It seems that everywhere around the world, people are spending more time at work    【小题1】   less time with their families and friends. People are   【小题2】   than ever before!
In the past in many countries , the father worked and the mother stayed home ,took    【小题3】   of the children ,and did the food shopping, cooking and cleaning.  At present , in most of the families , parents need work on weekdays, so they  【小题4】have to do the shopping, cooking and cleaning in their free time. Parents don’t have as much time with their   【小题5】 , however, they often had time in the past. There are also many single-parent（单亲的）families .In these families ,the single parents has to do everything.
These days ,many children come home    【小题6】    school to an empty apartment or house .A lot of children spend many hours   【小题7】   day in front of the television .Even the families are together, it is common for families members to do things by themselves. For example, they  【小题8】   programs on separate TVs in different rooms, they use the Internet, they    【小题9】   friends on the telephone, and they do other individual by themselves.
Isn’t it strange? Thanks to technology（科技）, people are able to communicate so    【小题10】  with people far away, but sometimes they don’t communicate with people their own homes.

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Do you have a beautiful dream? I know almost everyone  1  their own dreams in their life. The dreams are very important  2  them. The dreams can make them  3  harder.

I am studying in a school now. My dream is   4  a teacher in West China. Many Children there want to go to school  5 they can’t. Their families are very poor and the parents have  6 enough money to send their children to school. But going to school and studying is the only   7 to change their life. Teachers are greatly needed there, so I want to be a teacher to help them. I  8 kind to my students and make friends with them．I will give them love and teach  9  how to be a useful person. I think it is a great   10  in the world.

1.                A．has            B．have           C．is   D．are

2.                A．at             B．to             C．in   D．with

3.                A．to work         B．to study         C．work D．working

4.                A．be            B．to make         C．to do D．to be

5.                A．and            B．but            C．or   D．so

6.                A．not            B．much          C．many D．any

7.                A．way           B．book           C．school    D．room

8.                A．am            B．will be          C．was  D．am going to

9.                A．they           B．their           C．them D．theirs

10.               A．room          B．book           C．school D．job

There is good news for the children in the countryside. We may still remember the girl  1  big eyes. Her big eyes are   2  us her dream: I wish to   3  ! In China, there are still  4  girls and boys like her. They want to go to school, but their  5  are too poor. If the family has two or three children, it is harder to   6   the money for all the children. So the parents often ask   7   to stay at home, and boys to go to school.

Now they needn’t   8   the money. From 2006 on, children can go to school for free in some poor places. They don’t have to pay for books and other things. Some of them can even get money from the government（政府）to make their life  9   . Soon, all the children in the countryside can

go to school for free. All families are very happy with the news. It is  10  great.

(   ) 1. A. with            B. on           C. to                  D. in

(   ) 2. A. saying         B. telling      C. speaking         D. talking

(   ) 3. A. go to work      B. go to bed        C. go to school     D. go home

(   ) 4. A. few         B. a few            C. a lot of             D. some

(   ) 5. A. schools        B. home         C. houses              D. families

(   ) 6. A. pay         B. take         C. buy              D. lend

(   ) 7. A. teachers        B. girls            C. boys             D. all the children

(   ) 8. A. look up         B. turn on      C. worry about      D. make sure

(   ) 9. A. better          B. well         C. longer               D. worse

(   ) 10.A. not         B. real        C. hardly               D. really

Westerners think that the education ways in many Chinese families are hard to understand. Here are some examples.
Many children in China are looked after by their grandfathers and grandmothers because their parents are busy. But children need to stay and communicate with their parents.
Parents pay no attention to the rights (权利) of children. Parents should knock at the door before they go into the room of their children. (1)They shouldn’t move their children’s things before they agree. Parents should communicate with children and respect (尊重) the rights and decisions of them. Children who are not respected also do not know how to respect others.
(2) Parents often          their children          others. Most Chinese parents want their children to be successful, because it can save the parents’ face. Parents often say “You see somebody else is studying hard, what good grades they have, and what prizes they get”. This is the worst thing. It will only bring the child much harm and pain.
Many children are made to do what their parents expect, though they do not like it. For example, parents ask their children to learn to play the piano or go abroad. It should be decided by children themselves.
The more hard-working, the better. Many parents think school performance is everything. In fact, the integrated（综合）ability is so important that it will affect children all their lives.
【小题1】将（1）句译成中文。
【小题2】在（2）句的空白处分别填入一个适当的词使句意完整、上下文通顺。
【小题3】回答问题：Why are many children looked after by their grandparents in China?
【小题4】在文中找出与Children themselves should make a decision about it.意思相近的句子，并将它写在答题卡上。
【小题5】在文中找出最能表达该短文主题的句子，并将它写在答题卡上。