InChina，peopleborninandafterth-优题课

Mr. Smith usually got up late in the morning， so Mrs. Smith always called him up to make him not be late for work. One day， they had a loud and long quarelling (吵架)， so they were not speaking to each other. In the evening Mr. Smith handed his wife a piece of paper. He wrote "call me at 7 in the morning" on it. Then without a word， he went to sleep.
Next morning， when Mr. .Smith woke up， it was already 9:30.He got up and put on his clothes quickly. As he went out， he found another piece of paper on the table ."It's seven o'clock .Get up!"
If Mrs. Smith did not wake him up， usually Mr. Smith might ________.
A. be late for work
B. get angry
C. sleep all day
Why weren't they speaking to each other? ____________.
A. They quarreled.
B. They couldn't speak
C. They were afraid to speak
Why did Mr. Smith write a piece of paper to ask his wife to call him up the next morning?
A. He liked writing
B. He was afraid that his wife could forget
C. They were not speaking to each other.
Mrs. Smith woke up the next morning_______.
A. before 7B. after 7C. at 9:30
Mr. Smith woke up late for _______.
A. two and a half hours
B. one hour
C. three hours

Harry came to his mother one morning when she was having her breakfast， and said to her， “ No one at my school likes me， Mother. The teachers don’t， and the children don’t， either. Even the cleaners and the bus drivers hate me.”
“Well， Harry，” his mother answered， “Maybe you aren’t very nice to them. If a few people don’t like a person， it’s not his or her problem; but if a lot of people don’t， there’s usually something wrong， and the person really needs to change.”
“I’m too old to change，” Harry said. “I don’t want to go to school.”
“Come on， Harry，” his mother said， walking to the doorway and opened the door for him. “You have to go. It’ll be OK， and you still have a lot to learn. And besides， you’re the headmaster of the school.”
What was Harry’s mother doing when he came to her?
A. She was having breakfast.
B. She was drinking a cup of tea.
C. She was cooking breakfast.
What did Harry tell his mother?
A. He said that no one in his office liked him.
B. He said that his classmates didn’t like him.
C. He said that nobody at his school liked him
Why did Harry’s mother think he should change?
A. Because a lot of people didn’t like him.
B. Because a few people didn’t like him.
C. Because a lot of people liked him
What didn’t Harry want to do?
A. He didn’t want to go home.
B. He didn’t want to go to school.
C. He didn’t want to do his homework.
What was Harry?
A. He was a student of a school.
B. He was a teacher of a school.
C. He was the headmaster of the school.

Do teenagers in small villages do chores at home? How about the teenagers in big cities? Here is a survey. We asked 4,000 teenagers in China several questions. Half of them come from big cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. The others are from small villages. We made a diagram of the result of our survey. Let’s have a look at it. We found out that teenagers from small villages do more chores than those from big cities. Maybe it is because they live a harder life. Our advice to parents in big cities is that parents should give their children some chores to do. Doing chores teaches teenagers to take care of themselves.
Chores 2000 teenagers in small villages.
Chores 2000 teenagers in big cities

Chores	2000 teenagers in small villages	2000 teenagers in big cities
Take out the trash	1600	1000
Sweep the floor	1200	850
Make the bed	1400	750
Do the dishes	1100	600
Fold the clothes	900	1500

They surveyed ______ teenagers from small villages.

A．1,000

B．2,000

C．4,000

D．3,000

There are l,000 teenagers from the cities who______.

A．take out the trash	B．do the dishes
C．make the bed	D．fold the clothes

Fewer than______teenagers in big cities sweep the floor and make the bed.

A．500

B．1,000

C．1,500

D．2,000

The number of teenagers____in big cities is bigger than that in small villages.

A．making the bed	B．taking out the trash
C．folding the clothes	D．doing the dishes

Why did they make the survey?

A．Because they don't want teenagers in China to do chores at home.

B．Because they thought it'll help teenagers to take good care of themselves to do chores at home.

C．Because they wanted to know if teenagers in China do chores at home.

D．Because they thought it's not necessary for teenagers to look after themselves.

Dear Abby;
I’m a helpless mother. My son Tom is 15 years old. I find that the older he grows, the less we talk. I feel very sad and I really need help.
My first problem is about his hobbies. He spends almost all his spare time on computer games. When he gets home, he always turns on the computer and closes the door. I’m getting worried about him, especially when his English teacher tells me he always gets low marks in the English exams.
Second, he likes new technology, but I don’t have enough money and I can’t afford all the things he wants.
Recently, I’ve found that he is always alone. I’ve never seen him talking to his friends on the phone or going out with anyone on weekends. That is the last problem I have.
What should I do to help him? Please give me some advice.
A helpless mother
The helpless mother has _____ problems.

A．two

B．three

C．four

D．five

Tom _______ for almost all his spare time at home.

A．plays computer games	B．talks with his mother
C．does his homework	D．practices typing

From the passage we know that Tom’s mother _______.

A．is not worried about Tom	B．feels very happy
C．is not rich	D．likes new technology

The helpless mother asks Abby to ___________.

A．play with Tom	B．talk to Tom
C．buy what Tom wants	D．give her some advice

Which of the following is TRUE about Tom?

A．He is 14 years old.

B．He is not good at English.

C．He often phones to his friends.

D．He likes going out on weekends.

Some people succeed（成功）, while others may not. This is because some people have certain qualities, which others do not.
The first thing you must remember is that in order to succeed, you must be optimistic（乐观）. If you do not expect to win, you will not try as hard as people who do expect to win. You also need to have a clear aim and a reason for doing something because motivation（动机） is a key to getting success. If you do not have an aim, then you won’t work hard and put your performance under the microscope（显微镜） to make sure that every detail is right.
Another quality that helps people succeed is creativity---thinking about things in a different way and wondering how others would do the same thing. Think about some successful people you know. They might be successful with a little creativity, but the most successful people are the most creative ones.
Reading is another to success, as it will help you learn about how other people have got success. If you want to learn how to set up a successful business, you should read books about people like Bill Gates and Jerry Yang, who have got amazing success in their areas of business.
Practicing is equally important if you want to be successful because practice makes perfect. Practise every day at whatever career you are in, and by doing so, you will see yourself, your business and your self-confidence begin to grow. If you feel confident about what you do, this confidence will make other people believe in you as well. Your workmates will be happy to work with you, and your boss will give you more responsibility（责任）. Finally if you are a successful person, you will be able to look people in the eye and smile confidently.
Success is yours for the taking! Cheers!
Title : ______

Certain qualities	Supporting details
Optimism	●Try hard _________people who do expect to win. ●Have a clear aim and a _______ for doing something because a key to getting success is motivation.
Creativity	●____about things in a different way. ●Study how other people would do the _______ thing.
_________	●Help you know about how ________ have got success. ●Read books about _____ people such as Bill Gates and Jerry Yang to encourage yourselves.
Practicing	●Know the _________ of practice because “Practice makes perfect.” ●Believe in yourself and do _______you want to do confidently.

A．When he was seventeen．	B．In 1982．
C．When he was twenty-four.	D．In 2008.