A. Italians.                
B. Americans.              
C. Frenchmen.

     Many cities in the world are benefiting from the night activities of a group of people who call
themselves guerrilla (游击队) gardeners. Armed with trowels, spades and a van full of flowers
and plants, guerrilla gardeners turn abandoned urban land into a blaze of color. In city centre
locations where there was mud, weeds and empty plastic bottles, residents often wake up to
find that the wasted area has been transformed overnight with brightly-colored bedding plants.
    In most British cities, local governments and police turn a blind eye to the effort of the gardeners,
whose activities are always carried out under cover of nightfall. And so far, there has been nothing
but praise from the astonished and delighted local residents when they find their neighborhood
transformed in such a striking fashion.
    Not only do the guerrilla gardeners beautify neglected places, they also return regularly to
water the plants and weed the flower beds. They also make sure that at least some of the plants
they bring are evergreens, which means that the area doesn't look depressing in the winter months.
    The first guerrilla gardener in London was Richard Reynolds, whose day job is at an advertising
agency. Mr. Reynolds, a graduate of Oxford University, began his efforts two years ago when he
moved to a flat in a tower block in South London. From his balcony, he could see several empty
concrete pots, placed by the local governments to contain plants but never used. He went out after
midnight and filled the pots with plants, and then planted more flowers in the path leading to the
entrance to the block.
    He then set up a website to explain his plan and called upon more gardeners to join him. Cash
donations flooded in and, more importantly, volunteers rushed to be part of the campaign. Within
six months, there were five hundred people in London prepared to come out at very short notice
to restore neglected parts of the urban landscape. There are now unofficial but carefully-organized
groups in many cities in Britain and North America and there is also a website where would-be
urban gardeners can find out the location of the next expedition.

     There are plenty of creams etc on the market that help you look younger, but today, Dr Oz is
going to show how some people are actually living longer.
    "We are going to talk about extreme life extension," he says. "I am talking in details about allowing
us to go into our second century of life with the energy that you have when you are a young person."
    Owing to advances in technology and research on how diet affect the aging process, Dr Oz says
it might be possible for some people to live to see their 120th birthdays.
    There's one man in Oprah's audience who Dr Oz says may become the first man in history to live
to be 150 years old. Joe Cordell is one of thousands around the world who believe they've found
the key to an extreme long life-calorie restriction leads to a longer, healthier life.
    At 59 Joe weighs 130 pounds. He may not look like a person who needs to count calories, but
as part of his life extension program, he inspects every mouth of food that passes through his system.
    Every day for the past seven years, Joe has limited himself to about 1,950 calories.
    He believes that by eating less and restricting his caloric intake, he will trigger a genetic switch that
slows the aging process.
    Joe doesn't take away himself of food. Instead, the then 52-year-old father filled up on natural
fruits, vegetables and lean proteins(瘦蛋白) that were packed with necessary vitamins and nutrients.
"Whenever you are thinking about calorie restriction, you should continually think about getting the
most nutritional amount per calorie," Joe says.
    In keeping with this principle, Joe starts every morning with three apples...but he only eats the
peels. "Most of the fiber is in the peel, and more importantly, most of the nutrients are in the peel,"
he says.
    "It is important to eat some nuts with breakfast so that you do take in some fat, some healthy fats,"
he says. "I think it helps the absorption of the nutrients, and it is very filling."
    For lunch, Joe usually eats a large salad, loaded with vegetables. At dinnertime, he and his family
enjoy lean meat or fish and more vegetables.
    When Joe started practicing calorie restriction, he weighed 175 pounds. Since then, he has lost
45 pounds, and he says he hasn't had a cold in seven years. Though he is in his "golden years",
researchers studying Joe say he has the body of a 20-year-old athlete.

1. We had a very pleasant chat yesterday, reviewing those young and innocent days spent together.
    You know, we ________________ for nearly 20 years. (meet)
    昨天我们相谈甚欢,回顾了一起度过的青葱岁月。要知道，我们几乎20年没见面了。
2. Jenny happened ________________ my phone number in the directory when I dropped in at
     her house. (look)
    当我偶然到珍妮家串门时，她正巧在电话簿上查我的号码。
3. You can hardly imagine ________________ he has made in such a short time! (progress)
    你简直难以想象他在这么短的时间内取得了多么大的进步!
4. The number of people infected with HIV may reach 50 million by 2020 ________________ to
     prevent the spread of the disease. (measure)
    除非采取有效措施来遏制传播，否则到2020年,感染HIV病毒的人数可能达到五千万。
5. We treasured very much the chance of ________________ by the GM face to face. (interview)
    我们非常珍惜这次由总经理亲自面试的机会。
6. The better prepared you are for the performance, ________________ for you to suffer from a
    stage fright. (possible)
   你为表演准备得越充分,怯场的可能就会越小。
7. In those rough times mistakes, which ________________, were crowding in at the same time
    and my life was totally messed up. (avoid)
   在那些诸事不顺的日子里，本可以避免的错误全都同时发生了,我的生活完全一团糟。
8. From the point of experts, it is not advertising's use of the housewife role ________________
    women, but the way it is handled. (bother)
    从专家的角度看，令女性不快的不是广告使用了家庭主妇这一角色，而是对待这一角
    色的方式。
9. This grand theater, part of ________________ a field hospital for 3 years during the war, is
    expected to be restored to its original splendor. (serve)
    这座大剧院有望得以修复，重塑昔日风华。它的一部分在战争期间还曾作过三年的
    战地医院呢。
10. ________________ a red card, which reads "For Your 18th Birthday". (attach)
     附在盒子上的是一张红色卡片，写着"祝贺你18岁生日"。