Should teenagers help their parents do chores? Is it important for us to learn how to do chores?
I have a classmate called Li Ting. She is the only child in her family. Her parents love her so much that they don’t let her do any chores. On weekdays she gets up, has meals, goes to school, has lessons, she only plays with her friends. So she doesn’t know how to do chores. One day, her father was badly ill and was in hospital. Her mother had to take care of her father in the hospital and couldn’t cook meals for her for a week. Li Ting didn’t know how to cook meals. She had a lot of trouble cooking meals and often felt hungry. She only had instant noodles(方便面)for her meals.
From the story, we know it’s very important for us to learn to do chores.
【小题1】How many children are there in Li Ting’s family?

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．One.

D．Four.

【小题2】The writer thinks it is________ for teenagers to learn to do chores.

A．wrong

B．important

C．interesting

D．boring

【小题3】 Li Ting doesn’t__________.

A．do chores on weekends	B．go to school on weekdays
C．do her homework on weekdays	D．have meals on weekends

【小题4】 Why did Li Ting only have instant noodles for her meals when her parents weren’t at home?
Her parents didn’t give her enough money.
B. She couldn’t cook meals.
C. She liked eating instant noodles very much.
D. She didn’t enjoy doing any chores.
【小题5】Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Li Ting’s grandmother looked after her when her father was in hospital.

B．Li Ting couldn’t do any chores.

C．Li Ting’s parents love her very much.

D．Li Ting was often hungry when her father was in hospital.

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　　Mary is a student in a nursing school. She is going o graduate next month. She has two job offers. One is in a city hospital, and the other is in a country hospital.
　　The hospital in the city is large. It's a 600-bed hospital. It's a cancer hospital. It gives excellent care to its patients. It's in a big city, near museums theatres and restaurants. The salary is high, ＄1700 a month, but apartment rents are high, too.
　　The hospital in the country is small. It's a 50-bed hospital. It's a cancer hospital. It gives excellent care to its patients. It's in a big city, near museums theatres and restaurants. The salary is high, ＄1700 a month, but apartment rents are high, too.
　　The hospital in the country is small. It's a 50-bed hospital. It's a general hospital. It takes care of all kinds of patients. It's in a beautiful area, near lakes, rivers and mountains. The salary is average, ＄1400 a month. But apartment rents are low.
　　Mary likes both the city and the country. She doesn't know which hospital to choose.

The hospital in the city	The hospital in the country
Large	1._______________
600-bed	2._______________
Cancer	General
Near museums, theatres and restaurants	Near lakes, rivers and3. _______________
4._______________	＄1400
Apartment rents are 5._______________	Apartment rents are low.

 

Mrs. Black lives on Second Avenue. New Year is coming. She wants to send (寄) a card to her friend in Toronto, but she doesn’t know where the post office is. She asks her neighbor (邻居) Mary, “ Is there a post office near here? I want to send a card.”

“The post office is not near from here,” answers Mary, “but you don’t need to go to the post office to post the card. There is a mailboxin front of the supermarket. You can put your card into the mailbox”

1.Where does Mrs. Black live?

A．In New York.	B．In Toronto.
C．On Second Avenue.	D．On Green Street.

2.What does Mrs. Black want to do?

A．She wants to go to the post office.

B．She wants to go to the supermarket.

C．She wants to send a card to Mary.

D．She wants to visit her friend.

3.The post office is ________.

A．next to Mary’s house

B．not near Mrs. Black’s house

C．across from the supermarket

D．in front of Mary’s house.

4.Mrs. Black and Mary are ________.

A．friends	B．sisters
C．mother and daughter	D．neighbors.

5.What’s the meaning (意思) of mailbox？

A．电子邮件

B．信箱

C．邮局

D．信封

 

_____, I have to write the words on the paper because she doesn’t know Chinese.

A.Sometime      B.Once in a while     

C.After a while  D.For a while

 

An old man was fishing on the bank of a river. A child came to see him fishing. The old man was really good at fishing and it didn't take long for him to catch a full basket of fish. The old man saw that the child was very cute, and he wanted to give her a whole basket of fish. But the child shook her head. The old man was surprised and asked, "Why don't you want the fish? '
The child replied," I want the fishing rod(竿)in your hands. "
The old man asked," Why do you want the rod?"
"It doesn't take long to eat all the fish in a basket. But if I have the fishing rod, I can go fishing by myself and I won't be afraid of not having any more fish to eat.
I think you will certainly say that the child is very smart. Wrong! If she doesn't know how to fish, she cannot have fish to eat, even though she has the fishing rod. It's useless to only have a fishing rod. Fishing skills are the most important, not the fishing rod.
Too many people think that if they have a "fishing rod" in their life, they will no longer fear the wind and rain. They are just like the child, who thought that if she had a fishing rod, she would have fish to eat.
【小题1】The old man was fishing on the bank of________.
A. a river    B. a lake     C. a pool
【小题2】 Why did the child refuse the fish the old man gave her?
A. Because she didn't like fish.
B. Because she wanted his fishing rod.
C. Because the old man had few fish.
【小题3】The writer thought the child was_____ after she explained why she didn't want the fish.
A. smart        B. hardworking        C. silly
【小题4】The article mainly tells us______.
A. if you have a "fishing rod" in your life, you won't be afraid of anything
B. if you have a fishing rod, you'll have a lot of fish to eat
C. "fishing skills" are more important than "the fishing rod" in life
【小题5】 What is the best tide(标题)for the article?
A. The Fishing Rod  B. The Fishing Man  C. The Fishing Girl