Are you interested     1     the popular shopping culture-Singles Day? I’d like to inform you of some information about it.

There are     2     (vary) theories about the origin of Singles Day in China. One of the popular theories     3     (be) that Singles Day originated from campus culture. In 1993，four senior students at Nanjing University came up with     4     idea of organizing activities on Nov. 11 as a day for single people.     5    (gradual) accepted by society, this festival attracts more and more people. With the spread of media and online culture, Singles Day is now hugely popular.

At present, Nov. 11 is a shopping carnival. “Double 11” with the purpose of the online promotion     6     ( hold) by Taobao(Tmall) on Nov. 11，2009. With thetendency of shopping online, the turnover (营业额) of “Double 11” Shopping Festival reached 213.5 billion in 2018, rising steadily,     7     is a delight to sellers.

When shopping day meets Singles Day, what will people do? Perhaps, this special day makes no difference to those who are in their forties or older ages,     8     young people are loyal consumers who will take risks of     9     ( run) out of their money to purchase. It is the young consumers     10     have strong desire to buy that day. They like the discounts of the goods.

My wife is addicted to shopping on the Internet.     1     seems that she can’t stop herself from clicking with the mouse. Let me tell you what happened last night. It was the     2     (three) time that she had shopped online for hours. I had already asked her     3     (think) twice before buying anything,     4     my wife ignored what I said and replied     5     (confident), “With the Chinese New Year     6     (approach), preparation is necessary. Besides, I haven’t bought things on the Internet     7     a whole week.” Hearing her words, I was really speechless.

In most cases, the things she bought     8     (be) not good value for money. Maybe she just enjoys the process of buying online.

With the development of technology, online shopping is becoming more and more convenient. In the meanwhile, it causes a range of     9     (problem). People are easily attracted by the discount. So how to keep a good state of mind in front of temptation is     10     important lesson many people need to learn.

An c-payment system (系统) is a way of     1    (pay) for goods and services through an electronic medium (媒介), without the use of cash (现金). It’s also     2    (call) an online payment system or electronic payment system.

The electronic payment system has grown     3    (rapid) over the last 10 years because of the     4     (grow) spread of Internet-based banking and shopping. As the world progresses more with the help of technology, we can see the rise of electronic payment systems     5     leads to fewer check and cash transactions (交易). One of the most popular payment     6    (method) online is Alipay. Besides it, there are also other forms of payment, such     7     electronic wallets, smart cards and WeChat Pay.

E-payment systems allow people     8    (make) electronic payments for online transactions. With the great popularity of online shopping, c-payment systems have become a must     9     online customers, making shopping and banking much     10    (easy).

Fall is here, but this year, tree     1     (leaf) won’t be the only thing to change color as it gets colder. Recently, Stone Island     2     (push) out heat sensitive sweaters (热感毛衣) that change color     3     (depend) on the air temperature.

Stone Island is an Italian men’s clothing brand known     4     experimenting with creative clothing materials. Its heat sensitive sweater consists of two layers (层). The outer face is made of heat-sensitive fiber that changes color when     5     (expose) to cold, while the inner one is made of pure wool. The sweater constantly changes between two different colors, creating an     6     (impress) 3D effect. There are currently three color combinations     7     (choose) from: yellow to orange, bright green to army green, and milk white to dark gray.

Heat-sensitive clothes are not unheard-of. During the 1990’s,     8     company called Hypercolor gained attention for creating the first T-shirts     9     changed from colored to colorless as temperatures changed from cold to warm, but they only reacted to the wearer’s body temperature, not     10     of the environment.

Stone Island’s heat-sensitive sweaters are now available online. Dressed in this magic sweater, you will become a human chameleon (变色龙).

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).

Singles’ Day falls on November 11^th every year in China,     1    is recognized as a day for people who have no girlfriend or boyfriend. Couples and lovers have Valentine’s Day in celebration of their love, but how about the singles? There must be     2    day they can celebrate even without a partner. That’s    3    people created Singles’ Day.

On Singles’ Day many singles choose to say goodbye to their single lives,     4    (attend) date parties, and some people even decide to get    5    (marry) to strangers.    6    this day has recently become more of a time for shopping, because many shops online will give customers great discount (打折)    7    (promote) their goods. More and more people are    8    (will) to shop online to get what they want, and I am one of them. I just can’t help buying things    9    I need them or not.    10    (honest) speaking, some of things that I bought have been put aside forever in my closet.