A nine-year-old boy named Orson recently hand-delivered a letter to Number 10. He was ________ that the prime minister and the government do more to ________ children like him.

Orson was ________ with hearing loss as a baby. His parents were ________ that it would not ________ him back. Orson got Auditory Verbal therapy from a charity called Auditory Verbal UK. It helped him to learn to listen and speak.

Orson said: “Being ________ is part of who I am and it has never ________ me doing anything I want to.”

According to the RNID, there are around 12 million adults with hearing loss and at least 50,000 children who are deaf in the UK. Orson’s Mum. Avril, said: “Orson is ________ that deaf children can earn to speak as well as a hearing child and that hearing loss should not be a barrier to deaf children achieving their ________.”

She added: “Only a small number of families have access to this ________ programme which is why we are ________ Government investment.”

According to the charity Auditory Verbal UK. “only 8% of deaf children under five in the UK can ________ an Auditory Verbal therapy programme.” Deaf Awareness Week this year is from 1—7 May. Deaf Awareness Week ________ to bring to light the ________ that people who are Deal and those with hearing loss face. Orson and his family visited the capital to ________ deliver their letter ahead of Deaf Awareness Week.

Members of the post-1990 generation looking for work apply for various positions. They hold high _________ of the jobs, a reflection of young people’s changing attitudes in the country’s development, a recent research showed.

When fresh graduates do land a job interview, they are also more likely to miss it, _________ offers and have no qualms (不安) about quitting if the work is not _________.

These were some of the main _________ of the research conducted by leading Chinese recruitment (招聘) website 5l job.com. Of those _________, 45.1% of the employers said more than half of job candidates _________ to turn up on time for interviews. More than 60% of the fresh _________ also felt they needed help from their parents to look for work, such as those who can _________ their parents’ companies when they retire, the research showed.

Liu Jinjin, deputy director of the human resources department at the Social Sciences Academic Press, said members of the post-1990 generation are particular about employment and it was _________ for them to break appointments (约定) for job interviews.

“Most of the post-1990 generation are the only child in the family. Their living conditions have greatly __________ from that of the post-1980 and post-1970 generations. They don't experience much __________ in life so they pay closer attention to personal __________ and interests when hunting for a job. The post-1990 generation also does not care about the amount of money they make. __________, the working environment, the happiness they get from their work and respect from others are what __________ most.” Liu said.

“The post-1990 generation does not think twice about leaving in their first year of work. If they lose interest in a job or are not clear about their future career path, they will quit easily,” Liu said. Members of the generation are also more __________. They want more time for themselves and are not willing to work __________. Their attitude to life is more casual, Liu said. Zhang Gao, the campus brand director of Chinese Internet search giant Baidu, said a survey it conducted this year found that the post-1990 generation focus on work-life __________. “They need some space when they work and don’t want to be managed too ________.” Zhang said, adding that members of that generation often choose to work __________ their interests and have their own ideas and views about work.“__________, this generation is very sensitive and has a lot of self-respect, so employers need to be concerned about their temperaments (性情) and ways of communication,” she said.

Chinese Parents Feel the Strain as Schools Break for Summer

As children in China look forward to their eight-week summer holiday, parents are finding themselves suffering from higher levels of stress and________ strain than they do during the rest of the school year.

“No freedom summer holiday” became a________ topic on Weibo, China’s Twitter, as parents began spending much time and money planning their children’s holiday________. The claim that having 30,000 yuan monthly salary cannot afford the summer holiday has gone________ online.

The trends reflect the anxiety and________ of parents that their children will fall behind other classmates during the summer break. To keep their offspring in study mode, parents try to fill the holiday with different classes and tours, at ever-increasing________.

Sending children on________ tours has also become an indispensable (不可缺少的) part of the break, with a growing number of students in a class joining a summer study tour to experience an overseas________ environment, culture, and language through meeting people, visiting famous universities and sightseeing.

A representative of a study tour centre based in Shanghai said parents were________ their children’s education. “Nearly 95 percent of our participants are students, most of them are primary and middle school kids.________ this market is also very competitive; there are many similar centres and institutions targeting the parents,” he said.

Money was a big concern for parents, with most applying for more________ destinations like Japan or Singapore, rather than European countries. Cheap Asian tours cost about 10,000 yuan for six to seven days, with trips to English-speaking countries like the United States and Canada priced from 20,000,________ air fares. The study tours were not about academic knowledge but broadening horizons.

A survey shows when parents are not making travel plans for their children, they are applying for special interest classes and supplementary tutorials to fill in the________ hours of the summer holiday.

Yin, an expert who________ family and education issues, said, “It is unnecessary to arrange activities for children during the summer holidays. Many parents think they can________ their children a better education, but actually, a holiday should be a time for rest and play, not study.”