1 . 短文填空

Nowadays more and more Chinese teenagers find life more difficult without their parents.They don’t know how to do     1    , because their parents do almost everything for them at home.This is a big    2    .

Jo is 14 years old.One day her parents went away on business,so she had to stay at home alone.At    3    she thought she would be happy,because her parents weren’t in.She could do everything     4    she liked.But it was six o'clock in the afternoon,she     5    hungry,“Oh,it’s time to have supper.Where can I get my food?”She said to    6    .Later,she found some food in the fridge,but she didn’t know how to cook.At that moment,she missed her parents very much.At last she could only go to the supermarket and    7    some food to eat.

Many teenagers are the same     8     Jo. I think they should learn some basic life skills,like cooking,tidying up their rooms or    9    themselves.They shouldn’t depend on their parents too much,or else they may meet much     10    difficulties when they have to face the world alone in the future.

2 .
1. My grandma likes to be with the young though she is in her _________ now.
2. Those __________ books will be donated to the schools in poor areas.
3. It is difficult work, but the sense of _________ is huge.
4. The patient is getting much better after the operation and now she can look after _________.
5. To make a green world, we should try to reduce air _________ by walking more and driving less.