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(A) Culture Focus (Section A)Children and household choresIn many countries, older children and teenagers are expected to do some household chores to help out at home. They may do their assigned chores every day, or take turns with their brothers and sisters to do the chores. For example, in the US, most children help their parents with household chores to some extent. By the age of six, children will help with simple chores like tidying up their own rooms, setting or clearing the dinner table, or emptying the trash. By the age ten, children may be helping with laundry, or even helping to prepare meals. Many parents “pay” their children a little money for doing chores, encouraging their children to see their household chores as a kind of employment.Polite requestsIn the conversation between Peter and his mother, the mother does not tell Peter to do the chores. Instead, she asks him to do the chores in a polite manner by using questions beginning with Could you please When speaking English, it is considered polite to requestion someone to do something (using a polite questions), rather than to tell them to do it.(B) Culture Focus (Section B)Teens and tweensThe word teenager comes from the “-teen” suffix of the numbers thirteen to nineteen, and refers to a person who is aged 13-19 years old. Teenagers are also often just called “teens” and the word can be used as an adjective, as in teen fashion and teen problems. Children who are younger than teenagers are often called “pre-teens”. Recently, children who are older than nine and younger than thirteen are being called “tweens” because they are between young children and teenagers.Share your viewsIn some countries, it is common for newspapers and magazines to invite their readers to express their opinions about certain subjects in society. These newspapers and magazines let ordinary people share their views and learn from one another. They believe that this can help their readers to know more about some important things in society and make them more open-minded in accepting opinions that are different form their own.(C)Lisa is serious about the chores in her house. She gives her children things that they 46 do according to their age. She started by asking John, the 47 of her two sons, to help with the dishes. It is now an easy chore 48 the 15yearold. His 13yearold brother, Dave, now 49 John, too. They take turns (轮流) washing the 50 each week. The boys also clean their study tables, make their beds and 51 food from the market on Sunday mornings. Besides (除了) these, the boys also know how to cook easy meals 52 their parents are not at home.The family of 53 live in a big house but they do all the housework themselves. Lisa says, “When I was young, my father wanted us to do things on our own (独立地) and learn how to 54 ourselves. Now Im doing it to my kids.” John says, “Doing chores is 55 .You learn important life skills and responsibility (责任).”（ ）46. A. must B. can C. may D. will（ ）47. A. elder B. taller C. younger D. shorter（ ）48. A. with B. as C. for D. by（ ）49. A. likes B. finds C. hates D. helps（ ）50. A. hands B. dishes C. fruit D. clothes（ ）51. A. borrow B cook C. buy D. sell （ ）52. A. when B. how C. what D. why （ ）53. A. two B. three C. four D. five（ ）54. A. work on B. take part in C. turn on D. take care of （ ）55. A. bad B. good C. difficult D. boring (D)In many countries, it is still common to see the whole family cooking together. You will find parents, their childrens grandparents in the same kitchen at the same cooking as a family. They talk with each other with fun and make a great meal at the same time. However, a lot of families are too busy nowadays to spend this time together.In fact, it is very important to find some time to cook together. Even if it is just once a month, whenever it is possible, cooking as a family should be done. Family members rarely get a chance to connect with each other as a family, and cooking together can change that. It can also foster an interest in different types of foods, such as healthy food like vegetables and fruits.Having children cook with their family in the kitchen also makes them more confident. They can feel like they are doing something important by meeting the needs of their family. It is also more likely that the family will eat dinner together if they prepare it together.Cooking as a family will also help members understand family values. Cooking together is sure to bring the family happiness and make them close.根据短文内容，完成下列小题。1. Why should cooking as a family be done whenever it is possible, even if it is just once a month? (no more than 25 words) 2. Whats the title of the passage?(E)Most children dont enjoy doing housework. They like playing computer games rather than cleaning the rooms. But in Australia, Jim and Roberts mother, Mrs Black, has good and proper methods to get their children to do housework. Here is an example. Mum, have you worked out next weeks housework? Let Jim and me choose the cards I cant wait. Its fun! When Robert shouted out, his mother had already put all the cards on their big table. On the cards, there are some words like these, sweep the floor, clean your bedroom, help mum cook, wash vegetables, make beds, feed the fish, cut the wood, clean the bathroom and many others, Jim and Robert chose two cards for each day from Monday to Friday. Then they would hang them on the week day task board. Jim likes to clean the bathroom, so he picked up the card clean the bathroom. Robert loves to make the bed so he picked up his favorite card. Jim again picked up wash vegetables and Robert chosefeed the fish. Soon the two boys were happy to take away all the cards To help the children do housework, their mother thought hard and came up with this idea. Of course, the parents did the housework on the weekends and left Jim and Robert two days free. 1. From the passage we know that most children like _. A. doing housework B. playing computer games C. playing cards D. doing homework 2. Jim and Robert chose_ card for the weekdays from Monday to Friday. A. two B. four C. eight D. ten 3. Jim likes to _. A. clean the bathroom B. make the bedC. feel the fish D. sweep the floor 4. The underlined phrase came up with probably means _. A. looked at B. gave up C. thought ofD. believed in5. Who did the housework on the weekends? A. Jim B. Robert C. The parents D. The whole family(F)It is difficult for parents of nearly every family to teach their children to be responsible (有责任的) forhousework, but with one of the following suggestions, you really can get your children to help at home.If you give your children the impression that they can never do anything quite right, then they will regard themselves as unfit or unable persons. Unless children believe they can succeed, they will never become totally independent.My daughter Marys fifth-grade teacher made every child in her class feel special. When students received less than a perfect test score, she would point out what they had mastered (掌握) and declared firmly they could learn what they had missed. You can use the same way when you evaluate (评价) your childs work at home. Dont always scold and you should give lots of praise instead. Talk about what he has done right, not about what he hasnt done. If your child completes a difficult task, promise him a Sunday trip or a ball game with Dad. Learning is a process (过程) of trying and failing and trying and succeeding. If you teach your children not to fear a mistake of failure, they will learn faster and achieve success at last.1. The whole passage deals with _.A. social education B. school education C. family education D. pre-school education2. The author thinks that _.A. there is no way to get children to help at homeB. the more encouragement and praise you give, the more responsible and helpful children will becomeC. it is very difficult to make children responsible for houseworkD. children can be forced to help with housework3. The passage gives us a good suggestion about how to evaluate your childs work at home. That is to _.A. praise his success B. promise him a trip C. give him a punishment D. promise him a ball game4. The author advises readers to _.A. learn from himself, for he has a good way of teaching B. take pride in Marys fifth-grade teacherC. do as what Marys teacher did in educating children D. follow Marys example because she never fails in the test5. Having read the last paragraph, we can conclude that .A. pride goes before a fall B. practice makes perfectC. no pains, no gains D. failure is the mother of success(G)I dont like my parents. They always tell me I should do this, and should not do that. It sometimes makes me angry. said Zhang Hua, a middle school student in Guangzhou. Do you have the same problem? Perhaps your parents had the same problem when they were your age long ago. Why does it seem that some parents are not so friendly in their childrens eyes?One of the biggest things is when someone becomes a parent, he/she likes worrying things. They worry about everything about you, from the time you were born. They do a lot for you, though something would make you angry, because they care about you and worry about you. They worry about y