2 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

A Young Designer’s Way to Fashion Success

Chinese designer Zhang Yan,     1    work has just hit New York’s and Chinese catwalks (T台), is slowly breaking the old idea about men in embroidery (刺绣) and fashion. Zhang has surprised the world with his unique embroidered Qipaos.

However, for the 26-year-old young man, his success is not easy. Holding the tiny needle properly in his big hand wasn’t     2     easy job for Zhang in the early days. What’s more, his parents were     3    (strong) against him, thinking that embroidery was women’s work and it had no future,     4    Zhang did not give up. He believes handwork has nothing to do with gender (性别) especially when it comes to    5    (dream).

Years of his hard work has paid off so far. His designs quickly    6    (draw) attention and even earned him an     7    (invite) to the 2019 New York Fashion Week. Western audiences at the show were amazed     8    the charm of the embroidered Qipao, saying it showed a kind of Eastern power.

    9    (feel) that his success has brought him a sense of national pride, Zhang hopes his experience can also help inspire teenagers     10    (follow) their dreams. “There are many ways to achieve success. As long as you keep going, you can make your dreams come true,” he says.

3 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

How do you usually buy what you need, shopping online or going out to shop in person? With the help of the Internet, shopping is    1    (easy) than before. We can just click our mouse to choose the items we like, pay for them online, and the shopping    2    (finish). It is easy and quick. It helps save money, too. We can save thousands a year if we compare the prices of similar items before     3    (decide) which to buy.   

However, there are always traps in shopping online. If we are     4    (care), we may get into trouble. For example, we may find the colour of the item different    5     that in the pictures online. Sometimes, the size of the item we receive can be too big     6     too small.     7    (avoid) such troubles, we should compare similar items from different online stores and pay more attention to what other customers say. From their comments, we can know    8    (well) about an item’s colour, size as well as    9    (it) shortcomings. In this way we increase our chance of buying    10     more satisfactory item.

4 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Today, we buy more clothing than we did 20 years ago. Waste     1     (cause) by fast fashion has become a serious problem. That's a lot of waste if you take into     2     (consider) the fact that a lot of water     3    (use) to produce one T-shirt. What can you do about that? Use the principle“less is more”.

Fast fashion clothing is designed to fall apart fast,     4     means that you'll need more soon. In the long run, it's     5     (cheap) to buy fewer clothes of higher quality. Besides, more and more stores have recycling programs,     6     (make) it easy to get rid of unwanted items responsibly.

Businesses can be environmental-friendly, too. For example, an online clothing store promises     7    (contribute) 5% of its income to     8     organization which protects elephants in Africa.     9     (actual), shopping in such similar businesses is certainly an     10     (amaze) way to be in harmony with nature. It creates a win-win situation where you can buy things you love, and at the same time, the environment has been improved because of your effort.

5 . 阅读下列短文，根据上下文在空白处填写适当的词语，或使用括号中所给词语的适当形式填空。

Gift shops in museums used to be the last stop of each visit,     1     people would buy souvenirs for     2     (they) and their friends. But what happened last month when the British Museum opened its online store on Chinese e-commerce website Tmall     3     (say) otherwise. The store has become so popular since its launch     4     some of its items have already sold out. It’s even more interesting     5     (consider) the fact that many of its customers in China have     6     (probable) never been to the museum before.

Museum products contain history. For example, in the British Museum store there are different kinds of sticky tape with patterns inspired by famous Rosetta Stone.     7     the design developing over the years, museum products are no longer limited to exhibits to be put on the bookshelf     8     duplicates (复制品) of famous paintings to be hung on the wall. They now mean items that we can put to use every day – jewelry,       9     (glass), cushion covers – which means we are able to not only “own”     10     piece of history, but also hold it in our hands, wear it on our neck or even sleep on it.

6 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

How do you usually buy what you need,     1     (surf) and shopping online or going out to shop in person? With the help of the Internet, shopping is     2     (easy) than before. Just     3     (click) the mouse to choose the items you like, pay for them online,     4     the shopping is finished. It is easy, quick and     5     (convenience). One of the other     6     (benefit) is saving money. We can save thousands a year if we compare the prices of similar items before deciding which to buy.

However, there are always traps in shopping online.     7     we are careless, we may get into trouble and become     8     (embarrass). For example, we may find the color of the item different     9     that in the picture online. To avoid such troubles, we should compare similar items on different online stores and pay more attention to     10     other customers say. In this way, we increase our chance of buying a more satisfactory item.

7 . 阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Amazon launched shopping carts(购物车) that track items as shoppers add them and automatically(自动地) charge them, allowing shoppers to avoid waiting in the checkout line. Amazon hopes to make the shopping experience    1     (efficient) than that of other physical stores.

Nevertheless, shoppers must have an Amazon account and a smart phone     2     (use) a Dash Cart. Each cart is equipped     3     cameras that can recognize items as they     4     (place) in the cart. The cart also has coupon (优惠券) scanner     5    applies any discount to the shopper's order. As shoppers add and remove items, a screen on the front of the cart shows how     6     they need to pay. When they're ready to leave ,shoppers exit through the store's Dash Cart passage.

"They don't have to learn any new shopping behavior, so they won't refuse     7    (shop) with the cart," said Dilip Kumar, Amazon's' vice president of physical retail and technology. "Once they sign in with their phone, they can     8     (simple) put the phone away and their normal way that they shop     9     (stay) the same. Besides, we have     10     (secure) measures to protect their personal information.”

8 .

Online shopping is coming into fashion in most     1    (city), where people are able to make full use of the rapidly-developed internet technology. Nowadays, can we find a person who has not experienced online shopping?

    2    (definite) not.

Online shopping    3    (welcome) by most people due to various reasons. From the point of consumers, it can save some time for people    4    don’t have much spare time. Just click the mouse, and they can get what they want while staying at home. For the retailers（零售商）, it can cut some costs for those who don’t have much circulating funds.     5    (compare) with the traditional trade mode, they don’t have to spend money in    6    (rent) a house.

However, there are still some    7    (advantage)in online shopping. First, online shopping is less reliable and trustworthy    8    a face-to-face deal. Second, people will lose the fun of bargain.

    9     is undeniable(不可否认的) that shopping on the Internet has become more and more popular in modern society. It’s urgent that we need to make the relative laws    10    the rapid growth of online shopping. Only in this way can we enjoy the pleasure and convenience of online shopping without the concern of being cheated.

9 . 语法填空
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

Jane was walking round the department store. She remembered how difficult     1    was to choose a suitable Christmas present for her father. She wished that he was as easy     2    (please) as her mother, who was always delighted with perfume. Besides, shopping at this time of the year was not     3    pleasant experience：people stepped on your feet or     4    (push) you with their elbows(肘部), hurrying ahead to get to a bargain.

Jane paused in front of a counter     5    some attractive ties were on display. “They are real silk,” the assistant tried to attract her. “Worth double the price.” But Jane knew from past experience that her     6    (choose) of ties hardly ever pleased her father. Jane stopped where a small crowd of men had gathered. She found some good quality pipes     7    sale. She did not hesitate for long: although her father smoked a pipe only once in a while, she knew that this was a present which was bound to(注定) please     8    .

When Jane got home, with her small but well-chosen present in her bag, her parents were already at table having supper. Her mother was     9    (excite). “Your father has at last decided to stop smoking,” Jane     10    (tell).

10 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

As well as reaching the right audience with the right technique, advertisers must also place their ads in the right medium. Obviously, cost will play     1     big part in this decision. Television adverts are expensive to make     2    to show. You have to be a big corporation with a big budget to afford television ads. Advertisements in newspapers, on the other hand, are     3    cheaper.

As well as worrying about the expense, advertisers must also consider     4     media are most appropriate for their product and which their target audience is most likely to see or hear.     5    most cars have radios, ads broadcast via radio can reach a lot of drivers very     6    (easy). For this reason,     7    would be appropriate to use radio to advertise goods and services relating to cars.     8    , it would be no use     9    (advertise) products on radio if the ad relies on visual effects. Television adverts are great for generating emotional responses to a product, but magazines and newspapers can have     10    details.