Tea is an important part of Chinese tradition. The practice of drinking tea has{#blank#}1{#/blank#}long history in China, having originated there. Nowadays, Chinese tea generally represents tea leaves which have been processed {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(use) methods inherited from ancient China.

    According to popular legend, tea{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(discover) by Chinese Emperor Shen Nong in 2737 BC{#blank#}4{#/blank#}a leaf from a nearby shrub fell into the water the emperor was boiling. The Emperor was interested in the new liquid,{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (drink) some carefully, and found it very refreshing. And so, tea was said to be created in 2737 BC.

    Tea is deeply woven into the history and culture of China. The beverage(饮料) is considered one of the seven{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(necessity) of Chinese life, along with firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar. Around 771 BC—476 BC the Chinese tea was used {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(help) treat some diseases.

    Most Chinese teas are cultivated and consumed in China. Tea shops and tea houses in the street are easily found in China. Meanwhile, they are also exported internationally due{#blank#}8{#/blank#} a rise in the{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(popular) of Chinese cuisine worldwide. Tea has become one of Chinese specific drinks in the world. It is {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(common) available in Chinese restaurants and grocery shops world wide.

    As I write this, I'm sitting on a bus back to Santiago in Chile where I am currently working{#blank#}1{#/blank#}a language assistant. I've just spent the weekend in a city called La Serena north of Santiago. I was lucky enough to see the flowering desert, a natural phenomenon that {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(occur) around every five years here in the Atacama Desert.

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(follow) a particularly large amount of rainfall earlier, a{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(vary) of flowers come into blossom. Bright purple flowers create {#blank#}5{#/blank#} unbelievably beautiful scene at the base of the surrounding mountains.

    {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(catch) a glimpse of this magnificent treasure of nature, we took a bus from La Serena to a nearby town and then rented a car to go to the desert.{#blank#}7{#/blank#} we saw did not disappoint us, and as expected it was even more fascinating than the pictures we had seen online. The bloom was particularly {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(impress) this year due to the strong presence of El Niño (a band of warm water in the Pacific Ocean that changes the temperatures and increases the rainfall in certain areas). The vast carpet of colour {#blank#}9{#/blank#} spread into the distance towards the contrasting green hills was {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(simple) breathtaking and deserved a large amount of photos! A real reminder of the beauty our planet can provide.

    Friendship is very{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(importance). Everyone{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(need) friendship. In all our lives we can't live without friendship just as we can't live without air {#blank#}3{#/blank#} water. Friendship makes us get on well {#blank#}4{#/blank#}one another to go ahead under different{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(kind) of difficulties in front of us. But{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(really) friendship is not easy to come by. True friendship must be sincere and be based on{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(understand) each other but not on benefits of each other. A good friend can always be a good teacher to {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(we).By his advice we are persuaded{#blank#}9{#/blank#}( go )the right way. Therefore{#blank#}10{#/blank#}  more friends we have, the better we can improve ourselves.

    A woman suddenly{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (go) blind in one eye after playing a mobile phone game for a whole week in Guangdong province last month. The unnamed woman admitted to playing the game {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (regular) for seven or eight hours without moving and finally lost {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (she) right eyesight.

    The game, Arena of Valor, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (know) as Honour of Kings, has become hugely popular in China and is due to be limited across the US and Europe. Being {#blank#}5{#/blank#}world's most popular online battle game, it already has over 200 million players in China.

    The battle game puts together a team of five players {#blank#}6{#/blank#} have to fight others in a fantasy land filled{#blank#}7{#/blank#}characters , and players can buy extra features while playing. The eye injury follows series of {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(incident). In June, a child in Shenzhen stole 30,000 yuan (£3,450) from his parents to buy add-ons, and a 13-year-old in Hangzhou, severely injured his legs after jumping from a five-storey building to escape from his father was trying to stop him{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(play).

    In a country in which 60 percent of the population has a smart-phone, the game has been highly {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (success), partly because it is free to play.

    The young artist and potter Allan had a wife and two fine sons. One night, his older son developed a severe stomachache. Neither Allan nor his wife took the condition very{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(serious), but the boy died suddenly that night.

    Knowing the death could {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (avoid) if he had only realized the seriousness of the situation, he always felt he was guilty. Worse still, his wife left him a short time later, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (leave) him alone with his 6-year-old younger son. Unable to stand the hurt and pain, he turned to alcohol and became {#blank#}4{#/blank#} alcoholic.

    As the alcoholism {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (progress), Allan began to lose everything he possessed and finally died alone in a small bar. Hearing of his death, I thought, "{#blank#}6{#/blank#} a complete failure!"

    As time went by, I began to revalue my {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (early) rough judgment. I knew Allan's now adult son, Ernie, one of the kindest and most caring men I've ever known. I hadn't heard him talk much about his father. One day, I worked up my courage to ask him what {#blank#}8{#/blank#} earth his father had done so that he became such a special person. Ernie said quietly, "As a child until I left home at 18, Allan came into my room every night, gave me a kiss and said, 'love you, son'."

    Tears came to my eyes as I realized that I had been a fool to judge Allan {#blank#}9{#/blank#} a failure. He had not left any material {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (possess) behind. But he had been a kind loving father, and left behind his best love.