2 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

These days, Chinese children are sometimes     1     (busy) on weekends than weekdays     2     they have SO many after-school classes. However, this doesn’t only happen in China.

The Taylors are a typical American family. Life for Cathy Taylor’s three children is very busy. They need to take part in all     3     (kind) of activities, like basketball practice, football training or piano classes. She believes these activities are important for     4     (she) children’s future. However, the tired children don’t get home until after 7: 00 p. m. They have dinner     5     (quick), and then it is time for homework.

Linda, a mother of three, knows all about such stress. She says that competition starts very young and     6     (continue) until the kids get older in some families. She thinks it’s unfair that mothers are always     7     (compare) them with other children. People shouldn’t push their kids so hard.

Doctors say too much pressure is not good for a child’s     8     (develop). All these activities can cause a lot of stress     9     children. Kids should have time     10     (relax) and think for themselves.

3 . 近年来，在一些学生中出现了不珍惜劳动成果，不想劳动，不会劳动的现象。为此，国家最近印发了《关于全面加强新时代大中小学劳动教育的意见》，请你结合自身的体会就如何培养劳动精神给学校英语专栏写篇短文。

内容包括：
1.现状：大多数学生不做家务；原因（至少写两点）
2. 建议：
（1）上劳动课，学习生活技能；尤其是学习做一些简单的菜；
（2）参加实践活动，如：植树，种菜等；
（3）学做家务，如整理房间，洗衣服等；
（4）养成良好的劳动习惯。
3.观点总结。
参考词汇：
上劳动课 have a hardworking spirit class
实践活动practical activity
劳动教育the hardworking spirit education

Nowadays, more and more students don’t do housework. There are many reasons. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4 .

Problems	Reasons	Advice
Feel stressed	Too much homework. Don’t have enough time for their hobbies.	Make a plan for study and hobbies. Find time to relax.
Get short- sighted(近视)	Too much homework. Bad study habits.	Do homework or read in a correct way.
Fight with each other	Don’t know how to get on well with classmates.	Make more friends and understand each other.
Don’t like to study	Play computer games too much.	Play computer games just for a short time.
Get fat	Have more pocket money to buy snacks. Don’t like to take exercise.	Use your pocket money to do something meaningful. Take exercise every day.

1. How many main problems are there in the survey?

A．Six.

B．Five.

C．Four.

D．Three.

2. _________ is/are caused(引起) by too much homework.

A．Getting fat	B．Fighting with each other
C．Feeling stressed and getting short-sighted	D．Feeling stressed and getting fat

3. Peter doesn’t like to study. Maybe he __________.   

A．plays computer games too much	B．has no pocket money
C．gets fatter and fatter	D．has lots of pocket money

4. __________ is a good way for students to stop fights.

A．Doing less homework	B．Playing computer games
C．Buying more books	D．Learning how to make friends

5 . Dear friends,

I’d like to share my suggestions about studying with you. “Studying” is not the same thing as “doing homework”! Studying may include doing homework, but it also includes a lot more, as you will see. So if you say that you have no homework, and therefore you can’t or you don’t have to study, you’re mistaken!

I am going to give you some suggestions on how to study efficiently _______ worked for me when I was in the high school and college.

Not only that, but they also worked equally well for me in literature and math.

Although everyone’s learning style may be different, and some of my suggestions may not work for you, I still ask you to try them. A lot of successful students have used them.

Please send me suggestions about studying that work for you. I will try to include them into the further version of this guide.

Here are some of my suggestions:

A. Manage your time.

B. Take notes in class and rewrite them at home.

C. Study hard and study in a quiet place.

D. Read texts actively and slowly. Do it before and after class.

E. Finish your homework by yourself.

F. Do not only study for exams.

Yours,

Emma

1. If Tom often tells his parents that he has no homework to do,we can infer that          .

A．Tom’s teachers are very lazy

B．maybe Tom’s learning style is not good

C．Tom’s classmates often help him with his homework

D．Tom is clever enough to finish his homework at school

2. The underlined word “They” refers to          .

A．some of the successful students

B．all Emma’s classmates and teachers

C．the suggestions that Emma will offer

D．all the subjects that Emma has studied

3. What does Emma think of her learning style?

A．Hers may not be the best, but it may be helpful.

B．Top students don’t have to learn her learning style.

C．It works better in literature and math than in other subjects.

D．It doesn’t work well in language learning but students can have a try.

4. What’s the writer’s purpose in writing this passage?

A．To ask students to study harder than ever before.

B．To get some help from teachers and different students.

C．To show that she is very successful in “Studying”.

D．To ask for students’ suggestions and share her suggestions.