Are you carrying too much on your back at school? I’m sure lots of children of your age will say “Yes”. Not only the students in China have this problem, but children in the United States also have heavy school bags.

Doctors are starting to worry about young students’ back and neck because their school bags are too heavy for them.

“It’s hard for me to go upstairs with my heavy bag,” said Rick Hammond, an ll-year-old student in the USA.

Rick is among students who have school bags with two straps(带子),and many other students choose rolling(有滚轮的) bags.

But even with rolling bags ,getting upstairs is still a problem for children .Doctors say students should carry no more than 10% to 15% of their own body weight (重量)。

Scott Bautch, a back doctor, said children under Grade 4 should carry no more than 10% of their weight and older children shouldn’t stay with over 15% , because their bodies are still growing.

Teachers and parents should do some things to help children. And the best answer is to have less homework!

1.From the passage we cam know that        .

A．only children in China carry too heavy school bags.

B．children in other countries don’t carry too heavy bags.

C．both children in China and the USA carry too heavy school bags.

D．only children in the USA carry too heavy school bags.

2.Children feel it hard for them to go upstairs because          .

A．they are too young.

B．their school bags are too heavy.

C．they are too heavy.

D．their parents don’t always go upstairs with them.

3.If a child carries a heavy school bag,        .

A．his back and neck may be hurt.

B．his head and arms may be hurt .

C．his hands may be hurt .

D．his feet may be hurt .

4.According to the doctor, Scott Bautch, if a child in Grade 5 weighs about 30 kilos, the school bag he carries should not be over          .

A．5 kilos            B．3 kilos            C．5.5 kilos           D．4.5 kilos

5.Some students think the best answer to this problem is that          .

A．they should have a little homework to do after they get home

B．their teachers had getter not ask them to do any homework

C．they should only take home the books they will read that night.

D．They should use thin books instead of thick ones.

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. ”

　　“The moment 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. (1)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 (2) 过分依赖 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.

任务一：完成句子。（2分）

1. Zheng Chenyu thinks now teenagers are lazy because ___________________________. 

2. Zheng Chenyu will learn to cook as soon as ___________________________________.

任务二：英汉互译。（2分）

3.将(1)处的划线句子译成汉语：     ____________________________

4. 将(2)处的“过分依赖”译成英文：__________________________

任务三：列举。（3分）

5. Sima Yige thinks that teenagers should learn how__________, __________ besides __________.

任务四：回答问题。（1分）

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

　_______________________________

用所给词和短语的适当形式填空
【小题1】她每天都做作业。
She does her homework   1 day.
【小题2】他们很少乘飞机去北京 。
They   2  go to Bei Jing by plane.
【小题3】我们的书在书架上 。
Our books are 3 the shelf.
【小题4】一班和二班之间下午将有一场篮球比赛 。
There  will  be  a  soccer  game  4 Class  One  and  Class  Two  this  afternoon .
【小题5】他们正在上班会课 。
They are having a class 5.