Experts on child development agree that children learn and develop through everyday experiences. Because food and cooking are such fundamental components of our day-to-day lives,     1     (introduce) cooking to children at a young age is essential to their experiential learning.

Children like playing make-believe and enjoy inventing a variety of characters while    2    (absorb) in imaginative play. Cooking games are an excellent way to stimulate imaginative play. Children can act out real-life situations and behaviors through pretend play and improve     3    (they) in creativity. Furthermore, pretend play in the kitchen helps kids learn things like problem-solving, creative thinking, visual     4    (recognize), and so on.

Various cooking games for children that are available online     5    (be) more than just a fun pastime activity. They provide a number of educational benefits as well. Free online cooking games urge kids    6    (try) new things and think outside the box by letting them experiment    7    ingredients, recipes, and preparation methods.    8    (addition), many free cooking games online require kids to perform various kitchen tasks or read the recipes and then follow the instructive tips. When kids take the initiative and finish a task, they feel proud of     9    they have undertaken. Playing free cooking games online can also help kids learn essential skills, teach them    10     to be safe in the kitchen, and increase their general knowledge about the world.

China's National Press and Publication Administration (NPPA) set out new rules limiting online gaming for people under     1     age of 18. Under the rules, children can only play online games for one hour a night on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, or holidays. On these nights, gaming will only     2     (allow) between 8 pm and 9 pm.

The NPPA says the new rules are designed     3     (protect) the physical and mental health of young people. The government is hoping to prevent young people     4     (become) addicted to gaming. China's government has said that gaming distracts (分散) kids from their families and school work.

Under the new rules, online gaming companies take     5     (responsible) for making sure players use their real names and birth dates when they sign up. The NPPA will be checking up on gaming companies     6     often, as it said at a meeting, than before to make sure they are following the new rules.

For Chinese gaming companies. the rules increase government pressure,     7     , of course, cuts into their canings. Tencent Holdings makes one of the most popular games in China,     8     (call) "Honor of Kings". The company was hit     9     (had) when the new rules came out

Chinese parents are glad that the government is stepping in to help     10     (they) control their children's interest in games.

Today’s Teens in No Hurry to Start Driving

The legal age to drive a car in the United States is 16. Obtaining a driver’s license on the day you turn 16 has long been     1     major life event for many young people in America.

But interest in driving among today’s teenagers     2    (drop) sharply over the past 35 years. In 1983, 80 percent of 18-year-olds in America had a driver’s license. By 2018, that number had reduced to 61 percent. Among 16-year-olds, the number decreased from 46 percent in 1983    3     25 percent in 2018. Those    4    (figure) come from the U.S. Federal Highway Administration.

Young people say they have many reasons for delaying or avoiding     5    (get) a driver’s license. Some choose more environmentally friendly transportation choices. Others find driving     6    (stress). And some     7    (simple) do not care about cars at all.

Carmakers want to make their vehicles more appealing to young people. They seek to make cars more interesting to a generation     8    (bring) up on technology. Some believe a big screen is     9    today’s teen drivers want. The vehicle is an    10    (extend) of their iPhone or their screen device.

Differences in lifestyles and personalities result in roommate conflicts. One person likes quiet, while the other person turns up his sound system to the point     1     the whole room trembles.

Most roommate conflicts spring from such small,     2     (annoy) differences rather than from major disagreements     3     abstract philosophical principles. However, if not     4     (deal) with carefully, they will eventually tear roommates apart. Roommate conflicts do harm     5     students’ psychological health and cause depression. In extreme cases, roommate conflicts can lead to serious violence,     6     they did at Harvard last spring: One student killed her roommate before committing suicide. So far, many schools     7     (start) conflict resolution programs to calm tensions that otherwise can build up like a volcano preparing to explode,     8     (result) in physical violence. Some colleges have turned to “roommate contracts” that all new students have to sign after attending a seminar on roommate relations. The contracts cover terms like     9     (accept) hours for study and sleep and a policy for use of each other’s     10     (belong), etc.