Should parents ask their children to do chores? Some believe that children should not do chores. They think that children are too young to cook or clean for themselves or their parents. But many people believe that children can learn a lot from doing chores. Parents should help children learn to do the housework that they will have to do when they live on their own.
Most experts agree. However, the chores should suit(适合) children. Parents shouldn’t, of course, ask a schoolboy to cook when he is doing his homework. If the child has activities after school, the time left to do chores may be short.
Maybe more chores on weekends can be helpful. When a child does what his parents ask him to do happily, he will probably have the feeling of growing up. Chores can be useful. They are a teaching tool(工具). Parents use the tool to teach children so that they can care for themselves someday. And please make sure that parents also, do chores. If parents don’t keep a clean house, children won’t find any reason to do chores.Why do some parents think it’s not necessary for children to do chores?
Why do some parents think it’s necessary for children to do chores?
Is that a good idea to ask a student to do chores when he or she is doing homework?
What kind of feeling may a child have if he does chores happily?
What do parents have to do first if they want their children to do chores?
Would you like to experience what going to school was like in the late 1800s? to start with, imagine everyone in school only one classroom.
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, most American students went to a one-room schoolhouse. A single teacher would typically(典型地) have students in the first through eighth grades, and she taught them all. The number of students varied from six to 40 or more. The youngest children sat in the front, while the oldest students sat in the back. The teacher usually taught reading, writing, arithmetic, history, and geography. Students memorized(记忆) and retold their lessons.
The classroom of a one-room schoolhouse probably looked much like your own. The teacher’s desk stood on a raised platform(讲台) at the front of the room, however, and there was a wood-burning stove since there was no other way of heating. The bathroom was outside in an outhouse.
In Honeoye Falls, New York, there is a one-room schoolhouse where kids today can experience what it was like to the students in the late 19th century. For a week during the summer, they wear 19th century clothes and learn the way children learned more than a hundred years ago.
What else has changed about school since the 19th century? For more information, please visit our website: www. Locallygacy.com. What does the word “varied” in the Paragraph Two mean in Chinese?
| A．变化 | B．排列 | C．调整 | D．减少 |
Students in the late 19th century could learn_____?
| A．reading, writing, sports, history, and science. |
| B．reading, art, arithmetic, history, and geography |
| C．reading, writing, arithmetic, history, and geography |
| D．reading, physics, chemistry, history, and geography |
Which of the following best shows what a one-room schoolhouse was like in the late 19th century?
A． |
B． |
C． |
D． |
Some kids go to Honeoye Falls to _____.
| A．try the food in the late 19th century |
| B．learn the subjects over a century ago |
| C．memorized and retell their lessons they have learn |
| D．experience the way children learned over a century ago |
Which of the following is TRUE about the students in a one-room schoolhouse？
| A．They had only one teacher. |
| B．They had different classrooms. |
| C．They could choose the seats they liked. |
| D．They learned more subjects than we do now. |
Once there was a man traveling in a faraway village. As he was passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped. He found that these huge elephants were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. No chains(锁链)， no cages. It was clear that the elephants could, at any time, break away from their ropes but for some reason, they did not.
He saw a trainer nearby and asked why these animals just stood there and didn’t try to get away. “Well,” the trainer said, “when they are very young and much smaller we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that rage, it’s enough to hold them. As they grow up, they still believe they cannot break away. They believe the rope can hold them, so they never try to break free.”
How could it be? These animals could at any time break free from their ropes. But because they always stuck right where they were, they believed they couldn’t.
Just like the elephants, how many of us go through life believing that we cannot do something, just because we failed at it once before?
___________________. We should never give up the struggle(挣扎) in life.
根据材料内容选择正确答案。 What did the writer see in the village?
| A．Chains | B．Elephants | C．Cages | D．Farmers |
Why do the elephants never try up to break free from the ropes?
| A．Because they think they can not. |
| B．Because they are too old to do it. |
| C．Because they like their living places. |
| D．Because they get on well with the trainer. |
How did the man feel after he heard what the trainer said?
| A．Moved | B．Surprised |
| C．Angry | D．Nervous |
Which of the following is the missing part in the last paragraph?
| A．Failing is part of learning. |
| B．We should be different from others. |
| C．Helping animals is helping ourselves. |
| D．Traveling always makes people relaxed. |
What is the best title for this test?
| A．Pleasant trip | B．A Cruel Trainer |
| C．Elephant Training | D．The Elephant Rope |
In today’s world of mobile phones, most people have at least one time-telling tool with them. Since these small machines are so common, will people stop wearing the 500-year-old watches? According to some people, yes. A teenager says it’s unnecessary to wear a watch. Many young people agree-and use their mobile phones to tell time. Louis Galie, apresident, said that fewer young people wear watches today than five years ago.
However, watchmakers say that watches get popular again when people reach their 20s and 30s. By then, they want to spend money on a nice time-telling tool which doesn’t just keep a good time. For this reason, the watch industry has become an accessory business (配件业) in recent years.
Today’s ______ offer a lot of uses that meet the need of almost any personality (个性). They can be used as compasses (指南针), calendars, and even USB drivers…
People are always trying their best to creat new kinds of watches. A certain watchmaker business watches that don’t even look like watches. Their popular model uses different color lights to tell the time. Amother watchmaker business, make a “handless” watch, using a ring of circles to keep time. This watch makes people talk a lot about modern watches.
Whether a watch express fashion sense, creative ability of a love of sports, people want their time-telling tools to be beautiful, fashionable and practical. All in all, a watch has become more important than the time it tells. Many young people agree that it’s unnecessary to __________________.
When do watches get popular again according to watchmakers?
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Even in early time, people could realize the important of dreams and knew that dreams gave meaning to life. Every great achievement has been the result of years of dreaming. If a person has a dream and holds fast to it, he or she will find a way to bring it into reality (现实).
Children do not have much experience or knowledge. However, they are natural dreamers. We should not laugh at them for being naïve. Many great men were dreamers when they were children. One such dreamer was Thomas Edison. He used to be ostracized (排斥) when he was in primary school, but his achievements were greater than everyone else’s in his time.
Teenagers and young people should also be encouraged to dream. The world is full of successful teenagers and young people. They dreamt big and their dreams changed their lives and even the world. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are the good examples. They have developed technology and brought great progress to human besides making money for themselves.
Older people should believe that it is never too late to dream and that human mind is never too old to make dreams turn into reality. Colonel Saunders realized his dreams at the age of 67 and set up the biggest fried chicken company (KFC) in the world.
To dream is a wonderful ability which can lead to wonderful results. Olympic records were broken by players who were brave enough to dream. No one is too young or too old to dream and to make dreams come true. People who ______ could probably realize their dreams.
| A．find a way to dream | B．dream and hold fast to them |
| C．get the meaning of life | D．have very good school results |
Young people should be encouraged to dream because ______.
| A．their dreams are natural |
| B．they are greater than everyone else |
| C．they have much knowledge |
| D．their dreams might change the world |
What does the example of Colonel Saunders show us?
| A．Setting up a big company is a wonderful ability. |
| B．Developing technology can bring great progress. |
| C．Even older people can make their dreams come true. |
| D．People should be brave enough to dream when they are young. |
The underlined word “naive” in the passage means “______” in Chinese.
| A．逆反的 | B．幼稚的 |
| C．调皮的 | D．冲动的 |
The best title (题目) for the passage is “______”.
| A．From Dream to Reality | B．Good Examples of Dreams |
| C．Achievements in History | D．A list of Successful Dreamers |
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______ can join the three-day summer program.
| A．A kid of 7 | B．A boy of 14 |
| C．A girl of 17 | D．A man of 26 |
If there is a rainstorm on 14th July, program A will start on ______.
| A．Sunday | B．Monday |
| C．Tuesday | D．Wednesday |
Two members and one non-member should pay ______ for the program.
| A．$690 | B．$710 |
| C．$730 | D．$750 |
Free lunches aren’t provided because ______.
A. the lunches cost too much
B. people have different tastes
C. there are many restaurants
C. they may bring lunch-boxes What can we know from the passage?
| A．Youth Explorer is the name of the program. |
| B．More than 15 students are in each program. |
| C．We can see three kinds of animals in the program. |
| D．You need to hand in an application for the program. |