Question

Can you or do you wash your clothes? Can you cook meals for yourself when your parents are not at home?   1.

Today, many young people can’t look after themselves when they leave home.   2. I don’t want to be a person like that. I want to be more independent(独立的).

When I was only seven years old, I was in the kitchen with my mother enjoying cooking. I always helped her.   3. She was really interested in teaching me how to cook. But when my mother got married (结婚), she didn’t know how to cook. My grandmother never allowed her to stay in the kitchen when she was cooking. My mother did not start cooking until she was 25 years old.   4. She had to take cooking lessons. So she decided to teach us how to cook because she didn’t want us to have the same experience.

 5. I always wash my own clothes, and sometimes I wash my parents and my brother’s clothes, too. When my parents are not at home, I can cook meals for my brother and me.

A. At the beginning, it was difficult for her.

B. I did nothing at home, because my mother could help me.

C. My mother likes doing chores.

D. And now I can do many chores myself.

E. Do you often help do some chores at home?

F. I learned cooking from my mother.

G. They even can’t wash a pair of socks.

Answer

1.E

2.G

3.F

4.A

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文作者主要讨论了现在的青少年做家务的问题，并以自己和自己的母亲为例，说明了我们学会做家务的重要性及意义。

1.联系前文描述，可知此处指的是你是否经常在家做些零散家务？故选E。

2.联系前文描述，可知选G，他们甚至不能洗一双袜子。

3.联系前文，我经常帮助我的母亲，及下文描述，可知选F，我从母亲那里学会了做饭。

4.联系前文她直到25岁才开始做饭，及下文描述，可在选A，在一开始，对她来说很难。

5.联系下文描述，可在此处指的是我现在能做很多零散家务，故选D。

考点：补全短文