Imagine this: your parents go away on business, but you have to stay at home alone. Would life be as easy as when your parents are around? Would it be a perfect holiday for you?
“I can fill an empty stomach with tomato and egg soup, but that's all. I think many of my classmates are the same. We wouldn't know what to do, or how to look after ourselves," said Zheng Chenyu. "And I'd forget something important. I'd probably watch television and burn the soup. "
“As soon as I leave home, I'll learn to cook. But now parents do almost everything for us. We’re very lazy, "she said.
Most teenagers have only time for their homework. They don't learn any life skills until they go to college.
However, Sima Yige doesn't think so.
“I think I'd be all right. I wouldn't just eat sandwiches or fruit. I know how to cook, some sim­ple dishes because my mum showed me," the 13 - year - old boy said. In his opinion, many teen­agers depend too much on their parents, and there is much more to learn than cooking, like "tidying up your room or even dressing yourself properly."
For most teenagers it wouldn't be a holiday at all.
【小题1】Why would Zheng Chenyu probably burn the soup?
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【小题2】When will Zheng Chenyu learn to cook?
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【小题3】Translate the underlined sentence "They don't learn any life skills until they go to college. " in this passage.
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【小题4】The underlined phrase "depend too much" on in the passage means __________ in Chinese.
【小题5】Would life be as easy for teenagers living alone as when their parents are around?
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Once I spoke at a high school. After the speech, the principal asked me to see a special student. An     1   had kept the boy home, but he had expressed an interest in meeting me, and it would mean a great deal to him. I agreed.

He was Matthew.   2  he was born, the doctor told his parents that he would not live to see five, then they were told    3  would not make it to ten. Now he was thirteen. He wanted to meet me because I was a gold-medal weight lifter.

I spent over an hour talking to Matthew. He spoke about   4  and succeeding and seeking（追寻）his dreams.

When we finished talking, I went to my    5 and pulled out the first gold medal I won and put it around his neck. I told him he was more of a winner and knew more about    6   and overcoming obstacles（克服障碍）than I ever would. He looked at it for a while, then took it off and handed it   7  to me. He said, “You are a champion. You earned that medal. Someday when I get to the Olympics and win my own medal, I will show it to you.”

Last summer I got the news that Matthew had   8   and a letter Matthew had written to me a few days before:

Dear Rick,

My mom said I should send you a thank-you letter. The doctors are   9  to tell me that I don't have long to live any more. But I still smile as much as I can.

I told you that in the future I was going to the Olympics and win a gold medal. But I know now I'll      10   . I know I'm a champion, and God knows that too. When I get to Heaven, God will give me my medal and when you get there, I will show it to you.

Thank you for loving me.

Your friend

Matthew

1.                A．excuse         B．effect          C．operation D．illness

 

2.                A．While          B．When          C．Although  D．Because

 

3.                A．they           B．he             C．she  D．I

 

4.                A．winning        B．teaching        C．playing   D．working

 

5.                A．home          B．desk           C．classroom D．bag

 

6.                A．failure         B．success         C．luck D．smile

 

7.                A．around         B．in             C．back D．down

 

8.                A．went away      B．passed away     C．stayed away   D．moved away

 

9.                A．surprised       B．brave          C．sorry D．happy

 

10.               A．never          B．ever           C．often D．seldom

 

 

阅读短文，然后根据要求完成小题。
What is it like being an actor? Many people think it must be wonderful because we travel to exciting places, wear beautiful clothes and (A)挣钱多. This is only one aspect(方面) of our lives though. We also work very hard.
I played a country girl in my last (B) movie. I had to live in a small village with the other actors for part of the winter. (C)It was really hard for me as I grew up in a city. To help me play a country girl better, I cooked for myself and the others every day. I even walked a few miles sometimes to get water, as there was none in the houses. I wanted to understand how a real village girl lived. I thought it was fun at first. I felt different after a week or two, though.
I did wear some beautiful traditional clothes, but they were not thick enough. I was very cold but I had to keep smiling all the time! One day, I couldn’t do it any longer and I suddenly (D) started crying, “Great!” said the director. “I like it. She is crying with true feelings!” I called my mum to tell (E) Her about it but my mobile phone (手机) wouldn’t work in the village.
I think it is worth doing all this, though. I like it when people tell me they enjoy my plays and ask me to sign a picture. It is also fun to be someone else for a while. I’m very lucky to be an actor.
【小题1】将文中划线部分（A）译成汉语:             
【小题2】写出文中划线部分（B）和（D）的同义词或近义词:                         
【小题3】将文中划线部分（C）改写为: It was really hard for me        I was a city      
【小题4】文中划线部分（E）指代的是:               
【小题5】从文中找出有关赞美方面的两个形容词:                         

We were standing at the top of a church not far from my home. I didn’t know why.

“Look down,” Father said. I tried and saw the square in the center of the village. And I saw the streets to the square. “See, Elsa,” Father said. “There is more than one way to the square. If you can’t get where you want to go by one road, try another.”

Earlier that day, I asked Mother to do something about what we had for lunch at school. But she didn’t think the food was as bad as I said. When I turned to Father for help, he brought me to the church.

At school the next day, I filled a bottle with the soup for our lunch and took it home. I told the cook to pour the soup in a plate and bring it to Mother. She drank it and cried out, “What’s the matter with the soup today?” I at once told her what I had done , and Mother said that she would take up the matter of lunches at school the next day .

Now I really understood why Father had taken me to the church. I began to work as a fashion designer two years ago. I wouldn’t stop working until I tried every way to my goal.

1.The writer’s father took her to the church to.

A．play some games

B．see the square

C．show her the way

D．give her a lesson

2.Elsa really wanted her mother to.

A．cook something better for her lunch

B．have lunch with her at school

C．take up the matter over with the teachers

D．tell the cook to work harder

3.Why did Elsa’s mother agree to do something about the matter?

A．Because the writer tried a better way to her goal.

B．Because the girl brought something home.

C．Because she thought what the cook said was true.

D．Because Elsa’s father gave her some help.

4.What Elsa’s father said means?

A．one can reach the square in many ways

B．never stop trying to get to your goal

C．it’s difficult to talk to Elsa’s mother

D．you can’t get what you want easily

5.When the writer really understood what his father had said.

A．she saw the streets to the square

B．she had the idea of bringing the soup home

C．she tried every way to her goal

D．she began her own life as a fashion designer