Question

Imagine this: your parents go away on business, but you have to stay at home alone. Would life be as easy as when your parents are around? Would it be a perfect holiday for you?

“I can fill an empty stomach with tomato and egg soup, but that's all. I think many of my classmates are the same. We wouldn't know what to do, or how to look after ourselves," said Zheng Chenyu. "And I'd forget something important. I'd probably watch television and burn the soup. "

“As soon as I leave home, I'll learn to cook. But now parents do almost everything for us. We’re very lazy, "she said.

Most teenagers have only time for their homework. They don't learn any life skills until they go to college.

However, Sima Yige doesn't think so.

“I think I'd be all right. I wouldn't just eat sandwiches or fruit. I know how to cook, some sim­ple dishes because my mum showed me," the 13 - year - old boy said. In his opinion, many teen­agers depend too much on their parents, and there is much more to learn than cooking, like "tidying up your room or even dressing yourself properly."

For most teenagers it wouldn't be a holiday at all.

1.Why would Zheng Chenyu probably burn the soup?

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2.When will Zheng Chenyu learn to cook?

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3.Translate the underlined sentence "They don't learn any life skills until they go to college. " in this passage.

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4.The underlined phrase "depend too much" on in the passage means __________ in Chinese.

5.Would life be as easy for teenagers living alone as when their parents are around?

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Answer

1.Because he can’t cook anything else.

2.As soon as he leaves home.

3.他们直到上大学才学会生活的技能。

4.过分依赖于

5.No, it won’t.

【解析】文章叙述了美国总统Tomas Jefferson在危难之时帮助别人的故事。

1.综合第一段可知他不会做其他的东西。

2.由原文第三段前两句“As soon as I leave home, I'll learn to cook.”得出答案。

3.not---until---- 直到---才-----。

4.too much 本意为“太多”, 在此为”太多依赖，过分的依赖”

5.Would引导的一般疑问句的答语。