2 . "Could you load(把碗碟放入)the dishwasher?" How many times have we asked our teenage children to do a chore(家务活)and found later that it was done so poorly that we have to finish the job?     1     Kate Kelly, author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Parenting a Teenager, has some suggestions.

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Don't expect teens already know how to do something. Kelly says."We left my teenage daughter alone for a few days.     3     What a mess!" If you explain a chore, you will probably find it's been done well.

Use the team method.

Kelly says, "We do so much for our kids.     4     "So, according to Kelly, when teens do something like cleaning the floor, they enjoy giving something back to the family."And always remember teens should be thanked and praised."Give one task at a time.

If you can’t stand how clothes are always being left on the floor, don’t let your teens got away with it .    5    Tell them that if they keep throwing their clothes on the floor, they won’t be allowed to see their friends at the weekend, and that’s it.

Keep chores gender-neutral(不分性别的).

Don't leave all the kitchen chores for daughters, and jobs like washing the car or fixing things for sons.

A．Explain the job.

B．Remember to say thank you.

C．However, she had no idea how to separate rubbish.

D．Watering the plants can be a good way of relaxation.

E．We drive them everywhere, and help with their homework.

F．Few parents are happy with the way housework is done by their teenagers.

G．Make them pick the clothes up, but don’t add on other chores at the same time

3 . Do Dolphins Have a Language?

We know that dolphins make unique sounds, but is that a language? If you’re interested in it, you are welcome to the activity recommended by Denise Herzing!

About Denise Herzing

Denise Herzing of Florida Atlantic University (FAU) is the organiser and research director of the Wild Dolphin Project, which has a goal of understanding dolphins’ social system, behaviour, and communication. For over thirty years, she has spent each summer watching Atlantic dolphins carefully in the Bahamas.

Activity Guide:

Purpose:

Dolphins use sound to communicate, but they can’t make sounds in the way we humans make. Out of the water dolphins can make different sounds by changing the shape of their blowhole (呼吸孔), which is similar to changing the shape of our own mouths. Underwater, though, they use a totally different system, and they make sounds without letting any air out. You can learn more about how that works here. In this activity we’re going to try to talk like a dolphin.

Materials:

Nothing! But find a partner, maybe a brother or sister or a parent — or if you have one, a dog or cat. After all, this activity is about communication between humans and animals.

How To Do It:

Take a deep breath, hold your nose to keep it shut, and try to communicate with your partner. If your partner is a pet, try saying its name or asking it to “come here”.

When you’re done, think about what made it hard, what solutions you found, and think why dolphins may have developed to communicate in this way.

Then listen to sounds from all kinds of sea animals and compare your dolphin sound to theirs.

1. What can we learn about Denise Herzing?

A．She holds the activity in FAU.

B．She is an expert in dolphins.

C．She wants to find a partner for her research.

D．She fell in love with dolphins when young.

2. What would you have to do for the activity?

A．Have a pet next to you.	B．Keep breathing deeply.
C．Talk with your nose closed.	D．Compare dolphins with other animals.

3. Where can the text be found?

A．In a diary.	B．In a report.
C．In a travel brochure.	D．In an activity book

4 . If someone were to ask me what it is like to be a student in today’s society, I would probably answer: Being a student in today s society is not always easy.

Adults often tell us that we don’t know what stress is. But we have our own levels of stress. Many students in their high school years start their part-time job, so now you have school in the mornings, followed by responsibilities needing to be taken care of at home and then you’re off to work. By the time you are done there, you are too tired to finish your school work, but you stay up late to try and return to school feeling sleepy the next day. What good is that?

My point is, it is a whole lot more stressful to be a student in high school than adults believe. Our “stress” may not include paying bills or taking care of a family, but I’m sure if the adults in our lives could go back to school today, they would be surprised at how much it has changed.

I don’t want you to think for a minute that there aren’t good moments and memories while we are students at school. My mom always tells me to enjoy it while I can. I know that the world outside of school is often hard and that the responsibilities are serious. That’s exactly why I know that the focus I give to my future is important in leading me to a career that will allow me to contribute to society.

1. What is the text mainly about?

A．The stressful life of high school students.	B．The way of dealing with stress of study.
C．The role of students in today’s society.	D．The differences between teenagers’ and adults’ life.

2. What does the author think of students’ working part-time?

A．He thinks it does them good.	B．He feels disappointed at it.
C．He thinks it is worth a try.	D．He is favor of it.

3. What can be inferred from paragraph 3?

A．Adults are more stressful than students.

B．Adults have not fully understood students’ stress.

C．Adults should help students to deal with stress.

D．Adults should go back to school to experience students’ life.

4. What does the underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refer to?

A．Stress.

B．Study.

C．School life.

D．Future career.

5 . MINI EXPO

Our campus MINI EXPO is coming! We are waiting for you to join us! Both Chinese and foreign students are welcome to sign up in our club office to show or experience unique cultures from different countries.

TIME: November 15,2021 LIVE BROADCAST（直播）:We will invite TV station workers to provide picture and video live broadcast for the opening ceremony, stage performances and garden purty HOSTS RECRUITMENT（招募）:Local talented hosts are wanted! By the way， you will have to host with the foreign students who are interested in Chinese culture in English.If you are a good Chinese story teller,please contact us

MINI EXPO Booth

We will set up many boots(摊位)for you where you can play music and dance with your friends, show traditional clothes, pictures and art works, etc, to show your culture. All visitors will vote for "the most popular booth" and we have prepared rewards for the winners

Stage Performances

If you can play musical instruments, Tai Chimarial arts, or are good at singing, dancing and other talents, you are welcome to sign up! Welcome to sign up as a team or by yourself, and we will team you up to organize a show!

Garden Party

Here you can experience and communicate with people from different countries in activities with national cultures, such as body painting, traditional dance, calligraphy wring knowledge quiz and fun games, etc. You can taste delicious food from different countries and go to each booth to collect "visa stamp" to exchange small gifts.

1. Which of the following is likely to be the organizer of MINI EXPO?

A．ATV station

B．A local family.

C．Amative English speaker

D．A student club.

2. What can you do in Garden Party?

A．Enjoy tasty food.

B．Choose the best booth.

C．Buy small gifts

D．Learn Chinese characters.

3. What is the purpose of holding this event?

A．To select talented students	B．To welcome foreign students.
C．To compare different cultures.	D．To provide chances of culture exploring.

6 . Their beautiful call suggests the arrival of spring, but the routes taken by cuckoos(杜鹃) during their annual migration(迁徙) have remained a mystery. Now, though, scientists from the British Trust for Omithology(BTO) have revealed the details of their remarkable 10,000-mile journey, with the help of tracking devices.

Five male birds were caught in Norfolk last May and fitted with satellite-tagged “backpacks’’ before being released. The scientists then monitored their progress over 12 months as they flew to Africa in the autumn, and returned in the spring.

The project was carried out to discover why every year fewer of the birds return to Britain. Between 1995 and 2010，the population of cuckoos spending summer here fell by almost half, and the number is continuing to decline. Previously, the lack of information about the cuckoos’ long migration has hampered the understanding of how to help conserve the birds.

Earlier this year, it was reported that cuckoos arrived in the UK much earlier than normal. Their call was recorded by ornithologists(鸟类专家) as early as February, a month ahead of their usual arrival.

Like all migrating animals, cuckoos respond to the changing seasons. They depend on lush plants to provide the fruit and food for insects that they feed on. This reliance on seasonal patterns means that a changing climate could make an already challenging journey impossible for them.

1. What is the main purpose of the project?

A．To track cuckoos’ 10,000-mile journey.

B．To better understand the habits of cuckoos.

C．To find out what happens during cuckoos’ journey.

D．To discover why the population of cuckoos is declining.

2. The underlined word “hampered” in Paragraph 3 probably means________.

A．prevented

B．deepened

C．improved

D．affected

3. When do cuckoos usually arrive in Britain?

A．In January.

B．In February.

C．In March.

D．In April.

4. Cuckoos arrived in the UK much earlier than normal probably because of________.

A．1acking food	B．changing climate
C．changing routes	D．cold spring in the UK

7 . In Lauderdale lives a young girl, Mary Lou. She is a(n) ______ bird-watcher at a very young age. In fact, she’s so ______ about birds that she has already written a children’s book about them. It's ______ for a 13-year-old girl in school.

It all started when her family moved to a new neighborhood. Mary would feel very ______ at times with few kids living on her street. Becoming a bird-watcher helped her ______ the new neighborhood and feel more at home.

She became deeply attracted to bird-watching in Grade Six when she had to write a book for a school project. She decided to write something she knew: the mockingbird. The homework was just the ______ of Mary’s great writing adventure.

Every morning Mary takes her binoculars (望远镜) and heads out to ______ birds. To watch birds, one must not make a lot of ______. If a watcher makes any sudden movements, the birds will probably become ______ and fly away.

Mary usually uses her binoculars to ______ different types of birds. Sometimes she just sits in the wildlife areas, ______ the various birds as they come to eat and drink at the nearby lake. Mary is quite a(n) ______ on birds types, but she can't always name every bird she sees. So she thinks there are always new lessons and the sky is full of ______.

When Mary was writing her bird book for children, she studied hard by searching the Internet. She also ______ some of the birds for the book herself with her color pencils. Finally, after nine months of ______, the book was finished.

1.

A．experienced

B．independent

C．intelligent

D．normal

2.

A．selective

B．knowledgeable

C．patient

D．flexible

3.

A．inspiring

B．diverse

C．commercial

D．amazing

4.

A．proud

B．joyful

C．lonely

D．hesitant

5.

A．respond to

B．settle into

C．figure out

D．go off

6.

A．schedule

B．process

C．lesson

D．beginning

7.

A．feed on

B．give way to

C．look for

D．clean up

8.

A．mistakes

B．noises

C．descriptions

D．traps

9.

A．hopeful

B．pleased

C．scared

D．disappointed

10.

A．identify

B．gather

C．analyze

D．master

11.

A．observing

B．impressing

C．exchanging

D．describing

12.

A．journalist

B．expert

C．tourist

D．designer

13.

A．power

B．imagination

C．secrets

D．improvement

14.

A．collected

B．rescued

C．kept

D．illustrated

15.

A．study

B．publish

C．complain

D．efforts

8 . Uber has picked Melbourne as the first city outside of the United States to test its flying taxis.

Test flights in the Australian city will begin next year with a goal of commercial ride-hailing (打车) services by 2023, it announced on Tuesday.

“We will see other Australian cities following soon after,” Susan Anderson, Uber's regional manager for Australia, said at the company's annual flying car conference in Washington DC.

Melbourne will be the third city to host trials of Uber's flying taxis, after Dallas, Texas, and Los Angeles, California, the electric taxis will be flown by a pilot.

Uber has partnered with NASA for its flying taxi program, named Elevate, and is one of several companies racing to make flying vehicles a reality. Other big names in the business include Rolls Royce and Boeing.

Even as it works on developing autonomous, electric flying vehicles–which are still several years away-Uber is taking its service to the skies in other ways.

The company will start a helicopter service on July 9, taking passengers from Manhattan to JFK Airport in eight minutes. It says customers who buy the roughly $200 ticket will save an hour of travel time during rush hour.

But the rollout (首次展示) of that service is now clouded by safety concerns about increased air traffic in cities, following two accidents in New York City in recent weeks.

A helicopter crashed onto the roof of a Manhattan building on June 10, killing the pilot. This deadly accident came weeks after a helicopter crash in the Hudson River. There were no deaths in that incident.

“For us, it shows the need to make safety the absolute base of everything we do,” said Eric Allison, Uber's head of Elevate.

Safety will also be a concern in Australia, where Uber has nearly 4 million regular customers for its ride-hailing service.

“We will continue to work with communities and governments to ensure that we create an urban aviation (飞行) ride-share network that is safe, quiet and green,” Anderson said.

1. What can we learn about the flying taxis from the text?

A．Most flying taxis are self-driving.

B．The flying taxi was first tried out in Melbourne.

C．Flying taxis could be used in Australia in several years.

D．The flying taxis turned out to be a failure in America.

2. Why does the author mention Uber's helicopter service?

A．To further introduce NASA's cooperation with Uber.

B．To show the challenges facing the flying taxi service.

C．To explain why Uber's technology stands out.

D．To describe the development of Uber's flying services.

3. What is the author's major concern about flying taxis?

A．Safety.

B．Management.

C．Side effects.

D．Affordability.

4. What is the author's attitude toward the flying taxi?

A．Objective.

B．Skeptical.

C．Disapproving.

D．Optimistic.

9 . As parents, we walk a fine line between caring for our children and teaching them how to care for themselves. When they're little, they need our help with everything. Over time, kids usually take the lead on things like feeding and dressing themselves, but it can be difficult to know when it's time for them to start doing some basic things, such as packing their own lunches for school or solving problems with teachers without a parent's help.

Blogger Amy Carney recently shared a post about the things parents should stop doing for their teens. In it, Carney shared the basic skills that she expects her kids to master by the time they hit 13, such as waking themselves up in the morning, making their own breakfast and lunch, and finishing their own homework.

Barb Harvey, a childhood behavior expert, gave me her answer: The age at which children learn to master certain skills will be different depending upon the maturity (成熟) and interest level of the child.

I asked the same question among my friends. They gave all kinds of answers, which can explain Harvey's opinion.

Therefore, there's only one expert who can determine when your kids have the ability to deal with certain skills, and that's you. If your kids aren't ready to pack their own lunches — don't sweat it. Help them learn the skills they're ready to deal with and keep working towards the end goal of raising responsible and able adults. Because if there's one thing that we can all agree on as parents, it's that time moves quickly when you're raising kids. One day you will wish they could just do things without you and the next day, you will feel upset that they do.

1. What is Amy Carney's expectation when her children are 13?

A．To be a skillful cook.	B．To follow Harvey's opinion.
C．To be an expert.	D．To have basic skills.

2. Who can decide when the children will learn to care for themselves?

A．Amy Carney.	B．Barb Harvey.
C．The children.	D．The parents.

3. Why will parents feel upset when their children grow up?

A．Their kids can do nothing.

B．They feel less important.

C．Their children become able adults.

D．Their kids disagree on anything.

4. What does the text mainly talk about?

A．Walking a fine line.

B．Blogger Amy Carney.

C．Parents and their children's growth.

D．A childhood behavior expert.