Life for Cathy Taylor’s three children is very busy. Their school days are busy enough. However, after school Cathy takes the two boys from football to basketball. Then she has to take her daughter to piano lessons. The tired children don’t get home until 7 pm. They have a quick supper, and then it’s time for homework.
The Taylors are like many American and British parents. They take their children from activity to activity. Doctors say many children are under too much pressure. Teachers complain about teaching tired kids in the classroom.
Most children take part in after-school clubs. Activities include sports, language learning, music, and math classes. Now parents seem to push their children a lot more. They see other children doing a lot of things, and they feel their own children should do the same.
Linda Miller, a mother of three in London, knows all about such pressure. “In some families, competition starts from a very young age,” She says. “ Mothers send their kids to all kinds of classes when they are very young. And they are always comparing them with other children. It’s crazy. People shouldn’t push their kids so hard.
Dr Alice Green agrees. She also says that these children may find it hard to think for themselves when they are older. “ Parents are trying to plan their kids’ lives for them. When these kids are adults, they might find it difficult to plan things for themselves.” Parents should learn to give their kids a bit more time to themselves. On the one hand, children need organized activities. On the other hand, they also need time and freedom to 
relax, and they need time to do things by themselves.
1.When do Cathy Taylor’s three children got home every day?
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2.What is the result(结果) of thinking too many activities to kids?
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3.Why do the parents make their children take part in all kinds of after-school clubs?
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4.Does Linda Miller agree to push kids so hard?
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5.Why should parents learn to give their kids a bit more time to themselves?
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Donald was not very good at math. He could not understand the teacher’s explanations(解释). Even when the teacher explained something a second time, Donald still could not understand it. “Never mind,” Donald told himself. “I am quite good at other subjects. I will cheat(作弊)in the math exam, then I won’t be in trouble.”
“I will sit next to the boy who is best at math,” he thought, “and copy down his answers.” The day of the exam came, and Donald sat next to Brain Smith, who always was at the top of the class in math. Donald carefully copied Brian’s answers onto his own exam paper. At the end of the exam, the teacher collected the papers and graded(批改)them. Then she said, “well, boys and girls. I have decided to give a prize to the student who got the highest grade. It’s difficult for me to decide who to give the prize to, however, because two students, Donald and Brian, got the same grade.”
“Let them share it,” one of the other students said.
“I thought about that,” the teacher said, “but I decided to give the prize to Brian.” Donald was angry when he heard this. He stood up and said. “That’s not fair. I got the same grade as Brian.” ‘That’s true.” The teacher said.” However, Brian’s answer to Question 18 was “I don’t know,” yours was “Neither do I”.
1.Donald decided to cheat in the math exam because ________.
A.he was always at the top of the class in math
B.he understood the questions
C.he was not very good at math
D.the math teacher did not explain the questions carefully.
2.Donald got a high grade in math because ________.
A. math was his best subject
B. the questions were easy
C. he copied from another boy
D. the teacher explained the questions carefully
3.Donald got the same grade as Brian because _________.
A. both boys were good at math B. Donald cheated
C. Brian copied Donald’s answers D. the questions were very easy
4.The teacher knew it was Donald who cheated because _________.
A,his answers were the same as Brian’s
B.he wrote “I don’t know” as an answer
C.he got the same wrong answers as Brian
D.he wrote the words “Neither do I.”
5.Why was he angry when Donald heard that the teacher would give a prize to Brian?
A. Because he got the same grade as Brian
B. Because Brian copied him
C. Because the teacher didn’t know Donald’s answers
D. Because he cheated in the math exam.
Harry likes driving his car very fast, and one day he hit(撞上) another car. He jumped out and ran to it. There was an old man in the car. He was very angry and said to Harry.” What were you doing? You nearly killed me!”
“Yes,” Harry answered,” I am very sorry.” He took a bottle(瓶) out of his car and said, “Drink some of this. Then you will feel better.” He gave the old man some whisky(威士忌) and the man drank it, but then he shouted again, “You nearly killed me!” Harry gave him the bottle again. “I feel much better now. But why aren’t you drinking?”
“Oh, well,” sai
d Harry, “ I don’t want any whisky now. I am going to sit here to wait for the police.”
1.Harry drove his car very fast.
A. always B. sometimes C. never D.hardly
2.One day he hit a car because .
A. he wanted to kill the old man
B.he drank a lot of whisky
C. he drove his car too fast
D.he had many bottles of whisky
3.The old man was very angry because .
A. he wanted some whisky B. Harry hit his car
C. he was Harry’s father D.Harry drove his car too slow
4.After drinking the bottle of whisky ,the old man
A. felt much better B.began to cry C. was very happy D.felt much worse
5.What would probably happen to the old man?
A. He would be hit again B. He would stay in his car
C. He would lose his way D.He would be fined(罚款)by the police.
A. took B. while C. had D. shouted E. in F. from G. too H. up I. arrived J. jumped |
Boy: What a day I 1._______!
Girl: Tell me about it, John?
Boy: Well, While I was walking to school I saw a cat 2._______ a tree. It was really scared.
Girl: What did you do?
Boy: I climbed the tree.
Girl: And you got the cat?
Boy: No. While I was climbing the trees, a man saw me. It was his tree and he 3.________ at me. So I hoped climbing.
Girl: What about the cat?
Boy: It wanted to 4._________down. But it was too scared.
Girl: Then what happened?
Boy: Then the man called the police. And while he was calling the police, a woman called the newspaper.
Girl: What did you do?
Boy: I jumped down 5._______the tree. And then the cat jumped down, 6.________.
Girl: That’s good.
Boy: And then the police officer and the newspaper reporter 7._________. The police officer said, Good boy!” And
the newspaper reporter 8.________ a photo to put in the newspaper.
Girl: That’s great!
Boy: Yes, but 9.________ he was taking the photo, the cat went 10.______ the tree again.
Girl: What did you do?
Boy: What do you think?
We will have a party ________ the evening of New Year’s Day.
A. in B. on C. at D. of
It’s not right ________others’ homework.
A. copy B. copying C. to copy D. copies
