Should children do chores? Yes. Chores are good for them. Doing chores teaches them many important things. It will help them in their life.
There are many things that parents can do to encourage their children to do chores. Here are some suggestions:
Start early. Parents start giving their children chores to do when they are young.
Parents should show their children how to do chores and teach them one chore at a time.
Change the chores as children grow. Parents should make sure that the chores they give to their children are appropriate to (适合于）their children’s ages and abilities( 能力）.
Pay children for the chores they do. For example, pay them 1 dollar for taking out the rubbish.
Don’t nag(唠叨）.
Don’t do chores for their children if they forget or refuse.
What are good for children | 1. |
What doing chores teaches children | 2. |
What parents should do as children grow | 3. |
How much parents can pay for taking out the rubbish | 4. |
What the fifth suggestion is | 5. |
She is Liu Hui, a middle school student in Anhui, one of the “ stay at home children” in her town. Liu Hui is 12 years old and lives1.____ her sister. Her parents left home to 2._____ money in big cities when she was only four. Liu Hui has to take 3.______ of her younger sister. They have to stay at home alone 4._____ they have to go to school in the town.
“I used to feel 5.____ without my parents at home,” she said, “but now I know 6._____ they do so. They have to go away to make money for us so that we can live 7.____ better life.”
Every day, Liu Hui gets up at 6:30 a.m. And cooks 8._____ . Then the two girls go to school. They have supper at 6:00 p.m. Then Liu Hui does housework and 9.____ her sister with her homework. She usually goes to bed at 9:30p.m.
Though busy, Liu Hui is still the best student in her class. She said, “My life is OK. But I still hope my parents will come back and live with 10._____.
完成句子。（本题共5分，没空0.5分。）
1.男孩可以在粮库分发食物。
The boys could ________ ________ food at the food bank.
2.他们可以为这些孩子提供一间好的教室。
They can ________ a good classroom _________ these children.
3.让我们把这篇文章和那篇文章做一下比较。
Let’s ________ this article ________ that one.
4.学校篮球比赛开始时，Benny仍然在赶往学校的路上。
When the school basketball competition started, Benny was still ________ her _________ to school.
5.直到我亲眼看见它我才会相信你。
I ___________ believe you __________ I see it with my own eyes.
词汇运用（本大题共5分，每小题0.5分）
根据句子的汉语或首字母提示，写出正确的英语单词，一空一词。
1.He is trying his best to __________（理解）her meaning.
2.Karen __________ (借）a storybook from one of her friends.
3.__________（最近）I am more interested in English.
4.I think parents should spend more time __________ （交流,沟通）with their children.
5.She does not care about her __________（丈夫）at all.
6.Tom is the second son. He has an e__________ brother.
7.He smokes when he is under s__________.
8.He lay down on the sofa and soon fell a__________.
9.She wore a g__________ ring on her finger.
10.He didn’t m__________ so he was single(单身）all the time.
1. My friend Jenny always takes a walkman with her and listens to loud music. I think it may hurt her ears. But she doesn’t seem to care. 2.Sam saw some bird eggs under a tree when we had a trip in the forest. He wanted to take them home. I stopped him. He’s angry with me . 3.Jack let me play with his favorite toy car. I made it go too fast and crashed. 4.All my friends have many new clothes. They wear clothes in different style every day. But my parents can’t afford(负担得起) it. I think it’s a shame. 5. My close friend always wants me to give him the answers in exams. I do that. But I’m afraid I might be caught. If I don’t do that, he might not be my friend anymore. | A. Try to talk to him, and tell him it’s wrong for you two to do that. Then try to help him with his lessons in your spare time. If he can’t accept it, let it be. Maybe he’s not such a good friend. B. You shouldn’t regret（遗憾）. The beauty of one’s looking or appearance doesn’t stand(代表） for everything. You are young and still depend on your parent. The most important thing is to study hard and you are sure to have a good future. C. Let her know being grown-up isn’t so bad. We can have our own idea, do everything in our own ways. D. I used to have the same problem. You can try my ideas; they really work. First, talk about the things you like best and can do best. Then try to make friends with your neighbors. E. You can get some examples from newspapers, magazines or TV shows. Let her know it’s really bad. F. Tell him that he has done something bad to animals. If he takes the eggs home, how will their mother feel when she can’t find them? On the other hand, what kind of birds are they? G. Say sorry to him first. And try to repair it. Or you may give him your favorite toy car instead. Or buy a new one for him. |
Nowadays, lots of students in Shenzhen complain that they have too much homework. Because of this, they feel unhappy about learning at school. According to a survey, a pupil has to spend two hours finishing the homework every day. It usually takes three hours for a middle school student and four hours for a high school student to finish the homework every day. Students in Grade Nine often do their homework until midnight. And all of them have to get up at as early as six o’clock the next morning.
Mr. Li, a doctor in a hospital, told me yesterday, “Half of the students in Shenzhen are sub-healthy(亚健康的). The lack (缺乏) of sleep makes them tired and their health is becoming poorer and poorer.” Many parents worry about this.
1.Too much homework makes the students feel _____.
A. unhappy B. unhealthy
C. tired D. all of the above
2.Mr. Li said _____ of the students in Shenzhen were sub-healthy.
A. all B. half C. few D. none
3.According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A. A pupil usually has no homework in Shenzhen.
B. Many students in Shenzhen want much homework.
C. Students in Shenzhen have enough time to sleep.
D. Students in Grade Nine often do their homework until 12:00 at night.
4.The underlined word “this” means “______”.
A. that the students’ health is becoming poorer and poorer
B. that the students have too little homework
C. that the students complain too much
D. that the students have too much sleep
5.What does the passage mainly tell us?
A. Many children are seriously ill.
B. Children in Shenzhen study well.
C. Too much homework keeps the students in poor health.
D. How long students spend on their homework
