Do you like shopping on the Internet? I like to buy books online(在线的). Usually, the things aren’t very _______. You don’t have to pay a lot. When I want to know something about a book, I write an e-mail to the online shop for _______. I am shy. It is difficult for me to talk to the shopkeepers in real shops. Sometimes online shops have pictures of the book. They can show you some pages of the book, too. I think this is very _______. I don’t like to read books in shops because the shopkeepers may come and talk to me. I don’t know _______ to say to them. I can shop at midnight if I want to. Real shops close at nine o’clock in the evening. Some people may worry that the postman may lose or damage(损坏) the things they _______ from online shops, but I don’t worry about that. I think it is _______ to damage a book and most of the postmen are very careful.

Some people say that shopping in real shops is good because you can go with your friends and _______ many different things. They call this window shopping. I don’t have any friends and I don’t like to _______ too much — it makes me tired. I am _______ my grandmother how to shop online. She cannot walk very far so it will make shopping easy for her if she shops online. My brother wants to learn how to do it, ____________. He is very busy most of the time. When he has a little free time, he can shop online.

The year 2018 marked the 10th Anniversary(周年庆) of Double Eleven Shopping Festival. Tmall(天猫商城) is ______ sales greater than ever! Big saving are offered ______ promotions(促销活动) like discounts, pre-order, coupon, and many other.

It has always been regarded as a special day for single men and women in China. It has now turned to be the country's ______ day for online retailers(零售商), millions of shopping lovers and thousands of couriers(快递公司). And people's views on this vary from person to person.

A large number of consumers(消费者) think highly of the double-eleven online sale. It is believed that the goods is really cheap. Besides, it is convenient for the customers to shop as well ______ they don't need to go out. It ______ promotes economic(经济的) development, as well.

However, there are some ______. First, some people hold the belief that the sale leads consumer to ______ more money on the things they don't use often. There is a popular name for the people who can't control ______ in buying the things online-Hands-chopping people. Second, due to too many copycats(山寨货) online, lots of customers have to send them back to the sellers, which makes it difficult for the buyers to ______ the satisfactory goods.

______ is the main reason for these crazy promotions? The Double-Eleven Promotion may be the most important time to achieve annual revenue(年收益) goal. Year-end promotions are quite significant for some e-commerce companies(电商).