Some of the world’s best Coffea arabica is grown on the fertile slopes of Mount Kenya. This    1    (various) of the plant produces beans that are tastier than those from    2    (it) poor cousin, Coffea robusta, which often ends up in instant coffee.

Global warming may shrink the total area that is most suited to growing Arabica beans by about half by 2050. Some farmers are trying to adapt    3    warming by moving uphill, yet this pushes them into areas long used for growing tea.

Kenya’s government-funded Coffee Research Institute is trying to find other ways of helping farmers adapt, such as encouraging them    4    (plant) trees to shade their coffee bushes, or to switch to growing hardier robusta plants. It is also trying to breed a hybrid,    5    will combine the hardiness of robusta with the flavor of arabica. People who are particular about coffee may turn up their noses at it,    6     they may have little choice but to swallow it.

In addition to a bitter taste, such adaptation may bring social costs. Many smallholder farmers are at the risk of    7    (push) out of the industry because they cannot afford the investments needed to protect their crops.

Another option may be entirely new types. Now, researchers    8    (investigate) a wild type of coffee, Coffea stenophylla. It is delicious and can also take the heat. However, it produces    9    (low) yields than existing commercial varieties. Without    10    breakthrough of some sort, caffeine addicts may face a future too horrible to think of.

Do you know spring rolls? Spring rolls,     1     name is a translation of the Chinese chun juan, are     2     variety of filled, rolled dim sum found in East Asian and Southeast Asian cuisine.

In China, the past spring rolls were regarded as a seasonal food     3     (eat) during the spring. They started as a pancake rolls stuffed with the new season’s spring vegetables. Nowadays, spring rolls can be enjoyed throughout     4     year and they are usually served as an     5     (amaze) starter for parties.

Fried spring rolls are generally small. They can be sweet or salty; the former are often filled     6     red bean paste (红豆馅) and the latter are typically prepared with vegetables. Non-fried spring rolls are usually     7     (big) than the fried ones. Unlike fried spring rolls, non-fried spring rolls     8     (make) by filling the wrappers with many different pre-cooked ingredients.     9     (tradition), they are food for the Cold Food Festival and the Tomb Sweeping Day in spring     10     (remember) ancestors.

I remember that every year in lunar December in my hometown, Xinyang, each family begins to prepare bunches of bacon and sausage hanging from yard to yard     1     (embrace) the upcoming New Year. Walking in such a street view and sniffing the smell of pickled bacon(腊肉), I always have a sense of    2     (happy).

Xinyang, located on the boundary between the north and the south, is rich in rice, wheat and fertile land due to its unique     3     (geography) position and climate. Therefore, it cultivates the characteristics of Xinyang people who have a good appetite     4     delicacies. According to relevant records, the history of Xinyang’s pickled bacon dates back to the Ming Dynasty,     5     the locals learned to keep its special taste by preserving it in a special bean. People in Xinyang love their life so much that even during     6     (tough) times, they still inherited the soul of taste and made delicious pickled bacon. Actually, Xinyang’s pickled bacon is made in     7     seemingly simple way by drying the meat in the shade but it brings out the flavor of the food     8     (it) and stays with our memory for long.

You’ll never become fully conscious of how much you value it until you     9     (tear) apart from it. Such is Xinyang’s pickled bacon, one of my unforgettable memories of my hometown despite time     10    (tick) by.