Amazon is publishing a new and improved Kindle. It’s     1     (thin) and lighter than the former one, and has a rounded design that makes it easier for one     2     (hold) it with one hand. But what’s most interesting is its characters for     3     blind.

The previous fourth-generation Kindle Touch, which     4     (come) out in 2011, has speakers, headphone jacks, and text-to-speech functions. It is the last Kindle     5     is accessible to those who have trouble seeing text. When Amazon updated its LCD-screen Fire tablets, the company removed the audio character from the Kindle’s e-reader line, thus     6     (make) it inaccessible to blind users.

The new Kindle will come with Bluetooth wireless technology. Much like Amazon’s voice-controlled Echo, the new Kindle reads e-books aloud when     7     (connect) to bluetooth headphones or speakers. How easy it will be for blind people to pair the Kindle with a bluetooth audio device will     8     (true) determine its accessibility. According to Amazon, the new Kindle may have no    9     (difficult) in pairing with bluetooth, as long as the host device has good text-to-speech technology, such as a built-in screen reader.

    10     Amazon isn’t the only e-book seller choice for blind people, it has a majority share of the US e-book market, according to The journal.

At last year’s Singles’ Day shopping spree (狂欢), domestic brands    1     (fill) up the shopping cart of Wang Xinyi,     2     university student from Southwest China’s Chongqing.

“Most of us choose domestic products owing to the fact     3     they are cost-effective and high in quality” said Wang,     4     bought daily necessities, clothes and digital products made by local brands during last week’s shopping festival.

Wang said many young Chinese     5     (increase) chose domestic brands,     6     (add) that this trend could not only satisfy consumers’ needs but incorporate (融入) traditional Chinese culture into the products.

Nearly 70% of post-90s and around 80% of post-00s generations prefer to buy domestic brands. Young consumers have     7     (strong) confidence and a higher sense of national identity than those of other groups. Overall, Chinese people’s interest in domestic products increased by 528 percent     8     (compare) with 10 years ago.

The     9     (improve) in quality and branding have helped promote domestic products. Besides, domestic brands have become popular among young consumers due to their     10     (innovate) use of traditional Chinese elements and culture.

While much attention is paid to the outside of a bag-its design, brand and, unavoidably, its price tag, most people tends    1    (ignore) the rich and complex internal life hidden in it.

When a woman    2    (step) out in the 1740s, on a regular basis, her private    3    (belong) would have included a watch, money, jewelry and perhaps some food. These are    4    she chose to take out. By the 1860s, she may have included scissors, a purse, and a magnifying glass. She would have worn these in the form of a chatelaine-a series of small purses    5    (attach) to the waist. What many women carry in their bags some three centuries later is    6    (remarkable) unchanged. One friend lists the contents; A book, a phone, cosmetics, keys, etc.

“The content is so important,” says Lucia Savi, a bag designer, “Hand bags had to be at least bigger than    7    $5 note, as bank notes came in, ”Now we carry phones wherever we go, so it is time that phones    8    (determine) design. More surprisingly, no matter how ordinary the bag looks,     9    can communicate something about the owner. So what your bag can convey    10    (be) your status, or your belief.