The book The Secret Garden,     1    (publish)in 1911, inspires people to plant flowers. But before that, only a few people had enough money     2    (have) gardens. Many houses have been built     3     gardens and many British people are proud of their “green fingers”. In spring children like to find the     4     (tall)sunflowers. Some people spend much time     5     (grow)their vegetables for competitions. However, the space on     6     to grow things is limited so people use their rooftops     7     private gardens. These gardens     8     (improve) the air quality and people’s living     9    (condition) since then.     10     you tend a rose, a thistle can’t grow.

If you go to another country, what kinds of things would you buy? Would you buy a camera in Japan, some     1     (beauty) clothes in France, or a watch in Switzerland? No matter     2     you may buy, you might think those products were made in those     3     (country). However, you could be wrong. Kang Jian is a l7-year-old student from Shanghai. Last year he     4     (go) to visit his aunt and uncle in San Francisco. He found it interesting that so many products in the local shops were made in China. "I wanted to buy a toy car for my cousin, but even though most of the toys are American brands, they were made in China."

Toys are not the only things made in China. "Once I wanted to buy a pair of basketball                     5     (shoe)." he explains.   "But I had to visit five or six stores before     6     (find)a pair made in America!" He realized that Americans can     7     (hard) avoid buying products made in China. "In fact," he continues, "there were many other things there made in China—footballs, handbags, pet food, mobile phones.     8     American flags are made in China!" Kang Jian thinks it's great that China is so good at making     9     (this) everyday things. However, he hopes that     10     the future China will also get better at making high—technology products that people can buy in all parts of the world.

The days of elderly women cooking huge meals on holidays and knitting themselves slowly into senior life       1     (be) gone. Enter the Red Hat Society -- a group dedicated to the new concept that old ladies should have fun.

“My grandmothers did     2     but keep house and serve everybody. They were programmed to do that,” said Emily Cornette, founder of a chapter of the 7-year-old Red Hat Society. The group has chapters in all 50 U.S. states and 25 countries.

While men have long spent their retirement fishing, women always seem to become invisible as they     3    (age). But the generation now turning 50 is the baby boomers, and the same people who rejected their parents’ way of being young are now making a new way of growing old.

With a bit of disposable income and     4    (good) health compared with the past generation for most elderly into the mix, the Red Hat Society starts to look almost inevitable.

“This is something just for me,” Cornette said. She kept an eagle eye out for guests with empty cups or plates that needed     5    (refill). "There aren’t any rules, really. We are doing     6    can’t be imagined by old-time women. We are just looking for fun.”

According to its founder Cooper, she     7    (inspire) when she saw a poem by Jenny Joseph that begins: “When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple with a red hat which doesn’t go.”

Cooper gave her friend a copy of the poem, along with a red hat,       8     served as the symbol of the organization.   Soon other women wanted red hats, and they     9    (attract) thousands of participants since then.

“The point of this is that we women could have fun for ourselves instead of doing things just for others,”Cooper said in a telephone interview. “We are forming a little society where we     10     feel relaxed and delighted along with our peers.”

Reading aloud is a good habit for children. Some parents may ask their children to read aloud at     1     early age, but reading aloud to kids may help them focus better, according to a new study     2     (publish) in the journal Pediatrics. These children are not only better able     3     (sit) still but also better able to get along     4    (good) with their friends and teachers.

The research     5    (do) by a team led by Dr. Alan Mendelsohn of NYU Langone Medical Center. The researchers studied how children's     6     (program) that promote positive parenting activities, such as reading out loud and playing pretence affect children's development.

Researchers performed a test after some children took part     7     their Video Interaction Project from birth to age 3. At every visit, the families in the program were filmed reading or     8     (play) with their children. The film was then reviewed by a coach     9     helped parents learn more about their own powerful role in their children's growth. Results showed that these children could do things more carefully and had     10     (few) attention problems by the time they started school.

Dr. King believes everyone suffers from stress, who is an expert     1     stress. Teachers, doctors and factory workers all suffer from stress.     2    , some jobs may be       3     stressful than others, like policemen. Dr. King thinks there are different reasons     4     can cause stress. For example, shy people can find     5     (society) situations very stressful, like     6     (go) to parties. Dr. King also suggests that students     7     (exercise) often     8     (reduce) their pressure. And he ends his talk by       9     (advise) people to seek professional help if they cannot function     10     (proper).

Adam Braun established the organization Pencils o£ Promise in 2008. Its goal is     1     (make) sure all children have a chance for education. In the past few years, it     2     (help) more than 22,000 children in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

It started when Adam Braun was a college student. He was visiting India when a boy stopped     3     (he) on the street and asked for money. Mr Braun asked the boy     4    he would want, if he could have anything in the world. "I thought the answer was going to be a house, a car or a boat. His answer was 'a pencil',    5     shocked me. So I gave him my pencil and he just lit up with joy. I realized he had never been to school before and that was the     6     (real) for 57 million children around the world, “ Braun said.

Adam Braun started working in finance after he graduated     7     college. But he never forgot the boy and     8     problem he represented. So he decided to devote himself to     9    create) that world. Braun says his organization works     10     (close) with the local education organizations, which organize the main program o£ studies.

In the past ten years, we’ve seen technology develop at a high speed. It is sad to see that new technologies introduced to make our lives easier     1    (make) life more difficult for some people,     2    (most) elderly people. For example, many offices require users to operate some services on their smart-phones,     3     what if an elderly citizen does not use a smart-phone? Many banks require their customers to pass a facial     4     (recognize) test, but what if that is difficult for a customer to do?

Technology should serve the people. Elderly people also need bank accounts and they have     5     right to use of not use the services     6    (require) by some offices. The authorities should think about     7     more when making rules and procedures.

    8     doing so, they will be serving everyone. Earlier this year, the train station at Wuxi, Jiangsu province,     9    (open) a special counter for those who have no health code, or do not use a smart-phone or those     10     phones have run out of battery. This is a good example for others to learn from.