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Laura Brent is a manager in an important company. She has three children—the eldest is 10, and youngest is three. “My job was only possible because my husband David was prepared to take my place and become a house husband,” she says.
More and more couples are finding this arrangement suits them better in today’s world, where women are rising to the top of their careers faster and more easily than they did in the past. Many men, on the other hand, like the idea of staying at home and looking after the children. “My children see a lot more of me than I saw of my father when I was young, and I think it’s better for them, especially for the boys,” says David. “It works just as well for Laura.”
“Now I can come home from a hard day at work, and immediately relax with the children, instead of having to do the housework and the cooking,” she says.
Is there anything David misses about going out to work?
“Not really. I suppose the worst thing about looking after children and doing the housework is not having a lunch break! It’s a lot harder than most men think.”
How many people are there in Laura’s family?

A．2．

B．3．

C．4．

D．5

Who does most of the housework in the family?

A．Laura．	B．David．
C．The children．	D．David’s parents．

What does Laura usually do after coming back from work?

A．Cook for the family．

B．Take children from school．

C．Take a good rest with the children．

D．Wash dishes and sweep the floor．

What does David think of his job at home?

A．Hard．

B．Easy．

C．Boring．

D．Fun

One of the reasons why men choose to stay at home is that______.

A．children hate to stay with their mothers

B．men are better at looking after the children

C．women do better at work than they did before

D．children want their fathers to help them with the homework

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. "
“As soon as 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. 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 depend too much on 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.
Why would Zheng Chenyu probably burn the soup?
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When will Zheng Chenyu learn to cook?
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Translate the underlined sentence "They don't learn any life skills until they go to college. " in this passage.
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The underlined phrase "depend too much" on in the passage means __________ in Chinese.
Would life be as easy for teenagers living alone as when their parents are around?
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Good morning. I’m Chen Hua. Here’s my culture report for today, Monday:
A new film starts tonight at the student cinema at eight o’clock. The film is Pirates of the Caribbean. It’s a fantastic adventure film. Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom are the stars. They are both very popular and famous, and they both act well in this film, and make their characters believable.
The story is about an old ship. It sails around the Caribbean islands. Depp and Bloom try to find some lost gold. Then they come face to face with some terrible men, and have to fight them. There's lots of action, and the fighting looks really dangerous. They also saves Keira Knightley. She plays Elisabeth, the daughter of a rich man. The scenes with Knightly and Bloom are beautiful and romantic.
The film isn't true to life, but it' s very exciting, and some of it is very funny. It' s an enjoyable film, although in my opinion there's too much fighting. But except for that, it's an excellent film. U you didn't see it when it first came out, I advise you to go and see it now. I' m sure you' 11 enjoy it. It' s showing all week.
Pirates of the Caribbean is__________.

A．a tragedy	B．a comedy
C．an action film	D．an adventure film

Depp and Bloom sails around the Caribbean islands because__________.

A．they try to find some lost gold

B．they try to find some gold

C．they try to find some lost iron

D．they try to find some lost iron

They meet __________.

A．some terrible men	B．some terrible women
C．some smiling men	D．some smiling men

There's lots of action in the film because they have to__.

A．fight the frightening people	B．fight the terrible women
C．make the film interesting	D．make the film exciting

Keira Knightley plays

A．Depp and Bloom	B．Elisabeth
C．Orlando Bloom	D．Johnny Depp

What Chen Hua doesn't like about the film is

A．untruth to life	B．the adventure
C．too much fighting	D．the stars

Chen Hua advises people to see the film because___.
A. it's funny
B. it's true
C. it' s believable
D, it' s excellent
The general idea of paragraph 3 is_ .

A．self introduction

B．where the film is on

C．Chen Hua's opinions about the film

D．the main idea of the film

I like to get up late, so my ideal school starts at 9 a.m. It finished at 3 P.m., so we will have lots of time for after-school activities. There is a big dining hall.
We have an hour for lunch. We eat lunch and chat there. We can also listen to pop music in the hall. We eat fruit and vegetables every day.
We have Maths every day because I think Maths is very interesting to us. I love computers, so we have Computer Studies every day. We wear school uniforms, but we do not wear ties. The classes are quite small. There are 15 students in each class.
There is a park on one side of our school and a shopping mall on the other. We have a big library with lots of useful books. We also have a tennis court and a swimming pool.
There are lots of clubs and after-school activities. We only have half an hour of homework every day, and we do not do homework at weekends. Every month, we go on a school trip to a museum or a theater.
How many hours for lessons are there in my school?

A．Five hours.	B．Six hours.
C．Four hours.	D．Three hours.

How many hours for lunch are there in my school?

A．Half an hours.	B．One hours.
C．One and a half hours.	D．Two hours.

Why do we have Maths every day?

A．Because it is useful.

B．Because it is the main subject.

C．Because we’re interested in it.

D．Because I’m going to be a Maths teacher.

How many students are there in my class?

A．Ten.	B．Sixteen.
C．Fourteen.	D．Fifteen.

The underlined word “with” means_______.

A．用	B．在……下
C．和……一起	D．有

How often do we go on a school trip to a museum or a theater?

A．Every week.	B．Every day.
C．Every month.	D．Every two months.

What’s the best title for the passage?

A．My school.	B．My ideal subject.
C．My ideal school.	D．My ideal park.

Police in America were looking for a thirteen-year-old boy, Ben. He was a middle school student. He was lost last Friday night.
Ben’s mother went to bed early that evening because she had a bad cold. She thought Ben was spending the night with his friend. However, Ben did not appear at the family lunch the next day. She became worried and called the police.
That evening, Ben left home to play baseball with two friends. They both said Ben went home after the game. Some neighbors said to the police they saw a UFO flying over Ben’s house that night. So they thought Ben might be taken away by aliens.
The police said they would not give up until they found him.
When was Ben lost?
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What did Ben do with his friends that evening?
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What might happen to Ben according to his neighbors?
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