Question

Letter A

Young people are always told that they should make the most of their time, which they will never be as free again. So, my question is-why fill up all this free time with housework. Parents expect their children to get good grades, be good at sports, and be popular with other kids. However, there is not enough time in the day to do these things and then do housework as well. It’s not fair to expect teenagers to give up their precious time to do boring housework. Parents and children both have jobs. Parents’ jobs are in the workplace. Their children’s jobs are at school.

The only difference is that parents get paid and children don’t. Parents say that they make their kids do housework to teach them responsibility. But this is just a trick. Parents trick their kids into doing housework because they are lazy.

Yours，

Overloaded

Letter B

Both parents and children have jobs. The parent’s job is to go to work to earn money．The child’s job is to go to school．But we all get hungry．Someone has to cook the meals and clean up afterward. We all wear clothes that get dirty. Someone has to wash them, iron them, and put them away．Children work from 9 until 4．Parents work from 8 until 6. Sure, after 4 o’clock, children have homework. But after 6, parents have homework too. They have to do the shopping, go to the bank, pay the bills, and help their kids with their own homework!

I think it’s only fair that teenagers help out a bit at home. They might not like it, but it’s good for them. It teaches them how to look after themselves. This is really important when they leave home to go to college or to live on their own．

Sincerely，

Overworked

1.What is the writer’s question in Letter A?

The question is why ______________________ with housework.

2.How are parents’ jobs different from children’s jobs according to Letter A?

Parents _________________, but children don’t.

3.Why does Letter B say it’s good for teenagers to help out a bit at home?

Because the writer thinks it teaches children ______________________.

4.Who most probably wrote Letter B, a parent or a child?

________________.

5.The two letters agree that parents and children both have jobs, don’t they?

_______________.

Answer

1.fill up all this free time

2.get paid

3.how to look after themselves

4.A parent

5.Yes, they do

【解析】本文是两封信讨论对于孩子在家做家务的观点。在A信中认为让孩子们在业余时间做家务时不公平的。在B信中认为孩子在家做家务对他们是有好处的。

1.根据So, my question is-why fill up all this free time with housework.可知在A信中我的问题是为什么用所有的业余时间做家务，故此处为fill up all this free time

2.根据The only difference is that parents get paid and children don’t.可知父母的工作不同于孩子的工作的地方是：父母会得到报酬，孩子们得不到报酬，故此处为get paid。

3.根据I think it’s only fair that teenagers help out a bit at home. They might not like it, but it’s good for them. It teaches them how to look after themselves.可知在B信中，青少年帮助做一点家务对他们是有好处的，因此这教会他们如何照顾自己，故此处为how to look after themselves。

4.根据But after 6, parents have homework too. They have to do the shopping, go to the bank, pay the bills, and help their kids with their own homework!

可知此处介绍父母的辛苦，故推断是一位父母写的B信。故此处为A parent。

5.根据Letter A Parents and children both have jobs.和Letter B Both parents and children have jobs. 故在两封信中都同意孩子和父母都有工作，故此处用肯定回答，故为Yes, they do。