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.

1.Why would Zheng Chenyu probably burn the soup?

________________________________________

2.When will Zheng Chenyu learn to cook?

________________________________________

3.Translate the underlined sentence "They don't learn any life skills until they go to college. " in this passage.

________________________________________

4.The underlined phrase "depend too much" on in the passage means __________ in Chinese.

5.Would life be as easy for teenagers living alone as when their parents are around?

________________________________________

 

In some western countries, many children do chores (家务) to get pocket money. They usually start to do this when they are ten years old.

School students have to do homework and study for tests.  They don't have much free time on weekdays. They often do chores on weekends.

Young kids only do easy chores. So they don't get much money. But that's enough. Many of them only want to buy candy. And candy is cheap! They often help do the dishes, sweep the floor, or feed the pet cat or dog.

When they get older, they want to buy more and more things. They want things that are more expensive than candy. So they have to work harder! They often help their parents wash the family car, cut the grass, or cook meals.

Some jobs are a good way for kids to learn new things. For example, they can learn how to use a lawnmower ( 割草机) or how to cook. Of course, their parents help them at first.

1.How do many children get pocket money in some Western countries?

        A. By studying hard.                      B. By doing chores at home.

        C. By doing part - time jobs.                D. By asking their parents for it.

    2.Mary wants to get more pocket money to buy something expensive. She may _________

A. do the dishes                          B. feed the pet cat

         C. cook meals                            D. sweep the floor

   3.Which of the following is not true?

    A. Young kids do easy chores because they can get much money from their parents.

    B. School students often do chores on Saturdays and Sundays.

    C. If kids get older and want something more expensive, they can help wash their family car.

    D.  Kids can learn how to cook with the help of their parents.

   4.The passage mainly tells us how children in some Western countries_________

        A. find jobs     B. get pocket money    C. study at school      D. do chores

 

词语填空（共10小题，计10分）
用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文通顺、正确、连贯（每个单词限用一次）。

	million         be         luck        hard        dog quiet           ski        even        she         design

 

 
Song Huiqiao was born on  February 26th, 1982 in Korea. She looks smart.
She has a pretty face. Her skin（皮肤） is wonderful . She works 【小题1】  and acts well. So   【小题2】    of people all over the world like her. Many of her series were very popular in China, for example, Full House. Almost every young person in China has watched the TV series. Some girls   【小题3】   have watched it for two for three times. Even now , we can watch the TV series in China. It’s the work that makes people remember Song Huiqiao well.
Song Huiqiao is good at swimming ,playing the piano and skating. When she studied in a senior high school , she used to   【小题4】 crazy about sports, such as skating,【小题5】and swimming, but she could also play the piano【小题6】 like a fairlady. Song Huiqiao wanted to be a dress   【小题7】  when she was young, and she would like to wear all kinds of clothes designed by  【小题8】  .
Song Huiqiao is successful . We can say that she is a   【小题9】  girl , but
we should also see her hard work . So , friends , work hard. Maybe you are the
next lucky     【小题10】   .

Charles Chaplin was born in London on April 16, 1889. His parents were music hall actors. The Chaplin family were very poor, and life was difficult in London. Charlie, as he was called, used to do his mother’s job in the theatre when she was ill.
When he was only 17 years old, Chaplin got his first real job as an actor. What he did was to do silly things to make people laugh in the theatre. Seven years later he went to the USA. And over the next four years, he formed his own way of art. He developed the character (~J ~, )of a homeless gentleman which became very popular.
From the 1920s to the 1950s, Chaplin made his most famous films. The film Modern Times (1936) shows his care about the modern industry workers. Many of his films describe the poor life and hard time of the working people during that period.
Although Charlie Chaplin was British, he lived in the USA until 1953. But he never got US nationality. Then Chaplin, his wife’ and his five children had to move to Switzerland where he lived until he died. When he was 83 years old, he won his only Oscar for the music he wrote for the film Limelight. He was named Sir Charles Chaplin at the age of 85. Charlie Chaplin died in Switzerland on December 25th, 1975.
【小题1】 Chaplin used to __ when his mother was ill.

A．look after her	B．do the housework
C．do his mother’s job	D．do his father’s job

【小题2】From Paragraph 2, we can know that __

A．Chaplin went to the USA when he was 24 years old ~

B．Chaplin became famous when he was 17 years old

C．people liked Chaplin because he was a homeless gentleman

D．Chaplin did many silly things to make people laugh in the street

【小题3】  __ Chaplin made his most famous films.

A．From 1889 to 1936	B．From the 1920s to th~ 1950s
C．From 1953 to 1975	D．From the 1950s to the 1980s

【小题4】 We can infer.from the passage that Chaplin left the USA because of __

A．his family	B．his work
C．the US government	D．the Swiss government

【小题5】 Chaplin won the Oscar for __ when he was 83 years old.

A．the acting

B．the art

C．the film

D．the music