---Encourage your children to try new things but try not to ______them too hard.

---Yeah, we need to learn to be wise parents.

A. draw B. stick C. rush D. push

---I heard they went skating in the mountains last winter.

---It ______ true because there was little snow there.

A. may not be B. won’t be C. couldn’t be D. will be

---Where have you been recently?

---I _______ in Hangzhou on business for a week last month.

A. have been B. had gone C. had been D. was

---I wonder ____________.

---About 4 million, I think.

A. how much the population in Yichang is B. what is the population of Yichang

C. how much is the population in Yichang D. what the population of Yichang is

---We all _______ how he made such great progress in a short time.

---Go and ask him.

A. believed B. thought C. decided D. wondered

---Wow, you’ve got an Iphone 6s.

---Yeah, I think it’s the best smart phone .

A. that you can get B. what you can get

C. where you can get D. why you can get

---The bag is heavy. Let me carry it for you.

--- . But I can carry it myself.

A. That’s very kind of you. B. That’s all right.

C. It isn’t necessary. D. I don’t need your help.

---Peter has changed a lot.

---He ___ spend all my pocket money, but now he ___ saving some of it.

A. used to; used to B. was used to; am used to

C. is used to; used to D. used to; is used to

---Tom, come in and give me a hand.

---But I can't get through the door because a big box .

A. gets out of the way B. is getting in the way

C. is getting out of the way D. gets in the way

The way of shopping changes over time. From shopping with tickets to VR shopping (虚拟现实购物), great changes have taken ___ in the shopping habits of Chinese.

In the 1960s, Chinese people lived a hard life. There was ___ food and clothes. People had to buy ___ things with different kinds of tickets, such as rice ticket, pork ticket and so on. It was not easy to get these tickets even if you had ____.Since the reform（改革）and opening-up, China has developed ____. Different ways of shopping have ____ and people’s shopping habits have changed greatly. In the 1980s, supermarkets became the most popular shopping places in China. They have made shopping much ____than before. In the 1990s, telephones, mobile phones and TV have made it possible to ____ at home. In 1992, the first TV shopping ____ started in Guangdong Province. People no longer needed to go outside to do some shopping. They could order things just with a simple ____.Now, the ____ has made people’s lives much better and quicker. Shopping online has become the most popular shopping habit for many Chinese. With the help of it, people can even buy things from other _____ They just need a computer or a mobile phone to buy everything they want. What’s more, now people can go outside even without a ____. In 2016, VR shopping was open to the ____. People can enter the virtual (虚拟的) store by ____ special glasses. They can make communications with virtual salesmen, change color and size, ask models to try on clothes and order things in just a few minutes.

1.A. care B. pride C. part D. place

2.A. few B. a few C. little D. a little

3.A. expensive B. necessary C. traditional D. unusual

4.A. maker B. market C. money D. material

5.A. rapidly B. widely C. luckily D. normally

6.A. appeared B. created C. spread D. known

7.A. hotter B. easier C. fairer D. wiser

8.A. look B. work C. stay D. shop

9.A. product B. progress C. program D. project

10.A. request B. way C. list D. call

11.A. computer B. Internet C. knowledge D. science

12.A. countries B. provinces C. cities D. villages

13.A. trick B. note C. money D. wallet

14.A. government B. business C. public D. private

15.A. buying B. putting C. dressing D. wearing