Hiking tours are a kind of adventure tourism. Generally speaking, these vacations focus almost entirely     1     hiking from one place to another. Hiking tours can be done as a group activity or alone.

There are many different ways of organizing hiking tours. Some people like to go out into the areas where there are very few people and travel over a long     2     (distant )from one place to another. They usually stay in hotels overnight before     3     (travel) to the next place on the following day.

Guides can make hiking trips safer and more focused. Some hikers prefer to take hiking tours without guides because of costs or because they want to challenge     4     (they). However, employing a reliable guide during a hiking tour     5     (consider) as a better choice for less experienced hikers.

The activity can be very tiring, and those     6     are new to hiking may worry that they aren’t     7     (physical) able to finish the tours. Sometimes it can be helpful for people     8     (go) to the doctor and make sure it is safe for them to choose     9     difficult hike. Sometimes, a     10     (challenge) hike can be deadly for someone having heart disease.

As a student, you may have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as     1     (win) the Noble Prize; they can also be small, such as becoming one of the best       2     ( student) in your class.   Once you find a dream, what do you do with it? Have you ever tried to make your dream come true?

Andrew Matthems,     3     Australian writer, tells us that making your dreams come true is life's    4    (big) challenge. You may think you're not very good     5    some school subjects, and it's       6     (possible) for you to be successful. In fact, everyone can realize his dream. The first thing you must do is to remember     7    your dream is . Keep telling     8    (you) what you want every day. There will be difficulties on the road to your dream, but the largest difficulty     9     (come) from yourself. You need to decide to do what is the most important. When you get closer to your dream, it may change a little. This is good as you have the chance to learn something more     10    (use).

Reading as a teen leads to success. When teens read more than just their classroom assignments, research clearly shows that they generally do     1     (good) in school. First of all, the extra reading     2     (enlarge) their vocabularies. And teens     3       read more serious literary works gain skills in handling complex ideas. Besides, teens can educate     4     (they) in any area of life they are interested in if they are good at reading. Plus, reading also helps them expand their horizons as they learn more about people and the world.

Last year, two days before Christmas, my friends called, telling me their kitchen caught fire,    1    （destroy）everything in it. I drove to their house, taking all the food that I had. They were so happy to see me, but felt    2    （embarrass）having nothing to give me in return.

I went home, very upset.    3    （actual）, I was also in a hard place financially and unable to do    4    （much）for them. I called a friend of    5    （I）about this,    6    responded, “These people mean a lot to you and I want to help them.” Since he had never met them, he requested me    7    （go）to the grocery store, all on him. At the check-out, I noticed him lacking money, so that I had to have some items taken back.

We were walking away    8    I heard a voice behind me asking the clerk, “How much are those things? I decide to pay for them.” I turned around, thanking the kind man and told him everything. He explained that he understood as he had lost his job the year before but now was working again.    9    tears in our eyes, all of us went away. It was such    10    wonderful feeling to see folks step up when someone needed help, even a total stranger.

Experts agree that     1     is becoming a growing trend that more and more consumers across China are using cashless payment methods.     2     rapid development of third-party mobile payment tools,     3     some extent, is helping to promote cashless payment across the country.

China is not the first country     4     (seek) a cashless society. Developed countries like Sweden, Denmark and Singapore are also witnessing the development of cashless payment methods.

However, the rapid development of cashless payments does not mean there are no     5     (challenge) and criticisms. Alibaba’s Hema Supermarket (盒马生鲜超市),     6     customers can shop on their mobile phones via Alipay (支付宝),     7     (come) into the spotlight recently. Media reports argue that,     8     (consider) illegal, payments can’t be made in cash there.

A cashless society would not mean that cash would     9     (complete) disappear. As the economy grows, the     10     (circulate) of cash is still very huge.

I was returning home from work because of a call from my mother. Shiv kaka, a     1    (distance) uncle of my mother’s from a small village was going to visit us. Actually, I hadn’t even known of him before. But surprisingly, I     2    (draw) to his simplicity the moment I saw him. I listened to him     3     great excitement at dinner. He had travelled on a     4    (crowd) train to meet us,     5     was clearly a long and tiring journey. He told us that his daughter was married, and     6     one of his sons had set up his own business and the other was a successful doctor. He just owned a piece of land and two cows. Yet he was proud of     7     fact that he was financially independent. Besides, he enjoyed playing with his grandchildren after his busy farm work. He insisted on giving me some money as a gift before he left. But the most     8    (touch) bit was his words, “Live     9    (simple) and appreciate what you have. This is the key to my happiness.”

We are all taught to aim for higher goals, and then we are buried by endless dreams, which leaves us little time     10    (notice) the small but beautiful things around us. I am grateful to Shiv kaka because he taught me such an important lesson.