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.

Liu Yun, 13, pretty and smart. She is a good student. But many students try to stay from her because Liu Yun’s mum has AIDS(爱滋病) and her father has died of AIDS. Luckily, Liu Yun didn’t get it.
AIDS means fear for most people. Nobody wants to play games with her. Even a teacher who used to like her turns his back on her now. The biggest problem is how other people look at her. She sometimes wants todrop out of schoolbecause she can no longer face others’ indifference(冷漠)。
It is said if a person has AIDS, it’s still safe to eat and play with him. So I think Liu Yun’s classmates and teachers are afraid of AIDS because they don’t know much about AIDS. And Liu Yun needs their love and understanding. Even a friendly smile means a lot to her.

1. 1.

   Why isn’t Liu Yun popular with the students and the teachers?

   1. A.
      She has AIDS.                 
   2. B.
      Her mother has AIDS.
   3. C.
      Her father has died of AIDS.      
   4. D.
      Both B and C.
2. 2.

   What will you do when you best friend has AIDS?

   1. A.
      I’ll stay away from him.
   2. B.
      I won’t have meals with him.
   3. C.
      I won’t talk with him.
   4. D.
      I should be more friendly to him than before.
3. 3.

   What’s the meaning of the underlined words “drop out of school”?

   1. A.
      逃学
   2. B.
      辍学
   3. C.
      请病假
   4. D.
      回家
4. 4.

   Can we have meals with the people that have AIDS?

   1. A.
      Yes, we can.
   2. B.
      No, we can’t.
   3. C.
      No, we shouldn’t.
   4. D.
      We don’t know.
5. 5.

   Which of the following is TURE?

   1. A.
      Though Liu Yun’s mother has AIDS, every teacher still love her.
   2. B.
      None of teachers love her after her mother has AIDS .
   3. C.
      Most of teachers love her after her mother has AIDS.
   4. D.
      Only a few teacher love her when her mother has AIDS.