When I was a kid, Mom used to cook food for us. One night after {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(spend) a long hard day at work, Mom placed a plate of bread jam and {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (extreme) burnt toast in front of my dad, I was waiting {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (see) if he noticed it. However, while eating his toast. Dad just asked me {#blank#}4{#/blank#} my day was at school. I don't remember what I told him that night,{#blank#}5{#/blank#}I do remember I heard Mom apologizing to Dad for burning the toast. I'll never forget what Dad said, “Honey, I love burnt toast.”

    Later that night, I {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (go) to kiss Daddy good night and asked him if he really liked his toast burned. He gave me {#blank#}7{#/blank#}big hug and said, “Your mamma put in a long hard day at work today, really {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (tire). Besides, a burnt toast never hurts but cold words do!”

What I've learned over the years {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (be) that learning to accept each other's faults is one of the most important {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(key) to creating a healthy, growing and lasting relationship.

    China, which boasts epochal (划时代的) inventions in ancient times, has once again proved its ability{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (change) the world with its “new four great inventions”: high-speed railways, electronic payments, shared bicycles and online shopping. The new four great inventions are all related to China's high-tech innovation, which improved the quality of people's lives.

My wallet is no longer in use. I can buy and eat whatever I want {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (simple) with a tap of my phone, and even pancake sellers are using Alipay ( mobile payment).

    The bikes {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (them) are not new, but the operating model of bike-sharing {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (base) on satellite navigation (导航) system, mobile payment, big data and other high technologies. Shared bikes are bringing cycling back{#blank#}5{#/blank#}people's lives... and they are making public transport more attractive and convenient, and {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (encourage) people to be more active.

    It is increasingly clear that China is innovating (创新) and no longer copying western ideas. It is increasingly clear that China is leading in many {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (way) such as social messaging app WeChat. This is partly{#blank#}8{#/blank#}China skipped over the PC era-and went directly to mobile. China has the largest mobile use in the world.

    {#blank#}9{#/blank#} growing number of foreigners hope to promote economic {#blank#}10{#/blank#} ( develop) in their home countries by highlighting (聚焦) the need for technological achievements like that of China.

    There are various festivals throughout the world, festivals to satisfy and please the {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(ancestor), to honor some famous people or important events, and {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (express) people's thanks to the God {#blank#}3{#/blank#} bringing them harvest. For example, in Mexico people observe the Day of the Dead in early November, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} people eat food in the shape of skulls and cakes with “bones” on them. In India, October 2 is {#blank#}5{#/blank#} national festival to honour Mohandas Gandhi who helped India become a(n) {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (depend) country. And in China, the Spring Festival, which {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (celebrate) in January or February, is the most {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (energy) and important because it is a festival that looks forward to the coming of spring. {#blank#}9{#/blank#} are there all these festivals? Because during the festivals, people can get together to eat, drink and have fun with each other, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (forget) all the daily struggle and demands for a while.

    I don't very often have a full day off work. Today I did. I had a leisurely morning, going to the gym, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (walk) the dog, feeding my friend's cat, and thought I would hurry into the office at Job number 2, to fill in my time sheet so I would {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (pay) for the hours I have worked. I was thinking that I had worked less hours because the lady I share job with was working instead {#blank#}3{#/blank#} me. I prayed then, that somehow we would have {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (much) money coming in this month and imagined money coming in to my bank account.

    I arrived at the office to see the main secretary looking very pale. She asked what my afternoon {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (plan) were, when I said I had the afternoon free she asked me {#blank#}6{#/blank#} I could work for her, as she had really hurt her back. I was really looking forward to a day off, but she looked in such pain that I said yes straight away. She did a quick handover of what {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (be) urgent and needed to be done.

    I raced home and got {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (change) into work appropriate clothes and took over. Our boss phoned and thanked me for stepping in so that everything went {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (smooth). The unwell person went home, and I got four hours extra pay. It's amazing how {#blank#}10{#/blank#} universe works.

    There's no such thing as living alone. Never mind if you're {#blank#}1{#/blank#} only person in your house and have no dog, no cat, not even fish. You still have got several billion {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (roommate) — and so do we all. Some of them are harmless, some are {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (actual) helpful and some could even kill you. They are, of course, bacteria, fungi(菌类) and viruses, and like it or not, they're on you, around you, and deeply within you. The fact that bacteria life is everywhere is not{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (surprise). It's something you {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (learn) from your childhood when your mother told you not to drink water from someone else's glass. There are lots of bacteria {#blank#}6{#/blank#} are living in your tea kettle. There are bacteria {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (sleep) with you on your bed. Scientists are beginning {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (realize) the richness of the microbiome (微生物群系) — which is as complex as the ones {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (find) in oceans, rainforests, deserts and woodlands. Your house has a microbiome and {#blank#}10{#/blank#} do you.

    Nishit Sharma takes a heavy bag everywhere he goes. Whether he is traveling around the Kerala coastline or hiking in the mountains, he always carries a laptop and four or five cameras with him. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} They have helped him turn his adventures into amazing videos, inspiring people everywhere to get out and explore all that India has to offer.

In only two years, Sharma has produced nearly 100 videos for his web page on YouTube. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}From the thick forests in Meghalaya( a state in northeastern India), to the purple mountains in Tamil Nadu(a state in southeastern India), where he recorded the rare blossoming of the Kurinji flowers,—a phenomenon that happens once every 12 years—Sharma has shown a side if India that many people may never have known existed. Not even himself.

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#}He vividly remembers riding through the south of India on his motorcycle, exploring tree-lined streets in Pondicherry's French district, and being struck by the beauty of the peaceful hill station Munnar.

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#}However, Sharma knows there is no end to his exploration in India. He is so enthusiastic about sharing the lesser-seen side of his homeland, in new and better ways, that he has been known to open his laptop and work even on mountaintops. "{#blank#}5{#/blank#}And I've never stopped," he says. "The driving force for me is to keep learning."

A. Then there was the motorcycle tour in Kerala.

B. I started producing travel videos two years ago.

C. He might be running out of new places to sit.

D. As a travel writer, these are tools of his trade.

E. Up until now, he has already traveled across India.

F. I'm lucky to have been born and brought up in India.

G. Along the way, he has learned a lot about his homeland.