1 . Family meetings help your relationship with your teenagers

One good way to build cooperation among everyone in a family is to have a regular family meeting. Getting into the habit of family meetings takes time. Making the meetings work takes effort    1    

Meet at a regular time. A regular time might be once a week. Plan to have the meeting last from twenty minutes to an hour.

Make a list of topics. Some people call this list of topics an agenda. Post it on the refrigerator. Then people can add to it during the days before the meeting    2    

    3    The leader reads the meeting list and keeps things on track. Still, letting each person in the family have a chance to lead is important. Younger children will need help to do this.

Take notes. Write down the agreements and plans made in the meeting. These written notes are the minutes. Take turns doing the job of note-taking    4    Some families put them on the refrigerator near the next meeting’s agenda. Ask teens and older children to read the notes to younger children who don’t read yet.

Do what you agree to do. Stick to agreements until the next meeting. If people want to change the agreements, they can do it then. Children, teenagers and parents are expected to do what agree to do,

Take time for fun.   Meetings are a good way to solve problems    5     To add fun to meetings, talk about good things. Thank each person for some help given during the week. Ask each person to do the same. Ask people to talk about what is good for them right now, This sets a positive tone. It also teaches your children to encourage other people and themselves.

A．Some people wonder if a family meeting is worth the effort

B．Here are some ideas to help you.

C．Find a place to post the notes so that everyone can read them.

D．This rule applies to parents as well as teens and younger children.

E．This helps you deal with the things that are important to each person in the family.

F．But that’s not all they are for.

G．Take turns being the leader.

2 . Bad things sometimes happen to you at school or with a friend. Then who would you like to talk to?     1     You may have a lot of helpful friends in your life. However, you will always have family there for you. Through good and bad times, your family always supports and loves you.

    2     David R. Wommack, a famous expert, thinks family is the tie that links us all so closely together and builds our characters, shared goals, respect and values. You just learn values like love, trust and tradition from your family.

Family is an important part of your everyday life. You can be yourself in front of your family members every day and they will accept you for who you are.     3     Even through difficult times, they will bring happiness into your life. Family is a tie that will last forever.

What are the ways that you can strengthen your family tie? You can make a family fun night each week.     4     This time together will strengthen your relationship for years to come. With a strong family tie, you can always turn to them for help and comfort.

Your family is a team. Do you remember when your family tried to help you deal with a challenge? Are there moments when your family tried to get you out of sadness?     5     You can try family dinners to improve your family tie.

A．Who do you turn to as well?

B．Friendship is a bridge that seems weak.

C．It can be a game night or a campfire night.

D．Who do you love most in your whole life?

E．It takes hard work to have a strong family tie.

F．Family helps you shape yourself and your life.

G．Your family will love you no matter what happens. .

3 . The pandemic has almost all of us spending more time than ever staring at screens. That’s true of children too—and not just as a replacement for playing with their friends in person.

Between remote (远程的) classrooms and virtual visits with family, there are plenty of reasons behind the increase screen time, according lo Dr. Jenny Radesky. “Kids’ time on screens has quickly increased—but it’s had to,” she said.

There are already signs that the increased screen time is harming the eyes of Canadian children.

One recent survey out of British Columbia found that 73 per cent of students that were studied reported having experienced at least one eye concern or condition since the pandemic began. Eye health experts think the pandemic will be harmful to child eye health where schools have closed and screen time has increased.

A study by University of British Columbia, based on data from before the pandemic, found that Grade 7 students who spent less than two hours a day on screens reported higher levels of life satisfaction, and that reduced screen time has something to do with lower levels of worry and disappointment.

Radesky said the key is not to put a hard limit on screen time, but to focus on more “problematic” screen- aided activities—those situations in which “media use is taking the place of .he other activities that kids usually love, or is becoming the only thing they want to do.”

She recommended that parents keep a close eye on what their children aw doing on their electronic devices (设备), and steer them away from apps that are trying to keep them addicted or track their data. “The biggest issue is... the way tech is designed is to keep us on longer, to get more clicks,” she said.

1. The author mentions the survey in British Columbia mainly to tell us that ________.

A．increased screen time does harm to children’s eyes

B．children are addicted to electronic devices

C．few children spend longer time on screens

D．closing schools leads to longer free time

2. What is screen time linked to according to paragraph 5?

A．Physical states.	B．Mental health.
C．Thinking ways.	D．Rest time management.

3. What should parents pay special attention to about their children according to Radesky?

A．What they do on screens.	B．The reason for their media use.
C．The lime they spend on screens.	D．How they use electronic devices.

4. What does the underlined word “steer” in the last paragraph probably mean?

A．Forgive.	B．Leave.
C．Escape.	D．Guide.