1 . Do you do housework in your family? _________ you help your parents with the housework, do you _________ do it for pocket money, _________ do you see it as a way of helping your _________ parents?

According to a recent study of teenagers, many of them feel they have a duty to _________ their parents because it is fair, especially if their parents work.

There are, _________, a few teens who only do the housework because they are _________ to by their parents. They say that they should not be _________ to help out at home because in their opinion, their _________ years are a period which should be ____________ rather than disturbed with household responsibilities. Some ____________ say that they would rather pay someone else to do their housework. But housework isn’t really about housework; it’s about ____________ teenagers into helpful and responsible adults.

Housework offers teenagers an excellent ____________ to learn basic life skills. These skills will help them successfully live separately from their ____________ when that time comes. This ____________ also adds to their sense of responsibility and confidence. Besides, housework helps teens to ____________ to be responsible roommates, the first step in being responsible and helpful community (社区) members. It can ____________ help them develop self-discipline (自律) and order, which are necessary for successful employment.

In all, teenagers should ____________ housework and will get ____________ from it, whether that means helping them develop their sense of ____________, or building up their self-confidence or developing healthy family relationships with their parents.

2 . I’ve dragged a stool (凳子) outside and sat my daughter Sally on it. She’s sitting high with her eyes closed, skin wet from the shower, and her _______ hair behind her back.

Today, I’m sending Sally away for a week of summer camp. This was all my _______. She’s nearly 12, and I notice that I’m with my child nearly 24 hours a day. So Sally has become increasingly _______ on my presence. What _______ me most is that she has become a “mini-me”. She pursues my hobbies, my dreams, and my opinions. And that’s _______ I pulled her to the summer wilderness camp.

After we eat, I _______ Sally to the camp. Once there, we are introduced to Sally’s fellow campers. Sally stands by the group of children, holding my hand, _______ in her eyes. “I need you for a few more minutes,” she tells me, holding my hand _______. The camp’s officer comes over to help her meet a few kids. I kiss on her cheek and then I disappear _______ she realizes I’m gone.

It’s not until I drive home that I finally ________ it. A piece of my ________ has been taken from my body. I begin to shake. The tears ________ down my face. It takes every bit of my ________ to keep driving forward. I calm down and ________ myself why I chose this path. I want Sally to have a ________ to find herself out of my ________. I don’t want to see only ________ in my child. I want to learn who she is. If I don’t set her free, I fear I’ll never really meet her real ________.

After 12 years of ________ being together, I want to finally meet my daughter for the ________ time.