Mom was busy in the kitchen when my brother Marco and I got home from school on Friday. “Did you remember your grandmother’s coming today?” She asked. “Sure, Mom,” we laughed. “Didn’t you notice we cleaned our rooms?” Mom smiled and continued, “Thanks. I know I shouldn’t be nervous, but my mother hasn’t been here for almost six years! As I was growing up, her house always looked perfect. So I want everything to be well.”
“Perfect,” I said with a smile. “What else can we do to help before she gets here?”
Mom looked around,“You two could set the table. Use the good bowls. And be very careful with the glasses Grandma gave to us before you were born!”
As Mom prepared a big meal, Marco and I set the table. I taught Marco how to line up the forks on the left side of each p late and the knives and spoons on the right. In the center of the table, we placed a set of tall white candles. Then we stepped back and looked at our work. It seemed something was missing. “What’s missing?” I asked Marco.
“Napkins?” He asked. “And I don’t think Mom would want us to use paper ones!”
We both laughed. Marco opened a drawer and took out the nice cloth napkins Mom saved for special occasions （场合）. The soft white squares were folded in the middle, and we placed one on each plate. “Do you think that looks good enough?” I asked.
“No,” Marco answered. “Let’s make them look better. Remember the restaurant we went to last year? Their napkins were folded into different shapes! That was great!”
I nodded and unfolded the cloth napkin in front of me. “Look,” I said, pointing to the napkin, “These lines make special shapes. That gives me a great idea! Let’s do origami （折纸）. That’ll make the napkins unique!”
Marco looked confused, so I explained,“Origami’s a kind of folding art. People usually use paper, but you can use cloth. You make boats, birds or flowers just by folding. Nothing else is needed!”
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Mom heard us and came to help.
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We placed a different origami napkin on each plate.
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2 . Here are a few ways to motivate (激发) children to do chores.
Decide what kinds of chores children do. For younger children, give them easy work, like putting away their toys.
Tell children about the importance of doing chores.
Give children some money to do more chores.
| A．Set good examples in the family. |
| B．Make a list of chores for children. |
| C．Make children do chores unhappily. |
| D．Ask children to do all kinds of chores. |
| E．Giving money for more chores can also work. |
| F．As the children get older, make them do more difficult chores. |
| G．Discuss the importance of doing chores and how they help the whole family. |
Do you have family rules? Do you think they are good or terrible? Frank is a middle school student. He is always happy with his family rules. Do you want to know what the rules are?
Take exercise every day. On weekdays, Frank always plays tennis with his classmates for half an hour after school. And his parents run in the morning. On weekends, Frank’s family often play sports together.
Let evening time only be family time. They can’t watch TV or play games after dinner. The family usually sit on the sofa and have a talk. Frank likes to talk about his school and friends. Sometimes they take a walk to the park.
Always say “I love you” and “Thank you”. Frank says “I love you” to his parents every morning before he goes to school and every night before he goes to bed. And his parents say it to him, too. When they get help from other family members, they must say “Thank you”.
Frank likes every rule in his family because he thinks his family rules help him to keep healthy. Many students don’t like doing sports but Frank is different. He is good at sports and be looks healthy. And these rules also let his family live a happy life. To follow the rules, they must show their love and thanks to each other every day.
1. Do Frank’s parents say “I love you” and “Thank you” to him?2. How many rules in Frank’s family are mentioned in the passage?
3. Why does Frank like his family rules?
4. Do you like the rule “Take exercise every day”? Why or why not?
4 . Household chores like cooking, cleaning, washing the dishes, and making the bed are never done; they just get repeated like a broken record. Boring!
Chores are linked to a lower dementia (痴呆) risk. To discover what activities might be linked to a lower rate of dementia, researchers analyzed massive amounts of healthcare data from the UK Biobank. They found that those most engaged in household chores had a 21 percent lower risk of dementia compared to those least engaged in chores.
Finishing your chores can increase motivation. BJ Fogg, author of Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything, states that the most important skill is recognizing and celebrating successes. Completing even a small task, like making your bed, can give you a sense of satisfaction.
Chores are good for children’s mental health. Children develop a sense of ownership when they have jobs to do around the house and it makes them feel like they are an important member of the household.
| A．Chores are an opportunity for “me time” |
| B．Chores can lead to creative problem-solving |
| C．Thus, you feel motivated to deal with tasks one after another |
| D．In this way, they can be taught to be independent and confident |
| E．Like many people, you may regard chores as something annoying |
| F．Doing chores with children also improves the parent-child relationship |
| G．This result indicated simple changes could make a difference to health |
1. Who had a fight with the woman?
| A．Boris. | B．Iris’ mother. | C．Boris’ mother. |
| A．They didn’t have similar jobs. |
| B．They didn’t care for each other. |
| C．They had different requirements for food. |
6 . Friday night meant a family dinner for me at home. There would be discussions and laughter. Even so, I
Preparations for the dinner would begin
Years later, my father passed away, and then my mother insisted on going to live in a care home. I seemed to be totally
That’s why I accepted
| A．remembered | B．chose | C．enjoyed | D．hated |
| A．early | B．late | C．already | D．again |
| A．kill | B．get | C．add | D．count |
| A．natural | B．formal | C．dull | D．creative |
| A．tradition | B．comfort | C．upset | D．course |
| A．elected | B．turned | C．dressed | D．set |
| A．point | B．dishes | C．food | D．forks |
| A．freed | B．protected | C．recovered | D．discouraged |
| A．lost | B．happy | C．curious | D．nervous |
| A．served | B．stirred | C．made | D．poured |
| A．fortunes | B．efforts | C．circles | D．noises |
| A．immediately | B．generally | C．widely | D．regretfully |
| A．throw away | B．go over | C．put away | D．take over |
| A．controlled | B．forgotten | C．admitted | D．learned |
| A．exist | B．improve | C．disappear | D．continue |
7 . A Georgia mom is winning praise for the way she’s teaching her children, aged 13,10 and 6, about money.
Shaketha MeGregor, a single mother in Dublin, Georgia, knew she needed a solution after frequent requests from her three kids for things like new toys and money to do things with their friends.
She came up with the unique idea to host a “job fair(就业展览会)”for her three children, Jahkeem, in seventh grade, Takeia, in fifth grade, and Serinity, in first grade. The three positions at the job fair were the kitchen manager, lead housekeeper and laundry supervisor(洗衣房主管).Children had to earn their pocket money by doing a job.
Jahkeem, Takeia and Serinity each picked the job they wanted to apply for, filled out the application and had interviews with their employer-their mom.
“My oldest and my youngest both applied for the lead housekeeper,” McGregor said.“ As to my 6-year-old daughter Serinity, I was more impressed with her application and her interview than my 13-year-old son Jahkeem.”
”I want them to be familiar with the process when they are older,“ she said. ”Whether they’re applying to a school or for a new job. they can look back and say, “I did this with Mom years ago.” As a parent you want to protect your children as much as possible, but you know that eventually they’ll have to experience it on their own and a child’s greatest lesson in life is going through the process.
MeGregor’s post on Facebook where she shared her job fair idea now has more than 200,000 likes. She said she hoped it inspired other parents to think outside of the box and let their kids’ voices be heard.“ What I’m realizing is that kids just want to be part of something. The first-hand experience is the best way to educate children,” McGregor said.
1. What do you know about McGregor’s solution?| A．It is creative. | B．It’s uninteresting |
| C．It is strange. | D．It’s traditional. |
| A．By doing housework. | B．By behaving well. |
| C．By getting good marks. | D．By listening to McGregor. |
| A．Serinity was awarded a new toy. |
| B．Serinity got the position as a kitchen manager. |
| C．Takeia became the lead housekeeper at the fair. |
| D．Jahkeen didn’t get the job he had applied for. |
| A．Children should always listen to their parents views. |
| B．Parents should pay their children for anything. |
| C．MeGregor’s post is well received online. |
| D．MeGregor’s idea is suitable for all families. |
I was turning ten in the summer of 1959. On a warm evening while at the dinner table, my mother announced we were taking a trip to Niagara Falls when summer vacation started so that we could celebrate my birthday there.
It all sounded incredibly good until Mom said we would be driving to Canada. As usual, my father would do all the driving while my mother managed the directions.
I looked over at my sister,Marlene,who was three years younger than me and rolled my eyes. She giggled and did the same. It wasn’t that I didn’t like car rides - but my Dad usually took a wrong turn along the way and Mom would complain. “You were supposed to turn right according to the map like I told you, but you made a left.” My Dad would get annoyed and growl. My mother would end the conversation with “I can’t believe we’re arguing over this.” Later, they’d apologize and make up until the next wrong turn.
Driving in the car also meant I’d share the back seat with my sister, which was not part of what I considered a pleasant journey.
“Hey, can we take a plane there instead?” I asked between mouthfuls of hamburger and Frenchfries. Sometimes, when Dad had a day off from work, we would drive out to Idlewild Airport to watch the planes take off and land. I always hoped one day Pd get to sit in my own seat on one of those planes. It would be cool to get high up and then stick my head out a window. Windows on planes do open, don’t they?
“Sorry honey, maybe next time,” my mother replied as she and my father exchanged glances. I turned to my sister, hoping she’d say she wanted to get on a plane, but she stuck her tongue out at me and giggled.
Didn’t they get it? I was in desperate need of a plane ride, and I needed something cool to talk about with my friends when we got home. “Sitting in the back seat of the car sucks,” I blurted out.
“Jay!” My mother shouted. “Watch your mouth!”
“Ok, sorry, but I really wanted to go by plane.”
“This conversation’s over.” My father growled. “If you’re finished eating, go to your room.”
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We left two days later on Saturday morning in our car.
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l was told to wait until we checked in our bags at the airport.
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1. What is Stan doing at first?
| A．Making his bed. | B．Playing video games. | C．Doing his schoolwork. |
| A．Change his clothes. | B．Brush his teeth. | C．Take a bath. |
| A．At 10:10 p.m. | B．At 10:00 p.m. | C．Around 9:00 p.m. |
A New Addition to the Family
For the initial ten years of his life, Victor was the prince of the household. As he was an only child, his parents petted him and showered all their love and attention on him. Whatever toys his parents bought, they were always meant for him. Whatever food was in the refrigerator, there was no one to compete with him to polish it off first. Victor could leave his toys or books around the house with complete ease of mind, knowing that there was no one who would get their hands on his belongings and cause any damage.
However, all that was to change overnight when Victor’s parents brought back his new baby sister, Lina, from the hospital. With her rosy cheeks, wide open eyes and angelic smile, Lina caught the hearts of her parents, grandparents and relatives. Everyone focused their attention on the cute bunch of joy. Whenever she cried, her mother or father would rush to her bed. She simply cried because she wanted to be carried. There was little time left for Victor.
Now that Victor’s mother had his baby sister to take care of, she expected Victor himself to do most of the chores he can do. Victor was asked to clean his own room, iron his own school uniform and clean his own shoes. Before Lina’s arrival, he had never lifted a finger to help out with these tasks. The whole family also went out less because it was unhealthy to expose Lina to the bacteria(细菌) being in the outside world too often.
Victor felt neglected by his parents. He felt that they loved Lina more than him. As a result, he tried to attract his parents’ attention by becoming resistant. One evening, Victor’s parents were called up by his teacher because Victor had got into a fight at school. His teacher had noticed Victor’s behaviour and work attitude changing downwards in the past two months. Before that, he had been a model student.
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Upon hearing the teacher’s feedback, Victor’s parents got lost in thought.
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