Question

  It is difficult for the parents of every family to teach their children to be responsible（有责任的）for housework．

  Shatian School in Shanghai is making its students do housework for their parents．Third graders（…年级学生）must learn how to cook and clean，sixth graders do the laundry，and seventh and eighth graders cook balanced meals with 15 yuan．

  Many parents think it's a good way for children to try housework，but they don't know how to do it at home．With the following ideas，you really can get your children to help at home．

  If you want to make your children think that they can do everything quite right，please don't scold（批评）them but give them lots of praise at home．Talk more about what he did right，not about what he didn't do．If your child finishes some difficult work，give him or her a Sunday trip or a ball game with Dad as a reward．

1.Who should learn to cook balanced meals with 15 yuan according to the passage?

A. A third grader    B. A sixth grader    C. A seventh grader

2.What should parents do when the children do housework?

A. Scold them when they are wrong．    B. Give them a lot of praise．

C. Tell them not to do difficult work．

3.From the passage we know that _________．

A. all the children like to do housework

B. all the parents don’t want their children to do housework

C. doing housework is the students’ homework in Shatian School

4.What's the meaning of the word “reward'’ in the passage?

A. 说明    B. 奖励    C. 惩罚

5.The best title of the passage may be _________．

A. Make Children Do Housework    B. How to Teach Children

C. Housework

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.B

5.A

【解析】你有帮助父母做过家务活吗？在上海有一个沙田中学，这个学生要求不同年级的学生都要帮助父母做不同的家务活。作为父母，对孩子的表现要多表扬，并且要给孩子奖励。

1.细节理解题。根据短文第二段中Shatian School in Shanghai is making its students do housework for their parents．Third graders（…年级学生）must learn how to cook and clean，sixth graders do the laundry，and seventh and eighth graders cook balanced meals with 15 yuan可知，上海沙田中学让它的学生们帮助父母做家务，七年级和八年级的学生用15元去做平衡的饮食，由此可知应选C。

2.细节理解题。根据短文第四段中If you want to make your children think that they can do everything quite right，please don't scold（批评）them but give them lots of praise at home可知，作为家长，不要光是批评孩子们，而是要给他们很多表扬。由此可知应选B。

3.推理判断题。根据短文第二段中Shatian School in Shanghai is making its students do housework for their parents可知，上海沙田中学让它的学生们帮助父母做家务活，而且每个年级都有不同的任务，这说明这所学校是把学生在家做家务活当做一项作业，故应选C。

4.词义猜测题。根据划线单词所在的句子If your child finishes some difficult work，give him or her a Sunday trip or a ball game with Dad as a reward．可知，如果孩子完成了比较困难的工作，就带他去旅行或是去玩球类的运动，这是对孩子做家务的一个奖励，因此reward的意思是奖励，故应选B。

5.主旨大意题。这篇短文讲述的是让孩子去帮助父母做家务，还举了上海沙田中学做例子。短文的开头…teach their children to be responsible（有责任的）for housework就提到了让孩子们分担家务，因此A选项的题目能概括文章大意。

点睛：这篇短文讲述了让孩子去帮助父母做家务的事情，文章内容贴近学生生活，比较容易理解。短文的第一段就点明了文章的中心，可以帮助我们掌握文章的大意。后面的题目也不难，例如第1小题和第2小题，这两个是考查细节理解，我们先从题目中找到关键词，如第1小题中的…learn to cook balanced meals with 15 yuan，我们定位到原文的第二段，就可以找到答案。