Online shopping is getting more and more popular in most cities, where people are able to make full use of the rapidly-developed Internet technology.

It is welcomed by most people due to    1    (vary) reasons. From the angle of the consumers, it can save much time for a person who    2    (have) little spare time to go shopping in the malls. By    3    (simple) clicking the mouse, they can get whatever they want while staying at home,    4    may be tens of thousands kilometers away from the online shops. For the retailers(零售商), it can cut some costs for those who don't have much circulating funds.     5    (compare) with traditional trade style, it also saves them the need to rent a house.     6    , there are still some disadvantages in online shopping. First, a face-to-face deal makes online-shopping less reliable and trustworthy. Second, people will lose the fun of bargain.

    7     is undoubted that shopping on the Internet has become an irresistible trend in modern society. It is     8       great importance that we make the relative laws with the rapid     9     (grow) of online shopping. Only in this way can we enjoy the pleasure and convenience of online shopping without the fear of     10     (cheat).

LiJiaqi,a star in live- streaming(网络直播), knows how    1    (draw )the audience’s attention. Each time, he introduces a new item and then promotes it directly, “Buy it-just buy it! It looks super super good! " ---a sales pitch the online influencer is famous for.

Compared with Taylor Swift’s headline show at 2019 ’s Double Eleven evening party, Li's live-stream appeared     2    (simple),but he probably had a greater influence on last year’s festival. In the month    3    (follow ) the shopping festival, Li’s promotion    4    (drive)over one billion yuan in sales on Taobao Live.

As a new way of shopping, live-streaming has proved successful,    5    has led more companies to use online influencers to promote their products. The rise of commercial live-streaming is partly based on convenience. Any product can    6    (buy) during live-streams with just a couple of taps and swipes. Without the advantage,    7    (customer) may give up an item if its description does not provide enough information.

A convincing live-streamer together with limited-time discounts or lucky draws also    8    (account)for its popularity.Those tricks help persuade people to shop through live-streaming.

For now,there is still some doubt    9     live-streamers can really take responsibility for their broadcasts or not.However,buyers are quick to make judgements.”I don’t plan to stop watching Li’s live-streams.But out of     10    (curious),I also do my own research instead of shopping immediately.”said a Mr.Li,who often does shopping online.

My wife is addicted to shopping on the Internet     1     seems that she can’t control herself well , just clicking constantly with the mouse. Let me tell you what happened last night . It was the fourth time she     2     ( shop ) online for hours . I had already reminded her     3     (think) twice before buying anything, but my wife ignored what I had said and replied confidently, “ With the New Year     4     (approach), preparation is necessary.     5     (beside), I haven’t bought things on the Internet for a whole week.” Hearing her words, I was really speechless. In most cases, the things she buys aren’t good value for money. Maybe she just enjoys     6     process of buying online.

Nowadays,     7     the development of technology , shopping online is becoming more and more convenient . Those     8     slay at home can buy whatever they want . In the meanwhile , it causes a series of     9     ( problem ). One of them is more spending than before , because people are    10     (easy) attracted by the discount . So how to keep a good stale of mind in front of temptation   is an important lesson many people need to learn .

Double 11 falls     1     November 11th each year. "Double eleven" in Chinese is the name of that date. Also, the number “1” means “singleness” in Chinese culture, so the date with the     2     (many) ones “11.11” is considered to be "Singles Day". Many people     3     (choose) to be singles choose this day to celebrate their lifestyle. Double 11 became     4     online shopping festival in 2009.

T-mall (formerly Taobao Mall), a B2C website     5     belongs to Alibaba, has taken full advantage. In 2009, Zhang Yong, president of T-mall, saw the opportunity. He wanted     6     (raise) sales and customer awareness of the T-mall brand. Only twenty-seven     7     (shop) took part in the first Double 11 festival. At that time, the online shopping festival was a new idea and a challenge for all people,     8     its sales performance showed great success in the Chinese market.

Each year T-mall has a     9     (total) different theme on Double 11. In 2021, T-mall's Double 11 theme is: "Make your dream come true." Recently, the rapid growth of the e-commerce market     10     (make) Double 11 busiest ever shopping festival in the world.

Time to Upgrade Phone? You Bet!

“Is it high time to buy a 5G phone now or should I wait?” this question     1     (throw) at me constantly by friends ever since China commercialized 5G last October.

First of all, China now has a wide 5G coverage, which makes     2     convenient for consumers to use 5G smartphones. Currently, 5G signals are available in all prefecture-level cities in China, and     3     (consume) in more than 300 cities are able to access 5G signals when they are in subways,     4     (take) a walk in parks or shopping at malls.

Moreover, telecom carriers have announced their plans to cover key counties and towns     5     5G signals next year, which will attract more people to 5G smartphones.

At the same time, the prices of 5G data packages are also dropping     6     (significant) from the starting price of more than 120 yuan ($18.3) per month at the start of this year to about 90 yuan now, making the tech     7     (afford) for more people to enjoy the 5G service. There are more 5G smartphone models to choose from — some of them may remain much too expensive,     8     the cheapest one now costs only 999 yuan.

China’s big three telecom carriers are also working on a new 5G-enabled messaging service, which is designed to replace current short messages with a system     9     is richer, provides phone book polling, and can transmit in-call multimedia.

So, yes, it’s high time that I     10     (buy) a 5G smartphone indeed.

6 . Online shopping is coming into fashion in most cities, where people are able to make full use of the rapidly­developed Internet technology. Nowadays, can we find a person     1     hasn’t experienced online shopping? Definitely not.

Online shopping     2     (welcome) by most people due to various reasons. From the perspective (视角) of the consumer, it can save some time for people who don’t have much spare time. Just click the mouse, they can get     3     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.     4     (compare) with the traditional trade mode (风格), it saves them the need to rent a house.     5    ， there are still some     6     (disadvantage) in online shopping. First, no face­to­face deal makes online shopping less reliable and trustworthy. Second, people will lose the fun of bargaining.

    7     is undeniable (不可否认的) that shopping on the Internet has become an irresistible (无法抗拒的) trend in modern     8     (social). It’s of great urgency that we need to make the relative laws with the rapid     9     (grow) of online shopping. Only in this way can we enjoy the pleasure and convenience of online shopping without the concern of     10     (cheat).