5     average area of 110 square meters enjoying such rapid     6     (develop)?

One reason is that young people have grown    7     the habit of shopping at convenience stores, notes Convenience Store News. Convenience stores not only have everything needed for daily life, but also fresh food like sushi, sandwiches and salads,     8     are all quite popular among young people.

What’s more, different supermarkets, many convenience stores sell things they make       9     (they), like bread and cakes. As these products can only       10     (find) in these stores, many people go there just to buy them.