Most kids hate doing housework. However, not all hope is lost. There are some things that you can do to get your kids to help you clean your house. If you are struggling with the chores (家务杂事) and need your kids to help you, take a look at some of the creative ways in this article.
If you are dealing with older kids, you may want to try the allowance deal. You can give your kids a list of chores that need to be done each week. If they complete these chores, you can give them some money. You can also break the list down and tell them they will get so much for each chore that is finished. Older kids, who like to do things on weekends or buy things like video games, will work hard to complete their chores and earn their money. This is also teaching them duty. This is teaching them that they must work for what they want.
If you are dealing with younger kids, you may want to go with the rewards chart (奖励图表). This is where you design a chart and list their chores on the chart. For each chore they complete, you can put a red flower beside it. For the rewards, you also can do a number of things like going to the park, going out to eat, buying a DVD or something similar. The rewards would be up to you because you know what your kids like.
For real small kids, you can turn it into a game. When kids were much younger, you can teach them to dance around and sing as you cleaned. The kids loved it and would do a wonderful job at picking up their toys. So, consider turning cleaning into a game for the real small kids.What does the underlined word “allowance” in Paragraph Two mean?
| A．Good words given by parents. |
| B．Business that needs studying. |
| C．Explanation of responsibility. |
| D．Small change given by parents. |
The older kids must be made to know .
| A．that doing everyday housework is their duty |
| B．what they want can be realized by working |
| C．they can get a little money without working |
| D．all the work given them must be done at a time |
You draw a sign on the chart to praise .
| A．the younger kids |
| B．the older children |
| C．the really small kids |
| D．the hard-working kids |
What can we learn from this passage?
| A．Most kids hate doing housework to get money. |
| B．All the kids like doing housework on weekends. |
| C．Parents decide what kind of reward their kids need. |
| D．The younger kids needn’t be given any rewards. |
Michelle, a famous lady, has found that more than 25% students are too fat in her country. It is a very serious problem. So she starts a health program to deal with it. The health program is to reduce the amount(数量)of fat students today and in the future.
The program will get families, schools, newspapers, magazines and TVs to join together and deal with the students’ obesity(肥胖症) so that students will be at a healthier weight. The program includes: Food stores should sell healthier foods. Schools should serve healthier meals with less fat and should also offer gym classes.
The lady is trying to fight the students’ obesity all over the country because it can cause illnesses and higher health cost. She wants the students to eat right, exercise more and control their weight. She also wants the students to understand it is important to have less sweet food, and drink water, milk and fresh juices, but not to choose cokes. At the same time she has also set a good example by planting a vegetable garden. She hopes that the garden will encourage more people to plant one, too.
The health program is really helpful to the students today and in the future. As she says, we cannot always build the future for youth, but we can build our youth for the future.In Michelle’s country over of the students are too fat.
| A．75% | B．a quarter | C．a half | D．15% |
What does the lady want the shops to do?
| A．To offer gym classes. |
| B．To plant a vegetable garden. |
| C．To serve meals with less fat. |
| D．To sell healthier foods. |
Michelle encourages fat students to have .
| A．more vegetables | B．sweet food |
| C．many cokes | D．much fat |
What’s the main idea of the passage?
| A．The lady introduces healthy drinks. |
| B．The lady cares about food cost. |
| C．The lady fights obesity in students. |
| D．The lady feel worried about the height. |
Lily is ten years old . One morning her good friend MeiMei says to her, “ Next Friday is my birthday. Would you like to come to my birthday party?” Lily says “ Yes, I would like to”.
On Friday, Lily asks her mother, “ Can I go to MeiMei’s birthday party” “Yes, but you must be polite .and I want you to sing a song for your friend.” “Ok. Mum” Lily answers and goes to MeiMei’s home on foot. Then she buys a toy for MeiMei.
At the party there are many children. Some are dancing . Some are talking. Some are playing cards. And Lily is singing an English song .There are some apples , oranges , bread , and a big birthday cake with eleven candles on it . The children sit around the cake. MeiMei makes a silent wish, and then blows the candles out in one breath. The children have a good time. Then Lily goes home by bus. How old is MeiMei?
| A．ten | B．eleven |
| C．thirteen | D．twelve |
What does Lily buy for MeiMei?
| A．apples | B．oranges |
| C．a toy | D．a big cake |
What is Lily doing at the birthday party?
| A．singing | B．dancing |
| C．playing cards | D．talking |
How does Lily go home？
| A．She walks home | B．She takes a car |
| C．She rides a bike | D．She takes a bus |
What is on the table?
| A．An apple, two oranges and a birthday cake with candles on it |
| B．apples , oranges, bread and a birthday cake with candles on it |
| C．some apples , bread and a birthday cake with candles on it |
| D．some apples , oranges and a birthday cake with candles on it |
Ted and Susan are good friends. Last Saturday, Ted asked Susan to go with him to watch a movie or take a walk down by the lake. Susan really wanted to go, but she was really busy all Saturday. First, her mom asked her to help clean the house in the morning, and then she had to go to the dentist’s at 12:30. Two hours after that, she met Julia to help her with her science. Then she had to go to soccer practice with her brother at 4:30, and her mom asked her to cook dinner for the family at 5:30. Then, she had to do her history homework.
Ted knew that Susan was going to have a full day. So he asked her to watch a video at home. Susan thought that was great, but something was wrong with their video player. So they had to just play a game. What did Susan have to do on Saturday morning?
| A．Watch a movie. | B．Clean the house. |
| C．Go to the dentist’s. | D．Take a walk. |
What was wrong with Susan?
| A．She had a fever. | B．She had a sore throat. |
| C．She had a toothache. | D．She had a stomachache. |
What time did Susan meet with Julia?
| A．At 12:00 p.m. | B．At 1:00 p.m. |
| C．At 2:00 p.m. | D．At 2:30 p.m. |
How many things did Susan have to do on Saturday?
| A．3. | B．4. | C．5. | D．6. |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．Susan couldn’t watch the video because the video player didn’t work. |
| B．Susan’s Saturday was not busy. |
| C．Susan can’t cook diner. |
| D．Ted couldn’t play a game with Susan in the evening. |
On school nights, lots of kids have to do their reading before they are allowed to watch TV. Pretty soon, you might get to do both at the same time, in true Harry Potter style.
Several companies are racing to produce electronic paper and ink, complete with colors and moving imagines(图像). One idea would be to create a newspaper like The Daily Project in the Harry Potter books. Its pages would hold video clips of baseball games instead of just black-and-white photos.
Electronic paper is not a new idea. A company in Massachusetts called E ink, for example, has been working for years on such a technology. Little electricity determines(决定)whether each microsphere(灌球)looks black or white at any given time. Together, microspheres make up words and imagines. The techniques seems promising for creating still imagines that can be changed when needed, but the process(进程)is too slow for good videos.
Scientists in the Netherlands now report a new type of e-paper technology. By using layers(层) of oil, the requirements. They can also make images which change fast enough to meet standard video requirements. They can also make brilliant colors,. So far, however, each image is smaller than the fingernail.
For now, reading and watching TV will have to return two separate activities. Keep your eyes open, though, in the future, TV watching and reading might be part of the same work.According to the passage, kids soon can .
| A．be allowed to watch TV |
| B．watch TV while doing their homework |
| C．watch Harry Potter on TV |
| D．be allowed to read a newspaper |
Several companies are racing to .
| A．Make the Harry Potter TV program |
| B．create a newspaper like the The Daily Project |
| C．provide baseball games for kids |
| D．produce electronic paper with colors and moving images |
What determines the black and white color of each microsphere?
| A．Images | B．Electricity |
| C．Oil and ink | D．Fingernail |
Which of the following in NOT true?
| A．Electronic paper is not a new idea. |
| B．Microspheres make up words and images . |
| C．Now TV watching and reading is part of the same work. |
| D．Scientists use layers of oil in a new research. |
From the last paragraph, we know that .
| A．scientists are still working on the new technology |
| B．kids love to red while watching TV |
| C．parents may be against this new idea |
| D．teachers may not teach students any more |
Safety tips in different situation
When facing an accident, the first and most important rule is to stay calm. But different accidents mean different ways to deal with.
| Stampede（踩踏） When students around you begin to push, stand still and try to hold onto something, or stay in a corner until the crowd leaves. If you fall down in a moving crowd, cover your head with both hands. Lean to one side, curl your body and bend your legs. |
| Fire Stay calm and follow teacher’s instructions. Leave the classroom quickly and use a piece of cloth to cover your mouth and nose so that you don’t breathe in smoke. If your clothe catch fire, drop to the ground and roll from side to side to put out the fire. |
| Traffic If you take a school bus on your way home or to school, remember to fasten(系紧) your seatbelt and not to walk around when the bus is moving. If you walk to school or go to school by bike, remember to wait for the green traffic light. Look left and right for cars before you cross the road. |
The passage is written for ______.
| A．students | B．teachers |
| C．adults | D．doctors |
When you are on a moving school bus, you mustn’t ______.
| A．take your seat |
| B．walk around |
| C．fasten your seatbelt |
| D．cover your head with both hand s |
When there is a fire in your school, you need to do the following EXCEPT______.
| A．staying calm |
| B．following teacher’s instructions |
| C．using a piece of cloth to cover your mouth and nose |
| D．running to the lift |
My best buddy is ________.
| A．a dog with long ears |
| B．a girl with long hair |
| C．a rabbit with long ears |
| D．a boy with a round pink body |
I had a good time doing the following with my buddy EXCEPT________.
| A．running through the green grass |
| B．playing hide-and-seek |
| C．swimming in the swimming pool |
| D．sharing my happiest days |
I first met my buddy ________.
| A．eight months ago |
| B．when I was seven years old |
| C．in the green grass |
| D．at a stranger’s house |
Is there a strange something high up in the world’s tallest mountains? If so, is it a big bear? Is it a monkey? Or is it a kind of man?
No one knows. This mystery (谜) has puzzled (困惑) the world for years.In 1887, a mountain climber found large footprints (脚印) in the snow. They looked like the footprints of a very large man. But men don’t walk without shoes in the snow!
In 1906, another climber saw more than footprints. Far off (遥远的)saw a very large animal standing on two legs. As he watched, it ran very quickly.
Fifteen years later, newspapers had new stories about the “something”. A mountain climber said he had seen the “snowman” walk slowly across the snow, far below him. He said it looked a very large man.
From then on more and more stories to tell. But not until 1951 did a mountain climber bring back pictures of large footprints. The pictures showed clearly that the Snowman walked on two legs. So it was not a bear or a monkey growing. Someday we may find out just what it is that makes the large footprints. The passage is about ______________.
| A．some mountain climbers | B．some strange animals |
| C．some large footprints | D．the mystery of snowman |
Why were people interested in the footprints.
| A．They were footprints of a large bear |
| B．They looked like the footprints of a large man. |
| C．They were found in the snow. |
| D．They were found in the world’s tallest mountains. |
The pictures of large footprints were taken by a mountain climber in _________.
| A．1887 | B．1906 | C．1921 | D．1951 |
Why did the mystery grow when a mountain climber brought back pictures of large
footprints?
| A．They were footprints of an ape man. |
| B．They were footprints of a snowman. |
| C．The pictures showed clearly how the Snowman walked. |
| D．The pictures showed clearly how an ape man walked on two legs. |
.Since a mountain climber first found the large footprints in the snow, the mystery of the Snowman has puzzled the world for __________ years.
| A．more than one hundred | B．ninety-five |
| C．eighty | D．fifty |
What do you usually do in your free time? Play sports? Watch TV? How about reading books? You must know the Chinese saying: "Read thousands of books; travel thousands of miles” Books are important in our life. Reading books is good for us. It can help us know and understand the world better. It can help us get a lot of knowledge(知识). It brings us a new and different world that we have never been before. Almost all the great men like reading, like Chairman Mao and Madame Curie.
In a word, books are helpful to us and we must love them. But before you read, remember to choose a good one. Ask your parents or teachers about what books to read. Be sure you are interested in them. There are many different kinds of books: I like biography(传记) because I can learn something from the characters.
What about you? Young friends, please love books and read them, They are very helpful to you.Which of the following is TRUE?.
| A．We have to choose a good book before we start to read. |
| B．Madame Curie doesn't like reading at all. |
| C．We shouldn't ask teachers about what books to read. |
| D．Reading books can’t give us any knowledge. |
What does the underlined part "Read thousands of books; travel thousands of miles." mean in Chinese?
| A．滚石不生苔 | B．读数千本书就能行数千里路 |
| C．读万卷书，行万里路 | D．读书百遍，其义自见 |
Reading books can help people_________.
| A．understand the world better |
| B．get more sleep |
| C．know little about themselves |
| D．get money from others |
What kind of books does the writer like?
| A．Comic books. | B．Biography. |
| C．Novels | D．Story-books. |
Which of the following is NOT true?
| A．Books are helpful to us. |
| B．Only reading books can make people succeed(成功). |
| C．Young people should read more books. |
| D．Chairman Mao likes reading very much. |
Today is Sunday, April 15th, everyone in Sheep Village（羊村）is very busy. What does he/she do?
I’m Nuan Yangyang. I write a letter to my friend at one o’clock in the afternoon. Then I do my homework.
I’m Fei Yangyang. I want to be strong（强壮的），so I go to the sports club to play sports in the morning. I go home at three ten in the afternoon.
I’m Lan Yangyang. I like eating. I have breakfast at home. I have lunch in a restaurant（餐馆）But the food isn’t good, I don’t like it.
I’m Mei Yangyang. I go to a clothes store at nine in the morning. The clothes there are on sale, so I buy a nice skirt.
I’m Xi Yangyang. I take the bus to the English club at ten sixteen in the morning. There I help two kids learn to speak English.Nuan Yangyang writes to a friend at___________.
A. 3:10 a.m. B. 10:16 a.m. C. 1:00 p.m.Fei Yangyang may be_______at 4:12 p.m..
A. on the bus B. in a sports club C. at homeWhich of the following sentences is RIGHT?
A. Nuan Yangyang doesn’t do homework on Sunday afternoon.
B. Lan Yangyang eats lunch at home on April 15th.
C. Mei Yangyang has a nice skirt
It is five o’clock in the afternoon. It’s time to go home. But we must clean our classroom. There are five students in our group. Now there are only three. Li Hong is playing games. Lin Tao is reading a story outside the classroom. I say to them, “ Please come and clean our classroom!” We begin to clean it. Look! Li Hong is carrying(提水) water. Lin Tao and I are cleaning the floor. Soon we finish it. Where are the other two students in our group? We look for them and find them playing soccer on the playground. So we play soccer together(一起) with them.How many students should(应该) clean the classroom?
| A．All the students. | B．Three | C．Two. | D．Five |
It’s time to clean the classroom, but Lin Tao ______.
| A．is studying in the classroom |
| B．is playing games |
| C．is reading a story outside the classroom |
| D．is cleaning the classroom with me |
Who is carrying water?
| A．Li Hong. | B．Lin Tao |
| C．Lin Tao and I. | D．The other two boys. |
What do they do when they see the two students playing soccer?
| A．They ask them to go back to clean the classroom. |
| B．They go home. |
| C．They join them in playing soccer. |
| D．They watch them playing soccer. |
Brain is a school boy. He’s twelve. He lives in Shanghai now. He is from England. He studies in a middle school. He gets up at half past five every day. He has breakfast at seven after that, he goes to school with his friends. They have four classes in the morning and two in the afternoon. In the evening he does his homework at home, but he often watches TV on Saturday evening. Brain likes drawing. He joins an art club. He likes reading story books. Now he is reading an English book in his roomBrain is a ____________.
A. student B. girl C. teacherBrain does his homework ____________.
A. every evening B. at school C. at homeBrain has ____________ classes at school every day.
A. four B. six C. five
My brother and I like sports very much. We like running, playing basketball, swimming and so on(等等). Of all the sports we like swimming best. Swimming is really interesting. If （如果）you swim in the pool, you look like a lovely fish. Very cool! You will be happy if you can swim.
If you often swim, you will be healthy. Swimming can bring you a lot of fun. Come and enjoy swimming with us in the following（下列的） two clubs.
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| Health Club Swimming Mon----Fri. 3:00 p.m.----8:00 p.m. Basketball Fri----Sun. 8:30 a.m.-----6:00 p.m. Tel: 7899654 |
The writer and his brother like ___________ best of all.
A. sports B. basketball C. swimmingThe writer thinks it’s ___________ to swim often.
A. very boring B. like a cool fish C. good for healthThe writer wants to swim on Sunday. Where can he go?
A. Sports Club. B. Health Club. C. A and BIf you want to join them in swimming in the afternoon, where can you find them?
A. Sports Club. B. Health Club. C. A and B Which club can you send(发送) e-mails to?
A. Sports Club. B. Health Club. C. A and B
The White family moves （搬）to a new city, but Mrs. White’s son, Bob, is not happy, because he doesn’t have any friends to play with there. “Don’t worry!” says Mrs. White, “you’ll soon make friends here.”
One morning, there is a knock on the door. Mrs. White opens it and sees their neighbour（邻居） Mrs. Miller standing there. She comes to borrow（借） two eggs to make some cakes. Mrs. White gives her two eggs. In the afternoon, Mrs.Miller’s son, Jack comes to their home. He says to Mrs. White, “my mother asks me to give some cakes and two eggs to you.”
“Well, thank you,” says Mrs. White. “Come in and meet my son, Bob.” After Bob and Jack have the cakes, they go out to play football together.
Jack says, “I am glad you live next door.”
Bob says, “I must thank your mother for coming to borrow eggs.”
Jack laughs（大笑） and tells Bob, “My mother doesn’t need any eggs, but she wants to make friends with your mother.”
Bob says, “Oh, I see. That’s a clever way to make friends.”Bob feels _____________when his family moves to a new city.
| A．sad | B．happy | C．excited | D．angry |
Mrs. Miller comes to Mrs. White’s house to ____________one morning.
| A．give Mrs. White some cakes |
| B．asks Bob to play with her son |
| C．borrow two eggs from Mrs. White |
| D．give Mrs. White two eggs |
When Jack brings some cakes and two eggs to Mrs. White’s house, she_____________.
| A．asks Jack to take them back home |
| B．doesn’t take the cakes or the eggs |
| C．gives Jack a football as a present |
| D．invites (邀请)Jack to play with his son |
Which of the following is true according to the passage?
| A．Mrs. Miller knows Mrs. White for a long time |
| B．Mrs. Miller wants to make friends with Mrs. White |
| C．Jack borrows two more eggs from Mrs. White |
| D．Bob invites Jack to his home that morning |
Which of the following is the best title （标题）for the passage?
| A．Life in a new city |
| B．A clever way to make friends |
| C．Friendly neighbours |
| D．Problems between neighbours |
Rules in Tom’s life
There are lots of rules at Tom’s school. He thinks some of them are good. For example, they can’t arrive late; they can’t run in the hallways; and they can’t eat in class. All these rules are okay because they’re reasonable(合理的).
But there are some rules Tom doesn’t like. For example, at his school they don’t have to wear a uniform and they can’t wear jeans. But he thinks jeans are good because they’re comfortable. In school, they can’t listen to music in art class. Tom doesn’t agree with this rule. He thinks listening to music in art class is okay.
Tom also has to follow some rules at home. For example, if he wants to watch TV, he has to do his homework first. And he can’t go out with his friends on school nights, that is, from Monday to Thursday. He also has to clean his room every week. But he doesn’t have to take out the trash(垃圾).
请根据短文内容, 回答下列问题。Can the students arrive late at Tom’s school?
_______________________________________________________________Does Tom have to wear a uniform in school?
_______________________________________________________________Can Tom go out with his friends on Friday nights?
_______________________________________________________________What does Tom have to do every week?
_______________________________________________________________What doesn’t Tom have to do?
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