Whatever your age or interests, Buxton     1     (have) something to see or do to make your visit     2     (true) memorable.

    3     you desire physical activities, you can choose activities from swimming     4     horse riding. Explore the heights with Go Ape, the high wire forest adventure course,     5     journey beneath the earth at Poole’s Cavern. And don’t forget: we     6     (surround) by a natural playground just perfect for walking, caving, climbing and cycling.

Buxton is justifiably     7     (pride) of its cultural life and you’ll find much     8     (suit) all tastes with art, music, opera and the performing arts at Buxton Opera House & Pavilion Arts Centre and Green Man Gallery. There are plenty of     9     (opportunity) for the creative person to become involved,     10     (include) workshops and events.

Researchers in Hong Kong demonstrated that when nursing home patients enjoyed jokes, funny books and videos, and silly singing and dancing    1     a weekly basis, their awareness of pain and loneliness decreased    2     (significant). They also felt happier and more satisfied with life.

Many studies     3     (conduct) to prove that laughter can cause increased blood flow, lower blood sugar levels, and better sleep. You don’t have to write a joke to obtain the benefits. Merely experiencing humour will do     4     trick.

But there might be an even stronger reason that a sense of humour is born into the human body. Not only does humour make us smarter and healthier,    5     it may also make us more attractive to others. Because creating and appreciating jokes both require     6     (we) to make connections between many separate pieces of information,     7     (have) a sense of humour shows that we have a wide knowledge and that we know how to think about it in new ways.

Humour has several unique powers. It forces people     8     (consider) in different ways. It promotes the     9     (communicate) among people. It brings people together. It reduces the pain     10     (connect) with life’s difficulties. It exercises your brain. And it makes you cheer up.

Finding time in your day for a joke or two is no laughing matter. To start laughing, check out the funniest jokes of all time.

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

Summer is over, but there’s no reason to be upset as that means autumn is upon us, arguably the     1     (good) season of the year.

Beijing’s autumn is extremely short, so parks around the city fill up fast with people coming to see the season’s sight—a show of changing     2     (color) as the trees turn from dark green to deep red. There are plenty of places in the city center     3     (catch) the golden Gingko leaves, but I’m heading just outside of the Fifth Ring Road to see the season on     4     larger scale.

Despite parks like Xiangshan getting so busy     5     you need tickets a week in advance, there are still areas well-known and     6     _ (frequent) visited by the Beijing crowds, and Baiwangshan, one of such places,     7     (locate) 3km from the Summer Palace to the city’s North West. It offers hiking tails and beautiful views of the city and     8     (surround) forests.

I love coming to Beijing’s parks at this time of year because I can always enjoy     9     (I), bathing in the last of the good weather and golden colors. You never know     10     you’re going to find around every corner.

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.

I am Simon and it is 5 pm on Live Radio, time for our     1     (week) Mystery Pop Star Competition. The prize this week is not the usual CD or photograph     2     a chance for you and a friend     3     (go) and see our mystery star’s next concert. Today’s mystery person     4     (be) on the top music scene for many years. He was born     5     the 30th of March, 1945, and his grandparents gave him his first guitar     6     he was 17. What kind of music does he play? Well, although he has had some songs in the top 20, his music is really sad. He has had his share of     7     (person) problems — he used drugs, his marriage broke up and then in 1991 his young son died when he fell from a building in New York. He wrote about his son’s    8     (dead) in his song Tears in Heaven,     9     was a big success at the beginning of the 1990s, a very sad song if you listen. OK, that’s all I am going to tell you. If you have got the answer, phone us now on 0107 8687. Two tickets are waiting for you...and now we have our caller     10     (ring) in!