For years , many adventurers have travelled to the Rocky Mountains in search of hidden treasure. They were on the hunt for a bronze (铜) chest. It was said to be filled     1    diamonds and gold. On June 6, 2020, news broke that the chest was    2    (final) found. The person who found it has chosen    3    (remain) unidentified.

Forrest Fenn is an antiques    4     (collect). He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Fenn created the treasure hunt more than 10 years ago,    5    (hope) it would inspire people to have fun and explore nature. Fenn    6    (publish) a book called The Thrill of the Chase in 2010. In the book, he dropped some tips about    7    the treasure chest was located. The clues (线索) were in a form of a 24-verse poem. Readers had to use the poem to settle the puzzle. This led many explorers down     8    (danger) roads in search of the chest’s location. Fenn says the end of the hunt is bittersweet. “I feel halfway kind of glad, halfway kind of sad because the hunt is over," he says.“I congratulate the     9    (thousand) of people who participated in the search    10     hope they will continue to be drawn by the promise of other discoveries.”

Something is happening to the British. They seem to be developing green fingers! The number of people growing their own fruit and vegetables     1     (increase) in the past year, according to Gardeners’ World.

Gardens and private land for vegetables and fruit across the UK have been put to use with people’s     2     (discover) of the joys of home-grown produce. But not everyone has space for a vegetable land or a flowerbed. And sometimes a window box just isn’t enough for     3     gardening challenge. This is why people plant flowers or vegetables in public spaces to make them     4     (green) and more pleasing to the eye.

Many people would approve     5     beautifying towns and cities, but this type of gardening is not     6     (strict) legal. Therefore, the special gardening often takes place late at night. But the image of the enthusiastic gardener is not someone     7     breaks the law. It is of someone spending all their time in     8     (greenhouse) and potting sheds (育秧棚), a person knowing every aspect of how to tend and grow the plants.

Yet, despite the increase in people growing their own, half of the UK population     9     (be) still puzzled about when most fruit and vegetables are in season, according to Gardeners’ World. It seems that Britain still has a long way     10     (go) before being called a nation of gardeners

A group of our friends from church were planning a picnic, and it sounded like fun.I was a   single-mother with four    1     (child) then, so time was a bit tight for me.What did have that we could contribute     2    the picnic?Then a thought struck.I could make a cherry pie! A friend had given me two canned cherries     3    would make a very nice pie filling,so I worked at once .When   the cooking was done and served,it looked so good and the smell was     4     (wonder).

At the picnic,Stu,my then new boyfriend ,was the first     5     (take)a   bite of my pie.I saw a     6     (puzzle) look go across his face.Then he    7     (begin) to spit out cherry stones.It had not     8     (occur) to me that someone would can cherries without getting the stones out first.    9     embarrassing! Well, he married me anyway. And the cherry pie has been    10     inside joke for the past 48 years.