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1.(上海市大同中学2023-2024学年高三上学期开学考试英语试卷)
A. including B. urgent C. features D. targets E. lengths F. chasing
G. accused H. commands I. fed J. restock K. collecting
Pokemon Stickers Are Back for Koreans Nostalgic (怀旧的) for Childhood
Small pastries include a surprise sticker, and the goal is to find all 159 varieties — just like a trend more than 20 years ago.
Jeong Bo-ram’s new fascination has him ___11___ mass-produced pastries(糕点), delivery trucks and his childhood memories. His ___12___ are $1.20 bakery items sold with random Pokemon stickers that fly off store shelves in South Korea.
Just a few short of a full 159-sticker collection, 29-year-old Mr. Jeong has gone to more than 10 convenience stores and supermarkets a day, often leaving empty-handed. He has paid hundreds of dollars. He has learned the evening ___13___ times throughout his neighborhood to know when fresh drop-offs occur.
More than two decades ago, the Pokemon sticker-treat duo caught on with a generation of South Korean children, before the craze passed after a few years and the products were discontinued. Now the goodies are back just in time for the country’s broader retro boom, ___14___ by adults nostaglic for simpler times.
South Koreans are going to great ___15___ to live out the Pokemon tagline of “Gotta catch ’em all,” with some ___16___ the stickers in display booklets. Pokemon, originally a Japanese game for the Nintendo Game Boy that ___17___ hundreds of monster characters, has expanded into globally popular animated series, toys and video-games, ___18___ the recent hit Pokemon Go for smartphones.
Retailers have posted signs on their entrances that read, “We have no Pokemon bread,” while some store owners are ___19___ of bundling the in-demand pastries with unpopular items. Hunters camp outside supermarkets early in the morning. The rarest of stickers, such as that of t