WHETHER you like it or not, your parents are responsible (负责任的) for you, at least until you’re out of school. Does it feel like your parents are stressing you out with their love? Do you often fight with them?
Hu Muqing, 16, of Shenyang, complains that his parents are only concerned about his grades and not his other needs. He and his parents fight the most about the time he spends watching TV and on the Internet. The Shenyang teenager said, “They think because I’m in middle school I should concentrate on my work. However, I need to be able to relax. Most of my friends can watch TV and surf the Web a lot. Sometimes it’s hard to talk to them.”
After some negotiations (商谈), Hu has been allowed to watch TV for 15 to 20 minutes every night, but has been told to keep away from the computer.
Shen Ying, 17, Jianyang, Sichuan Province. Since she feels she’s grown up now, she wants more respect from her parents. “My father shouted at me when he’s in a bad mood. He doesn’t listen to me, but instead acts like, ‘I’m the boss’!” said the teenager “I’d like my parents to treat me like a friend and understand that respect is a two-way street.”
Lu Yiting, 15, of Shantou, has a different problem with her parents. They think she spends too much time with her friends and is falling into bad company. “I want trust from my parents,” Lu said.
It’s the age when teenagers are becoming more independent (独立的), but their parents are very concerned about their kids’ futures, said Sun Yunxiao, a senior researcher at the China Youth and Children Research Center. Sun suggests that teenagers should learn to communicate with their parents effectively. “Find the right time for a talk. On Mother’s Day or Father’s Day, say ‘Thank you’ to your parents or give them a small gift with a letter so they can get inside your head a little,” he advised. Sun also believes that teenagers have to work to earn trust and respect from their parents. “You need to make sure they know that you’re not going to screw up (搞砸) your exams or let them down. Let them know that you want to do well, and that you will do well,” he said.
1. 根据短文内容完成句子填空（每空一词）
According to the passage, we can learn Hu Muqing wants more time to relax, Shen Ying wants more _____________ from her parents and Lu Yiting needs more _____________ from his parents.
2.Hu Muqing’s parents care much about his _____________ and Lu Yiting’s parents concern about her _____________ she makes.
3.在上文中找出这个句子的同义句，并抄到横线上。
Does it seem that your parents’ love make you stressed out?
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4. 根据短文内容，把画线句子翻译为汉语。
On Mother’s Day or Father’s Day, say ‘Thank you’ to your parents or give them a small gift with a letter, so they can get inside your head a little.”
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5.根据短文内容回答问题
In Mr Sun Yunxiao’s opinion, what should the teenagers do to get along well with their paretns?
(One of the opinions is enough)
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根据汉语意思完成英语句子，每个空格填一个单词。
1.---你几点上学？ ---大概7:30吧。
---___________ ___________ do you go to school? ---At About 7:30.
2.世博会的会标什么样？
What does the Shanghai Expo logo ___________ ___________?
3.在污染环境方面不允许工厂重蹈覆辙。
The factories aren’t allowed to do ___________ ___________ things to pollute the environment
4.三个月期间预计有70,000,000人到上海世博会来参观。
70 million people __________ __________ to visit the Shanghai Expo 2010 during three months.
5.小组合作学习的最重要之处在于有效地组织小组成员
The most important thing for working in groups is that the members should be ___________ ____________
按括号中的要求完成改写后的句子，每个空格填一个单词。
1.The boy likes to watch game shows. (改为否定句)
The boy ____________ ___________ to watch game shows.
2.I got an email from my pen pal yesterday. (改为稍难疑问句)
___________ you ___________ an email from your pen pal yesterday?
3.Deng Yaping was born in 1973 in Henan province. (对划线部分进行提问)
___________ ___________ Deng Yaping born in Henan province?
4.The girl asked her mother, “Who wrote the words of the song ‘You and Me’?”
The girl asked her mother ___________ _________ the words of the song “You and Me” ___________ ___________.
从方框中选出适当的动词并用其适当形式填空。有的需要加助动词或不定式符号。
take fall be find drive
I am a taxi driver in London. I 91_____________ a taxi driver for nearly ten years. It’s a nice job most of the time. I always work at night, because there is too much traffic during the day.
At 11 pm last Sunday，I 92 ______________a woman home from a party. She had her little dog with her. When we got to her house, she found that she lost her key. So I waited in the car with the dog and she climbed in through the window.”
I waited and waited. After half an hour, I decided 93______________ out what was going on. I tied the dog to a tree and started to climb in through the window. The next thing I knew was that the police came. They thought I was a thief. Luckily the woman came downstairs. She 94 _____________ asleep and forgot about the dog and me!
“Thank you for coming in time, or I will 95______________ to the police station.” I said to her.
阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的单词填空。
without woke mad speaking late
Mr. Smith usually got up late in the morning, so every day Mrs. Smith 86_____________ him up in order to make him not to be 87_____________ for work. One day, they had a loud and long quarrelling, so they were not 88______________ to each other. In the evening Mr. Smith handed his wife a piece of paper. He had written "Call me at 7 in the morning" on it. Then 89____________ a word, he went to sleep. The next morning, when Mr. Smith woke up, it was already 9:30. He got up and became really 90_____________ at his wife. As he went out, he found another piece of paper on the table. "It's seven o'clock. Get up!"
“Would you tell me which way I should go from here?” asked Alice.
“That depends a good deal on where you want to get,” said the Cat.
“I really don’t care where” replied Alice.
“Then it doesn’t much matter which way you go,” said the Cat.
--- from “ Alice in Wonderland ”
My name is David. And I have a brother called Mike.
One day, my brother called me and asked me for some advice. He was trying to decide between two job offers:
Job 1 – The first job was your typical 40 hour a week “office” job.
Job 2 – The second job was more of a career in the insurance industry(保险业), where he would start at the bottom, and after many years and many long hours eventually rise to the top (if he was good).
The second job did not pay as well as the first job (at the beginning), but the pay-off of the second job (in the future) was much greater than the first job. So which job should my brother take? Well the answer is…it depends.
Just like the Cat was trying to tell Alice, which road you take depends a great deal on where you want to end up.
Begin with the End in Mind
I asked my brother what was his life’s purpose. He said his purpose was to “teach,” but he wanted to make a lot of money first. I told my brother to forget about the money, and I advised him to focus on his purpose. I then asked him which job best supported his end result of “teaching.” He said the first job best supported his goal because he would only have to work 40 hours a week, which would give him spare time to teach. He continued on to say, “but if I take job number two, I can work hard and make more money, then I can retire early and “teach” later in life.” I again advised him to “focus” on his purpose, not money. Things don’t end wrong, they begin wrong!
You Can’t Ride Two Horses Well
It would be very difficult to have a successful teaching career while you’re working 70-80 hours a week in the insurance business; no one can ride two horses well. As they say, you can do anything, but not everything. I advised him to get started today by choosing the job that best supported that decision.
Tomorrow Never Comes
My brother was thinking that he could always start teaching later in life, but the reality is, tomorrow never comes. Unless you decide right now to follow your feelings, they will probably never be completed. You only live once, don’t go to the end of your life with one regret.
The Money Will Come
My brother seemed to be overly concerned with making money. I told him not to be anxious about making money. You will always have greater money when you’re doing what you love.
In a word, whenever you’re at a cross-road, be sure to make the decision that best supports the goal of your life. If you do, then you will be well on your way.
1. Mike ___________ David one day.
A. visited B. met C. made a telephone call to D. found
2. Mike was trying to ____________.
A. look for a job B. start a career
C. wok in an office D. decide between two job offers
3.As for the life’s purpose, Mike ______________.
A. wanted to teach first B. wanted to make a lot of money first
C. wanted to work in the insurance industry D. wanted to work 40 hours a day
4. You Can’t Ride Two Horses Well means _____________.
A. you’d better have two horses
B. you can only ride one horse well
C. you can do everything well.
D. you can’t do two things well at the same time
5. The best title of the passage is ______________.
A. How to choose a better job
B. It is more important to begin than to end
C. How to make a better decision
D. Make more money because tomorrow never comes
