Question

Last week our reporters asked how people prefer to shop．People were asked where they preferred to shop，what they bought，and about advantages and disadvantages．

Larry is a twenty-seven-year-old engineer．He buys all his food，clothes and other things he needs in the shops near his home．He likes the friendly shop owners and the fresh food．However，he says there are two main problems．First，buying things from small shops costs more money．Secondly，he can't find the tracks he reads in the small bookstore near his home．He has to go to the big bookstore downtown（市中心）．

Jan is a thirty-year-old mother of two children．She and her husband both work as teachers．They like to shop at the mall with their children because it's safe and clean．There are always interesting things for the whole family to see．Another advantage is that the prices are good．Malls also have many more kinds and sizes of everything than mall shops．Jan says that the main disadvantages are that the mall is always crowded，and it's so big that children can easily get lost．

Roger is a twenty-year-old student who prefers to shop on the Internet．He thinks the main advantage is that he can shop at any hour of the day or night．Besides this，he can buy fascinating（吸引人的）things from all over the world．According to Roger，the biggest difficulty is that it isn't safe to buy things on the Internet．Last year，someone stole his credit card（信用卡）number and bought things with it．Also，once he paid for things and never received them．

根据短文内容，完成下列句子。（所填内容可能是单词或短语）

1．Larry thinks the shop owners are very            ．

2．From the passage we know that the big bookstores downtown are           from Larry’s house．

3．Jan's family like to see           at the mall．

4．Both Jan and her husband work in          ．

5．Roger thinks buying things on the Internet is not          ．

Answer 1

1．friendly／kind／nice／warm-hearted

2．far

3．interesting things／something interesting

4．schools／a school／the school

5．safe