Do you know that some of the most interesting urban gardens are in unexpected places? They may be on top of {#blank#}1{#/blank#} public building, in the middle of a commercial district, or in the terminal of one of the world1s {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (busy) airports. You may have wandered on a sidewalk next to a “secret garden”{#blank#}3{#/blank#} realizing it was just around the comer or on the other side of a wall.

    If you don t know these attractive {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (nature) spaces exist, you might never experience them. At the same time, the fact that these places escape notice {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(make) them worth seeking out.

    St. Dunstan-in-the-East is a historic church in London, which has a history of hundreds of years. It survived the Great Fire of London in the 17th century, but it {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(hit) by a German bomb during World War II. St. Dunstan was rebuilt in the 1960s. Later, the city turned the grounds into a public garden.

    St. Dunstan is on a quiet street, but it's only a short walk from major {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (tour)attractions like the Tower of London. This peaceful park reportedly gets {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(relative)crowded at noon on sunny days during {#blank#}9{#/blank#} time office workers from the nearby buildings come to eat lunch. At most other times, however, it's a quiet place {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (get) away.

    The world's fifth reported brown-and-white giant panda has been found in Foping Nature Reserve.{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(spot)on Nov.1,the baby panda, less than two months old, was estimated to {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(appropriate)weigh 2 kilograms and believed to be the fifth giant panda of this rarely seen color ever found.{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(it)eyes haven't opened yet, but it can sense the people {#blank#}4{#/blank#} come near it to take a picture.

    Many {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(research)believe the brown-and-white pandas are a return to the form typical {#blank#}6{#/blank#} their ancestors. But some argue that those pandas are a variation(变异)of their usual group while a few others think that they are {#blank#}7{#/blank#} new subspecies of pandas {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(result)from the environmental changes of the mountains.

    The first three recorded brown-and-white pandas {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(find)in Foping Nature Reserve, in 1985,1990 and 1991 with the fourth found in 1992 in Shaanxi. China has more than 2,000 giant pandas. The giant panda {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(feed)mainly on green bamboo.

    Zhou Shihao, 17, from Shanghai Yichuan High School, was shocked by the statistics he had found.{#blank#}1{#/blank#}he was looking into the use of handheld cellphones by drivers, he found that more than 30% of them reached for their phones on the road.

    "Any use of handheld devices(设备) should{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(firm)be forbidden while driving," said Zhou. "It's not a daily chore, but a serious social issue."

    The teenager's concerns led to his drafting a proposal on this issue – something {#blank#}3{#/blank#}he did together with five other schoolmates in the Mock Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference competition in the Putuo District of Shanghai.

    Zhou and his schoolmates were not alone. In January, many Shanghai youngsters, even elementary school students, took part in Mock CPPCC competitions {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(hold) in their local districts and handed in proposals on issues ranging from network security and the future city to the protection of{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(tradition) culture.

    "The competition really encourages us students to focus on social issues and play an active role{#blank#}6{#/blank#}taking responsibility for our country," said Zhang Simin, 17, from Shanghai Nanyang High School.

    The senior student used to think that the handling of state affairs was just for politicians. But thinking on the "3:30 problem" changed her mind.

    Kids usually finish school at 3:30. However, most parents work until 6:00,{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (make) it hard for them to pick kids up. "This is a problem we've all been through," said Zhang.

    To help students, Zhang's school{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(invite) deputies (代表) to the National People's Congress to give students instruction.

    "Thanks to the deputies, we finally understand it's not who is to blame that{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(matter), but finding the best solution," said Zhang.

    "The competition aims to encourage a sense of citizenship among China's post-00s generation," said Xia Jing, a teacher from Shanghai Jinyuan Senior High School. "Through this channel, students can let their{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(voice) be heard."