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.

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).

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.

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.

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.