1 . Stores play music to change the way customers feel. Clothing stores for teenagers play popular music. It is exciting and makes the customers feel happy, but music does more than that. It can change the way a person shops.

According to studies, the volume (音量) of music changes how people shop. Customers shop quickly when store music is very loud. They hurry through the store, but they buy just as much. When music is quiet, customers shop slowly. Customers take time to look at the products and talk with the salespeople. Quiet music is good for products that take time and information to buy.

Slow music makes people slow down. In restaurants with slow music, customers spend more time eating. Slow music also slows down customers in supermarkets. Customers notice more products as they walk through the store. With slow music in supermarkets, sales go up by 38 percent.

Familiar music gives shoppers a good idea of time. People know the beginning, middle, and end of a familiar song. When customers hear music that is not familiar, they don’t notice the time. When they don’t notice the time, they spend more time shopping and buy more. People remember past experiences and feelings when they hear familiar music. Many stores play old, happy music so customers feel good. When customers hear new music, they forget about the world outside of the store. Some stores use new music so their customers relax while they shop.

Stores choose music that fits their products. A bookstore plays classical music and jazz. It gives the store a serious and intelligent feeling.

Zhou Hei Ya is one of    1    best-known brands in China, mainly    2    (sell) duck necks with sweet and spicy flavour. It    3    (announce) the launch of a plant meat duck neck product on its official Wechat account on Oct.10, 2020.

Like many other new plant meat products, this new product not only has the fashion label of “plant meat”,    4    claims to be low in calories, high in protein, zero cholesterol, zero trans-fatty acids, no synthetic pigments and no nitrites.    5    other words, it includes “healthy” elements in its marketing.

Zhou Hei Ya claims that the new plant meat product retains (保留) the sweet and spicy taste and    6    (have) an advantage in colour and texture (口感).    7     (compare) with the real duck neck, the plant meat duck neck certainly does not contain bones, so it will be much    8    (convenient) for consumers to eat.

The new product is    9    (current) only available in some Zhou Hei Ya stores. This new product can be seen as an attempt by Zhou Hei Ya    10    (break) into the plant meat market.

An e-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, e-payment systems have become     9     must for online customers, making shopping and banking much     10    (easy).

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10 . So you’re trying to cut back on spending. Congratulations. You’ve made a wise decision but it is not necessarily a path that is easy to follow. The temptation to over-spend is an ever-present, inviting itch that you’ll need to avoid scratching. But, armed with the right set of principles. you can keep it at bay.

If you are going shopping, make sure you only take enough money with you to buy what you need. Extra money is often an excuse for extra spending. If you shop with charge cards, be sure that credit limit is only high enough to keep you from making impulsive purchases.

Separate necessary spending and indulgence spending. It’s a good way to keep that money from flying out of your wallet. If you always pay for necessities first then you won’t have the cash flow for the extras that, while you’d love to have them, you don’t really need them.

Take another person along who understand your goal of keeping spending down. They can be your second conscience when you see that cute purse on sale and are attempting to justify the purchase. A frown and a shake of the head from your shopping buddy might be the extra signal that persuades you to leave it behind.

Don’t spend more than you have to, even on necessities. Shopping around you’ll find that many everyday items that you do have to buy can be bought for less. Try the store brand instead of the name brand, and shop where you can find bargains. Saving a little money in this area may allow you a bit of self-indulgent spending now and then, as long as you have to “earn” that extra spending by saving.