| A．By helping him with the dishes. |
| B．By reducing his family responsibilities. |
| C．By changing what he has to do each day. |
2 . You spend a lot of time at home, so your furniture and other home decoration play a big role in how you feel.
How the furniture in your room is laid out is one of the most important factors affecting your mood. When shopping for a new home, many people focus on picking out paint colors.
If you plan to entertain a lot of guests in your living room, you will want to plan for seating that encourages conversation. A line of chairs or couches against one wall won’t offer the chance for your guests to talk with each other.
When choosing furniture for your room, keep in mind the size of the room as well as the ceiling height.
| A．They seldom consider a room’s layout. |
| B．You should bring nature to your home. |
| C．Furniture needs to fit the size of the room. |
| D．A room’s layout of furniture can affect your mood. |
| E．Decorate your room with special scenes for your children. |
| F．Color and seating are important factors in home decoration. |
| G．Instead, choosing a small group of chairs or a 1arge sofa will be better. |
One morning in the autumn when I was nine, Mom asked me to do some yard work with her. She had grown some potatoes in our yard that spring. It was time to harvest (收获). She wanted me to help her dig the potatoes. “Do I have to?” I said unhappily.
“Yes，you do,” Mom gave an answer. Then she added, “Change your attitude and it'll be easier.” “That's what you think,” I thought to myself. I sat on the sofa watch TV. Soon Mom wouldn't wait any longer and ordered me to follow her.
Worried that she'd be angry, I walked slowly out. I was unwillingly to move my feet—almost as though there were magnets (磁铁) fixed to them and the ground was metal. Or it felt like my socks were filled with wet sand. Or maybe my feet just stuck to the ground.
Following Mom's instructions, I picked up a shovel and started to work. I needed to be careful when digging up potatoes, otherwise I would damage them. The damaged potatoes would easily rot (腐烂). I pushed the shovel into the earth slowly and lifted the earth onto one side. When that was done, potatoes came out. Then I had to use my hands to free the potatoes from below. After that I placed them into a basket. It was really dirty and boring.
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I was about to give up the work when Mom's words came to my mind.
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When I was eight years old, my seven—year—old cousin, Juliana, got sick. My brother and I were in the family room watching television when my mom came in to tell us the bad news. I wasn’t really sure what a heart operation meant, but I could tell it wasn’t a good thing. Juliana’s family was on a tight budget (预算), so was mine. My parents’ faces were full of worry and tears, and that was enough to make me cry, too.
When we went to see Juliana in the hospital, she was lying in bed,and she had tubes (管子) and other things hooked to her. It was confusing and scary.
The treatments continued, but Juliana was weaker and weaker. Every time I visited her, it was hard for me to believe her change. She seemed to lose all her strength and her lovely face turned pale. She lost a lot of weight even though she had proper food. As a child, I really couldn’t understand what the doctors were doing to her—it seemed like they were making her feel worse not better.
Seeing my cousin in so much pain made me feel like my own heart was aching. Something needed to be done. I knew I wanted to help her get better faster, but at eight years old, I wasn’t sure how I could make a difference—I just knew I had to do something to help her.
One night after we visited Juliana, all the way home I couldn’t stop thinking about her. A hospital can be a very scary, cold place. I imagined how lonely Juliana must have felt lying there during the night.
When we got home, I sat down at our kitchen table. I always liked writing stories and drawing pictures, and I started working at it like I had done so many other nights. But this night was different—I was thinking about Juliana. I thought, “Juliana is going to receive rehabilitation training (康复训练) but money is tight. What if I can sell my drawings? Then I can raise money to help her get well faster.”
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When I told my parents, they thought it was a wonderful idea, but then we came up with an even better one.
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________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________5 . I recently heard a wonderful new parenting phrase that I guess is going to become a regular addition to my vocabulary. The phrase is "benign neglect", and it refers to leaving one's children free to make their own decisions, control their own time, and generally act like adults.
Jeni Marinucci, who first introduced me to this phrase, described how she treats her children almost as if they were hearty houseplants: "They should be watered plentifully and you should ensure they get plenty of sunshine. But otherwise, just let them be." From a young age, her children have been making their own hair and other appointments （after she showed them how to do it）. Similarly, their time is their own to use as they wish. On a lazy Saturday, it's up to them to figure out a ride to the movies and how to make breakfast and lunch for themselves.
The "benign neglect approach" may sound unacceptable to some readers. Indeed, one commenter on Marinucci's article accused her of failing to raise her children at all, which seems a bit uncomfortable. It's true that her approach would not work for everyone, but at the very least she recognizes what so many parents these days fail to acknowledge—that our beloved children will spend a far greater percentage of their lives as adults than they will as children, so we parents forget a basic requirement of our job if we fail to prepare them for that independence.
"Benign neglect" pays attention to the parental side of parenting, and does not focus entirely on the children. However, miracles will only happen if I hand over responsibilities to my growing children. It's like the old proverb: Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.
1. What is the first paragraph mainly about?| A．Making decisions. | B．Controlling one's time. |
| C．A new parenting phrase. | D．The author's vocabulary. |
| A．By giving examples. | B．By analyzing the data. |
| C．By giving a statement. | D．By making comparisons. |
| A．Give them a good education. | B．Instruct them to be independent. |
| C．Meet their reasonable demands. | D．Love them unconditionally. |
| A．Unclear. | B．Intolerant. |
| C．Doubtful. | D．Favorable. |
In the not-too-distant future, we will be living in smart homes, which will lock the door and switch off the TV
Your home will get everything ready according to your daily routine and
Jack had waited all autumn, winter and spring for the opening day of the fishing season. Fishing was his favorite sport, and he was ready to go. His fishing pole stood by the door. He had tied a brand-new red-and-white lure (诱饵)to a three-pronged hook(三叉钩). He was going to catch the biggest fish ever in the small river by his house. However, Mom said he had housework to do.
“Jack, if you want to go fishing, you need to clean your room first," Mom said. Jack hung his head, rushed to his room, and threw himself onto his bed. Jack picked up two wrinkled (起皱的)shirts off the floor and threw them into his closet. Then he hurriedly pulled the bedspread (床罩) up over his pillow. Cleaning his bedroom didn't seem as important as not being late for the opening day of the fishing season.
Jack listened carefully to make sure where Mom was in the house. If she was in the kitchen,she might stop him to make sure he had done a good cleaning job. But if she was in the laundry room he could make a quick getaway. After several minutes, the washing machine bell finally made Mom go to the laundry room.
Jack rushed to the door, with his fishing pole on his shoulder. He paused for a moment to close the door as quietly as possible, and then ran across the field. He had escaped without being caught. Maybe Mom didn't even notice his room wasn't really clean. Taking a deep breath, Jack threw the tip of his pole back behind his shoulder and threw it forward, allowing the line to move off the wheel. He listened to the soft splash (溅泼声) of the lure as it entered the fresh, cold water in his favorite fishing hole. I was just as fun as he remembered. Soon he totally forgot his bedroom, Mom or anything else.
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Jack enjoyed watching his lure dance in the water.
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Jack began to head back home.
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