Today so many people are talking about AIDS, for which, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (fortunate)，there is no cure now. When we talk about its influence on our society, this disease is {#blank#}2{#/blank#} most severe public health problem of all that we are facing in the 21^st century. It is spreading at a(n) {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (surprise) speed, especially in Africa.

    The UN AIDS organizations have come to the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (conclude) that in the past 20 years, 20 million people have died of AIDS. And this figure will be three times bigger in the next two decades {#blank#}5{#/blank#} measures are taken in poor countries. Only if people change their basic behavior in time, can AIDS {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (stop) from spreading. For example, in San Francisco, the rate fell greatly when a serious program was carried out. People were {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (please) to change their behavior when they realized how serious a risk they were taking.

    Experts think in order to get the message across to those {#blank#}8{#/blank#} don't realize the seriousness of AIDS, a well {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (design) educational campaign is the only thing at the moment that can help. It would be criminal not to put it into practice. So everyone has a share of responsibility in the fight {#blank#}10{#/blank#}AIDS.

    We think that life in Chinese high school is a hard experience in which we have to survive mountains of homework and all kinds of exams. Yet would it be{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(surprise) if I tell you that high school life in the US is almost as hard {#blank#}2{#/blank#} it is in China?

    In US high school, everything must {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(record) into your studying document(文件), including your grades, tests and final examinations. Failing {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(turn) in your homework on time will directly affect your grade for a certain course. Perhaps completely different from {#blank#}5{#/blank#}we used to think of the US high school students, they pay great attention to {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(they) study in order that they can get into a good university.

    Like university students, US high school students can choose the {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(course) that most interest them freely. Even a ninth-grader can sit {#blank#}8{#/blank#} the same classroom as 12th-graders. But this also {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(mean) he or she has to work very hard, because the teacher will not treat him or her {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(different).

    Eating soil can produce more effective results{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(compare) to eating slimming pills, claimed researchers from an Australian university. China Press{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(report)that researchers from the University of South Australia were looking for a way to improve the body's absorption towards medication to prevent mental illness.

    They{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(accident)found out that soil does not only attract fat, it could also stop fat from being absorbed into the body and round{#blank#}4{#/blank#}digestive system. Meanwhile, other researchers carried out an experiment by{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(separate)mice into two groups--one group{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(give) slimming pills and the other group with soil.

    After two weeks, the weight of the mice{#blank#}7{#/blank#}ate soil decreased obviously. This was the basis for claims that eating soil might make it{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(easy) for the body to excrete(排泄) fat than taking slimming pills.

    However, they {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(test)to see if eating soil is safe for the body{#blank#}10{#/blank#}if it could cause any side effects in the past few months.

    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.

    A teahouse is a special house which primarily serves tea and other light refreshments(茶点). Its function varies widely{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(depend)on the culture. In China, a teahouse is a place {#blank#}2{#/blank#}people gather to enjoy tea, chat and socialize. It {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(consider) as a symbol of Chinese tea culture and people's leisure lives.

    Chinese teahouses enjoy a long-standing history. They developed from tea {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(stand) in the Western JIN Dynasty, took shape in the Tang Dynasty, developed {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(gradual) in the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties and became booming in modern times.

    In the Song Dynasty, teahouses spread all over the cities and villages, at a rate comparable with that of restaurants. The owners preferred to decorate their teahouses {#blank#}6{#/blank#}paintings of celebrities or rare and precious plants {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(attract) customers. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the number of teahouses went beyond that of restaurants, gaining much {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (wide) popularity and becoming more famous. Later, the acculturation(文化植入)of western culture forced traditional Chinese teahouses to take on{#blank#}9{#/blank#} new look.

    Since reform and opening-up, with the rapid development of the economy and evident improvement of people's living standards, teahouses{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(flower) in China.