Online shopping is coming into fashion in most cities, where people are able to make full use of the rapidly-developed internet technology. Nowadays, can we find a person {#blank#}1{#/blank#} has not experienced online shopping? Definitely not.

    Online shopping {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (welcome) by most people due to various reasons. From the perspective of consumers, it can save some time for people who don't have much spare time. Just click the mouse, they can get {#blank#}3{#/blank#} 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（流动资金）. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (compare) with the traditional trade mode, it doesn't need renting a house.  {#blank#}5{#/blank#} , there are still some disadvantages in online shopping. First, a face-to-face deal makes online shopping less {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (rely) and trustworthy. Second, people will lose  {#blank#}7{#/blank#} fun of bargaining.

    {#blank#}8{#/blank#} is undeniable that shopping on the internet has become an irresistible trend in modern society. It's of great urgency that we need to make the relative laws in accordance {#blank#}9{#/blank#} the rapid growth of online shopping. Only in this way can we enjoy the pleasure and {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (convenient) of online shopping without the concern of being cheated.

    China has developed a unique festival food culture throughout the years. Eating dumplings is a common folk custom for many Chinese on the day of winter solstice(冬至), especially those{#blank#}1{#/blank#}live in the north.

    When midwinter comes, vital movement begins to decline and calm down. In this period,{#blank#}2{#/blank#}eaten in a right amount, some nuts such as peanuts, walnuts, and chestnuts are good for one's body.

    People in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province,{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (be) accustomed to eating wontons in midwinter. According to an old story, during the midwinter feast 2, 500 years ago, the King of Wu{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(feed) up with all kinds of costly foods and wanted to try{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(variety) things. Then, the beauty Xishi made wontons to honor the kings wish. He ate a lot and liked the food very much. Later, the people of Suzhou had wontons to celebrate the festival{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(official).

    In places such as Shanghai, people eat tangyuan, a kind of small dumpling ball{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(produce)with sticky rice flour (粉). In Yinchuan, Ningxia, people call midwinter the "Ghost Festival". On that day, it is customary for people there to eat mutton soup and the dumplings in it. They give the midwinter soup a strange name and call it "brain", which they usually share with their{#blank#}8{#/blank#}relative)

    People in Taiwan keep the custom of providing nine-layer cakes{#blank#}9{#/blank#}their ancestors. People from the same family gather at their ancestral temples to adore their ancestors in order of their ages. After{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(hold)the sacrificial ceremony, there is always a grand dinner.

    Mr. Johnson lived in the woods with his wife and children. He owned {#blank#}1{#/blank#} farm, which looked almost abandoned.

    {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (lucky), he also had a cow which produced milk every day. He sold or exchanged some of the milk in the towns nearby for other food and made cheese and butter for the family with what {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (leave). The cow was their only means of support, in fact. One day, the cow was eating grass {#blank#}4{#/blank#} it began to rain heavily. While {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (make) great efforts to run away, she fell over the hill and died. Then the Johnson tried to make a living {#blank#}6{#/blank#} the cow. In order to support his family, Mr.

    Johnson {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (begin) to plant herbs and vegetables. Since the plants took a while to grow, he started cutting down trees {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (sell) the wood. Thinking about his children's clothes, he started growing cotton, too. When harvest came around, he was already selling herbs, vegetables and cotton in the market {#blank#}9{#/blank#} people from the town met regularly. Now it occurred to {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (he) that his farm had much potential and that the death of the cow was a bit of luck.

    Once there lived a rich man {#blank#}1{#/blank#} wanted to do something for the people of his town. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} first he wanted to find out whether they deserved his help.

    In the centre of the main road into the town, he placed {#blank#}3{#/blank#} very large stone. Then he {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (hide) behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came along with his cow.

    “Who put this stone in the centre of the road?” said the old man, but he did not try to remove the stone. Instead, with some difficulty he passed around the stone and continued on his way. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} man came along and did the same thing; then another came ,and another. All of them complained about the stone but not tried to remove {#blank#}6{#/blank#}. Late in the afternoon a young man came along. He saw the stone, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (say) to himself: “The night {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (be) very dark. Some neighbors will come along later in the dark and will fall against the stone.”

    Then he began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (strong) to move it. How great was his surprise at last! {#blank#}10{#/blank#} the stone, he found a bag of money.

    Today I will introduce some new teachers in our class. Mrs. Li is my English teacher. My first {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(impress) of her was that she was nervous and shy. But now, I find she's kind and patient, who explains grammar {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(clear). I've always hated making mistakes or {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(pronounce) a word incorrectly when I speak English, but she just smiles, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}makes me feel easy.

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(Be) almost sixty, Mrs. Chen is {#blank#}6{#/blank#}experienced physics teacher, but she is very strict. All of us are afraid of her, and no one dare to be late for her lessons. Some of our class don't like her, but most of us really appreciate her because her teaching is so well {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(organise) and clear. I believe I'll do well in the exam with Mrs. Chen {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(teach) me.

    Another teacher I will mention below is Mr. Wu. He teaches us Chinese. He is popular among us because he really enjoys teaching Chinese literature. He becomes so energetic and humorous when he thinks we're getting {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(bore). Even things like compositions and {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (summary) are fun with him. I respect him a lot.