Question

I`m Mary. I liked doing chores when I was young. My mother started teaching us to cook when we were five or six because my father was at home for only two days a month, so my mother had to do everything. She had to grow rice, feed the dog and the children and cook for us. When we were five or six years old, we all began to help mum do the housework. My eldest sister Lora helped our mother reap the crops on the farm, my second eldest sister Daisy did the washing, and I cooked for the family. When my sister finished their work, they both came to help me. I can still remember the tears in my mother`s eyes when she saw the first dishes we cooked. When I was seven, I went to school. But I decided to come home every day and cook for the family because I know it`s my duty to share the housework with my mother.

Information Card

The time when Mary`s mother started teaching them to cook.	1
The reason why Mary`s mother had to do everything.	2
The person who helped their mother reap the crops on the farm.	3
The thing that Daisy did for the family	4
The thing that Mary decided to do after she went to school.	5

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

Answer

1.when they were five or six.

2.because her father was at home for only two days a month.

3.Mary`s eldest sister Lora.

4.did the washing

5.come home every day and cook for the family

【解析】本文讲述了玛丽和她的姐姐帮助母亲做家务。玛丽的大姐Lora帮助母亲在农场上收割庄稼，黛西洗衣服，玛丽放学回家后为家人做饭。

1.when they were five or six.

根据My mother started teaching us to cook when we were five or six可知当我们五六岁时，我的母亲开始教我们做饭，故此处为when they were five or six.

2.because her father was at home for only two days a month.

根据because my father was at home for only two days a month, so my mother had to do everything.可知因为我的父亲一个月只在家待两天，所以我的母亲不得不做好一切，故此处为because her father was at home for only two days a month.

3.Mary`s eldest sister Lora.

根据My eldest sister Lora helped our mother reap the crops on the farm,可知玛丽的大姐Lora帮助母亲在农场上收割庄稼，故此处为Mary`s eldest sister Lora.

4.did the washing

根据my second eldest sister Daisy did the washing,可知黛西洗衣服，故此处为did the washing。

5.come home every day and cook for the family

根据But I decided to come home every day and cook for the family because I know it`s my duty to share the housework with my mother.可知玛丽放学回家后为家人做饭。故此处为But I decided to come home every day and cook for the family because I know it`s my duty to share the housework with my mother.