2 . Every morning it is difficult for Tony to get up. He always wants to lie in bed for a long time. One morning, he goes to school late. Mrs. Smith, his teacher, isn’t happy and asks, “What time do you usually get up in the morning, Tony?”

“I usually get up at six, Mrs. Smith,” answers Tony. “But why are you late this morning?” asks Mrs. Smith.

“Because my ‘Father Clock’ can’t work this morning,” answers Tony.

“Your ‘Father Clock’? What do you mean?” asks Mrs. Smith in surprise.

“Oh, I can’t always get up early in the morning. So my mother helps me get up like a clock every morning. But this morning, my mother is in my grandmother’s home. It’s my father’s job to help me get up. Do you know? He can’t get up on time, either,” says Tony.

1. It is very difficult for Tony to get up every morning because he always wants to ________ for a long time.

A．watch TV

B．lie in bed

C．play sports

D．have breakfast

2. ________ usually helps Tony get up in the morning.

A．Tony’s father

B．Tony’s clock

C．Tony’s grandmother

D．Tony’s mother

3. This morning, Tony’s father ________.

A．gets up very early	B．helps Tony get up early
C．can’t help Tony get up on time	D．is in Tony’s grandmother’s home

3 . 劳动教育是学生全面发展的重要组成部分。在日常生活中，青少年应该参加各项劳动，在实践中习得劳动知识、掌握劳动技能、形成良好的劳动习惯。假如你是英语俱乐部的成员，俱乐部这周的分享话题是“家务劳动实践”。请你参考提示信息以及自身的经历，写一篇发言稿与大家分享。

提示：
1. What kind of housework do you do and how often do you do it?
2. What do you think of doing housework?
要求：
1. 包含提示内容，可适当发挥；
2. 语句通顺，语法正确，行文连贯，书写工整；
3. 60词左右（开头已给出，不计入总词数）。

For middle school students, doing housework should be part of life. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4 . It was a sunny afternoon. Han Lei and his sister Han Mei were helping Mom ______ the room.

“Hey, Han Lei,” said Mom. “Would you please put these paper towel tubes (纸巾内管) in the bin?” Han Lei looked at the tubes and something came to him. He asked, “Could I use them to make a   ______?” “Great idea!” said Mom. “Do we have any other good recycle material (可回收材料)?” asked Han Lei. “Come on. Let’s go and see what else we can find in ______ house,” said Mom.

Then, they walked around and kept ______. “This box would be good,” Han Lei pointed out,“______ it’s full of books on the shelves (书架). Can you give me a ______? Then you can have the box,” said Mom. “Sure, no problem!” said Han Lei ______, “Now I only need several more things.” Han Lei happily collected all his materials. He sat on the floor, cutting and gluing all afternoon.

“I like your robot,” said Han Mei. “Thanks. But his head is broken, and I can’t ______ it,” said Han Lei. Han Mei came up with an idea. She ran away and ran right back with an old hat. “Remember this hat?” asked Han Mei, “I wore it when I was a baby. Now it’s too ______ for me.”

“Thanks, it’s perfect!” said Han Lei, “What do you think, Mr. Robot?”

“I love it,” said Mr. Robot, in a funny voice, “You are really good ______ making things out of recycling materials.”

1.

A．fill up

B．clean out

C．build up

D．find out

2.

A．box

B．book

C．robot

D．plane

3.

A．our

B．your

C．their

D．its

4.

A．running

B．listening

C．cutting

D．searching

5.

A．Because

B．But

C．So

D．Or

6.

A．pen

B．hat

C．leg

D．hand

7.

A．sadly

B．carefully

C．angrily

D．excitedly

8.

A．see

B．find

C．fix

D．hit

9.

A．big

B．small

C．perfect

D．new

10.

A．at

B．to

C．for

D．with

5 . 为创造美好的生活，学习基本的生活技能（planting，fixing……）在青少年的成长过程中十分必要。某英语杂志特举办以“生活技能”为主题的英语征文活动。请你根据以下的提示问题，以“Little Life Skills Are a Big Help”为题，写一篇英语短文参与投稿。
提示：1. What life skill do you want to learn?
2. Why do you want to learn this skill?
3. How do you plan to learn this skill?
要求：1. 参考提示内容，可适当发挥；
2. 语句通顺，意思连贯，书写工整；
3. 文中不得出现任何真实信息；
4. 词数：不少于70词（开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数）。

Little Life Skills Are a Big Help

Life skills are necessary for us teenagers. To live more healthily and happily, we are supposed to learn more new life skills. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Little life skills are a big help. Let’s take action now.

6 . 劳动课（labor course）已正式成为中小学的一门独立课程。假如你是李华，你校英语校刊English Garden开展了一项关于家务活的调查，请你根据以下调查表内容，用英语写一篇短文。

We’re making a survey on housework in our school. We would like you to share your ideas about housework. Here are some questions to help you. ●What housework do you often do at home? ●What are the advantages (优点) of doing housework? ●What advice can you offer to middle school students? Looking forward to hearing from you.

参考词汇：do the dishes, sweep the floor, independent, healthy and strong, skills, …
要求：
1. 可选择使用参考词汇，亦可适当发挥；
2. 语句通顺，意思连贯，书写工整；
3. 文中不得出现任何真实信息（姓名、校名和地名等）；
4. 词数：不少于60词。（开头已给出，但不计入总词数。）

Hello, I’m Li Hua. I am glad to share my ideas about housework. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

7 . 用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文意思完整正确。（每个单词限用一次，每空限填一个单词。）

habit; parent; be; I; much; should; have; serious; teach; dependent

When I was in primary school, I seldom helped my parents at home. I thought I     1     spend my time on schoolwork to get good grades. My parents did all the chores. I used to make a mess and throw     2     things everywhere.   

One day, when my mother went home after work and found a lot of rubbish in our house, she got so mad at me. She said to me     3    , “You must do some housework every day from now on.” I talked back loudly, “It is the     4     job to provide a clean and comfortable environment at home.”

Now I’m a 15-year-old middle school student. I have a labor (劳动) class at school every week. The     5     teaches us how to make food, tidy the room, grow some vegetables and so on. I understand that doing housework is     6     difficult than I used to imagine. Thinking back those old days, I regret (后悔) what I have done before. I begin to do more housework, so my parents can     7     a good rest when they come back from work. They     8     also proud (自豪的) of my changes.

In my opinion, we children should be     9     and take care of ourselves. Because it not only helps us learn many basic skills, but also helps us develop good     10    .

8 . When Justin Tong was a child, other kids felt sorry for him. His parents always had him doing lots of housework. But when he grew up, he was better than his childhood friends and lived a happier life.

This is the finding of a 40-year study which followed the lives of 456 children in London. “Children who worked at home in childhood got more abilities (能力) and came to feel they were important members of society,” said Daniel Brown, “And because they felt good about themselves, and others felt good about them.”

Brown’s study followed these children in great information. Interviews (采访) were done at ages 25, 31 and 47. Under Brown, the researchers compared the children’s mental-health scores (得分) with their childhood-activity scores. The children got more points for part-time jobs, housework, effort in school, and ability to deal with problems.

Working at any age is important. Childhood activities help a child develop responsibility, independence, confidence and ability—the basis of emotional health. They also help him understand that people must work together and work toward common goals. The most competent (合格的) adults are those who know how to do this.

Yet work isn’t everything. As Tolstoy once said, “One can live great in this world if one knows how to work and how to love, to work for the person one loves and to love one’s work.”

1. What do we know about Justin Tong?

A．He enjoyed a happy life.	B．He felt sorry for the other kids.
C．He had no friends.	D．He hardly did housework.

2. Who will probably succeed in the future according to Paragraph 2?

A．Children who enjoy happier and richer lives.

B．Children who feel good about people around them.

C．Children who take part in Daniel Brown’s study.

D．Children who work at home in childhood.

3. How did Brown follow the children in his study?

A．By giving housework and help.	B．By training them and showing love.
C．By interviewing and giving scores.	D．By solving problems and testing them.

4. The passage mainly tells us ________.

A．every child should study hard at home	B．working is helpful for children’s growth
C．a child shouldn’t do lots of work	D．working can help solve many problems

9 . 根据下面对话中的情境，在每个空白处填入一个适当的语句，使对话恢复完整。
A: Hi, this is Zhang Lin speaking.     1    ?
B: Yes, this is Wu Jie. What’s up?
A: Well, I’m going climbing on Sunday.     2    ?
B: I’m afraid I can’t. I have to do some housework.
A:     3    ?
B: Yes. As a member of my family, I think it is my job to share some housework.
A: You are right. Then what are you going to do?
B:     4    . I hope we can have a clean and comfortable home.
A: Good for you. I should learn from you.
B: Learn from me? Don’t you help out at home?
A: Yes, but I just make the bed and take out the rubbish sometimes.
B: It’s necessary for teenagers to help with the housework.
A:     5    .

10 . I grew up in the countryside. It helped me learn more practical skills than my peers (同龄人) who grew up in cities. I learned to cook at around 10 years old. The first skill I had was making dumplings. Later, I cooked fried dishes. I fell in love with cooking. It’s a good way to relax myself. Now working from home, I cook every meal instead of ordering delivery (外卖). It saves money and I don’t have to wait for delivery drivers to feed me.

Besides cooking, I did a lot of farm work in my childhood. I got to know how to plant vegetables. Though it was hard work, the experience taught me things that many of my peers still don’t know. I once discussed these with my friends from the city. They thought it was a pity that they didn’t have the chance to learn these things in their lives.

Some might say we can learn these things from textbooks. But it can’t compare to the joy of watching plants grow. It brings a new way to look at the world. You will value everything on your plate.

This may be why I’m happy to hear that labour education is required (要求) in China. Students in primary and middle schools can have at least one class every week to learn basic household skills like cooking and cleaning. Trust me. These practical skills will help you for the rest of your life.

1. What are the advantages (优点) of getting practical life skills for the writer?
①saving money             ②relaxing                  ③valuing food          ④working harder

A．①②③

B．②③④

C．①③④

D．①②④

2. The underlined word (划线单词) “pity” means “_________” in Chinese.

A．机遇

B．失误

C．惊喜

D．遗憾

3. The writer introduces her experience of learning practical skills by _________.

A．asking questions	B．listing numbers
C．giving examples	D．showing opinions

4. Why is the writer glad to hear that labour education is required in China?

A．Because the practical skills can bring good jobs to students.

B．Because she is happy to see students can get helpful life skills.

C．Because she can teach students practical skills in school.

D．Because it’s better to learn practical skills in school than at home.