Moms take care of their children life and dads bring home food and make the family rules. These are the roles moms and dads fall into when they become parents and it’s common among all cultures. But times change and parents’ roles seem to be changing, too. More women are bringing home food by having full-time jobs and men are taking care of their children at home.
Chinese TV show Where Are We Going, Dad ? provides a closer look at the changing roles of dads in modern family life. The show follows the adventures（冒险经历）of five celebrity（明星）dads who take trips with their young children (aged 4 to 6) and try to complete a set of tasks. It shows how young dads are trying hard to find the best way to raise their children and keep a closer relationship with them. Young dads no longer want to be cold.
Psychologists（心理学家）say that a strong fatherly influence is important in a child’s development. Fathers teach their children skills and encourage them to try new things. They also give them a sense of safety. A child learns that if something goes wrong, he or she can depend on dad to help fix it. The psychologists also say that without a dad, a child is more possible to drop out of school and get into trouble.
A mother’s love is important, and so is a father’s love. Chen Mo, a psychology professor says,“It takes both parents to raise a child. Children have different needs at different ages and this needs to be considered by both parents.”

【小题1】 What are the common roles of moms and dads in all cultures? ______

A．Moms take care of their children and dads bring home food and make the family rules.

B．Moms bring home food by having full-time jobs and dads take care of their children at home.

C．Both parents take care of their children at home.

D．Both parents go out to work, while grandparents take care of their children at home.

【小题2】What are the young dads trying to do in the show? ______   

A．They are trying hard to find the best way to raise their children and keep a closer relationship with them.

B．They are trying to complete a set of tasks with their kids. They are also trying hard to find the best way to raise their children and keep a closer relationship with them.

C．They are trying to make more money.

D．They are trying to be cold to their kids.

【小题3】Why is a strong fatherly influence important in a child’s development?______   

A．Fathers teach their children skills and encourage them to try new things. They also give them a sense of safety.

B．If something goes wrong, a child can depend on dad to help fix it.

C．With a dad, a child can do better in school work.

D．Without a dad, a child is more possible to drop out of school and get into trouble.

【小题4】 What is a child more possible to do without a dad？______

A．Stay out late

B．Get into trouble and do badly in school work.

C．Drop out of school.

D．Drop out of school and get into trouble.

【小题5】Why does it take both parents to raise a child? ______

A．A child feels safer with both parents.

B．A child feels happier with both parents.

C．Both parents need to consider that children have different needs at different ages.

D．It is both the father’s and the mother’s duty to raise a child.

Some people have very good memories(记忆力) and can easily learn quite long poem（诗歌） by heart. Some people have  1 memories and can only remember things that they have said again and again.

The  2 English writer Charles Dickens said that he could walk down  3  street in London and then tell you the name of every shop on  4 sides of the street. Great men in the world have wonderful memories.

A good memory is a great help in learning a language. Everybody learns  5   own language by remembering what he hears when he is a small child. Some children live with their parents in foreign（外国的） countries and they seem  6 two languages as easily as one. At school it is not so easy to learn foreign languages  7 students have little time for it and they are busy with other subjects as well.

A man's mind is quite like a camera but it 8  photos of what we see and it can also take photos of what we feel, hear, smell and taste. When we take a real photo with a camera, there is much work 9  before the photo is finished and ready to show to our friends.  10  the same way there is much work to do before we can keep a picture forever（永远）in our mind.

1.                A．wonderful      B．better          C．poor D．badly

 

2.                A．nice           B．beautiful        C．famous   D．kind

 

3.                A．much          B．some           C．many D．the

 

4.                A．every          B．each           C．both D．all

 

5.                A．her            B．his             C．one’s   D．its

 

6.                A．to keep         B．to get          C．to learn   D．to take

 

7.                A．because        B．why            C．what D．when

 

8.                A．leaves          B．takes           C．gets D．receives

 

9.                A．to do          B．to have         C．to start   D．to stay

 

10.               A．In             B．On            C．With  D．As

 

 

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Fun Facts about animals

●After killing an animal, a cheetah waits half an hour to catch its breath.	●The biggest horses are the Shire horses. The tallest on record is 198cms from shoulder to leg.	●The only mammal that can fly is the bat. Bat’s wings are overgrown hands.
●Gorillas are actually very gentle animals although they have bad reputation (声誉). ●Gorillas build nests in tree tops to sleep in.	●The rhino has the thickest skin of any animal. Its skin is 2cms thick and covers their body like armor.	●An elephant’s trunk has no bones in it, only 100,000 muscles!!! ●Elephant babies take 22 months to develop inside their mothers before they are born.
●A kitten is born blind and helpless and stays close to its mother for protection. In just nine weeks, it can grow big enough to leave its mother and look after itself.	●A camel’s hump is actually used to store food. It is made of extra (多余的) fat. ●They have long legs to keep them as far away from the ground as possible	● Bears usually walk on 4 legs, but when they are frightened, they stand up and walk on two legs to make themselves appear bigger.

1.After a cheetah kills an animal, it         .

A. waits thirty minutes to catch its breath

B. waits half an hour for the animal to catch its breath

C. eats the food immediately

D. doesn’t eat the food until its friend comes.

2.It takes      22 months to develop inside their mothers before they are born.

A. Baby gorillas        B. Baby bears

C. Kittens          D. Baby elephants

3.Which statement is NOT true according to the reading material?

A. The tallest Shire horse on record is 198cms from shoulder to leg.

B. Bat’s wings are overgrown legs.

C. The rhino’s skin is 2cms thick and covers their body like armor.

D. The camel has long legs to keep them cool in the desert.

 

New York is one of the last large American cities to have some of its policemen on horseback. The New York police have 170 horses working in certain parts of the city. The horses are expensive to feed, but it is even more expensive to look after them. Because the horses must walk on the streets, they need special horseshoes. In fact , they need more than 8,000 of them each year. Every police horse in New York gets new shoes every month. Keeping these shoes in good repair is the job of six blacksmiths. There are only about thirty-five of these blacksmiths in the whole United States.
The cost of shoing a horse is between twenty dollars and thirty-five dollars, and it takes a good blacksmith two or three hours to do the job.
A blacksmith’s job is not an easy one. He must be able to shape a shoe from a piece of metal and then fit it to the horse’s foot. The blacksmith must bend over all the time when he is fitting the shoe and must hold the weight of the horse’s leg while he works. Clearly, a blacksmith must be very storng. But even more important, he must be able to deal with horses---for before the blacksmith can begin his work, he has to get the horse to lift its leg.
One of the blacksmiths in New York is James Corbin. He came to the country from Ireland in 1948. He not only makes horseshoes for the police but also works for a group of horse owners near the city. Corbin became interested in blacksmithing because his father did it, and,as the puts it, “It’s a good way to make a living.”
【小题1】According to the reading passage, a blacksmith must be likely a______ man.

A．clever

B．rich

C．strong

D．lucky

【小题2】James Corbin became a blacksmith because he__________.

A．was interested in horses	B．was needed by the policemen
C．drew a picture of the horseshoe	D．had a make a living

【小题3】In the reading passage “to shape a shoe” is to__________.

A．fit it on the horse’s foot

B．use it for two or three hours

C．make the from of a horseshoe from a piece of metal

D．draw a picture of the shoe

【小题4】The best title for the passage is “__________”.

A．Policemen on Horseback	B．Blacksmiths and Horseshoeing
C．James Corbin, a Blacksmith	D．Horseshoeing is a Good Way to Make a Living

【小题5】Which of the following is true?

A．Only a few large American cities have some policemen on horseback.

B．New York is the only city in America to have some policemen on horseback.

C．Policemen on horseback enjoy travelling around the United States.

D．Policemen on horseback are less expensive than those in cars.

Fun Facts about animals

●After killing an animal, a cheetah waits half an hour to catch its breath.	●The biggest horses are the Shire horses. The tallest on record is 198cms from shoulder to leg.	●The only mammal that can fly is the bat. Bat’s wings are overgrown hands.
●Gorillas are actually very gentle animals although they have bad reputation (声誉). ●Gorillas build nests in tree tops to sleep in.	●The rhino has the thickest skin of any animal. Its skin is 2cms thick and covers their body like armor.	●An elephant’s trunk has no bones in it, only 100,000 muscles!!! ●Elephant babies take 22 months to develop inside their mothers before they are born.
●A kitten is born blind and helpless and stays close to its mother for protection. In just nine weeks, it can grow big enough to leave its mother and look after itself.	●A camel’s hump is actually used to store food. It is made of extra (多余的) fat. ●They have long legs to keep them as far away from the ground as possible	● Bears usually walk on 4 legs, but when they are frightened, they stand up and walk on two legs to make themselves appear bigger.

【小题1】After a cheetah kills an animal, it        .

A．waits thirty minutes to catch its breath

B．waits half an hour for the animal to catch its breath

C．eats the food immediately

D．doesn’t eat the food until its friend comes.

【小题2】It takes     22 months to develop inside their mothers before they are born.

A．Baby gorillas	B．Baby bears
C．Kittens	D．Baby elephants

【小题3】Which statement is NOT true according to the reading material?

A．The tallest Shire horse on record is 198cms from shoulder to leg.

B．Bat’s wings are overgrown legs.

C．The rhino’s skin is 2cms thick and covers their body like armor.

D．The camel has long legs to keep them cool in the desert.