Question

阅读下面两封信并回答问题。

Letter A

Young people are always told that they should make the most of their time, that they will never be as free again. So, my question is — why fill up all this free time with housework？Parents expect their children to get good grades, be good at sports, and be popular with other kids.

However，there is not enough time in the day to do these things and then do housework as well. It's not fair to expect teenagers to give up their precious time to do boring housework. Parents and children both have jobs. Parents' jobs are in the work-place. Their children's jobs are at school.

The only difference is that parents get paid and children don't. Parents say that they make their kids do housework to teach them responsibility. But this is just a trick. Parents trick their kids into doing housework because they are lazy.

Yours,

Overloaded

Letter B

Both parents and children have jobs. The parents’ job is to go to work to earn money. The children’ s job is to go to school. But we all get hungry. Someone has to cook the meals and clean up afterward. We all wear clothes that get dirty. Someone has to wash them, iron them, and put them away. Children work from 9 until 4. Parents work from 8 until 6. Sure, after 4 o'clock, children have homework. But after 6, parents have homework too. They have to do the shopping, go to the bank, pay the bills, and help their kids with their own homework!

I think it's only fair that teenagers help out a bit at home. They might not like it, but it's good for them．It teaches them how to look after themselves．This is really useful when they leave home to go to college or to live on their own.

1.Who most probably wrote Letter B，a parent or a child?

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2.Why does Letter B say it’s good for teenagers to help out a bit at home?

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3.The two letters agree that parents and children both have jobs，don’t they?

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4.Do you agree that children should do housework at home? Why or Why not?

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Answer

1.A parent

2.（Because the writer thinks）it teaches children how to look after themselves．

3.Yes, they do.

4.Yes,I do. Because it is good for them.

【解析】这篇短文里是两封信，围绕孩子是否应该帮助家长做家务展开的，A封信是站在孩子的立场，阐述了孩子们为什么不能帮助家长做家务；B封信是站在家长的角度阐述了孩子们为什么应该帮助家长做家务。

1.根据第二封信的内容可知，这封信中提到家长和孩子都是有工作做的，孩子们要上学，而家长们也要上班，还要做很多的家务。而且文章的作者建议孩子青少年们帮助父母在家里做一些家务活。由此可知，这封信是站在家长的角度上写的，故这个题的答案应该是A parent，家长。

2.根据B这封信中第二段It teaches them how to look after themselves可知，作者建议青少年们帮助家长在家里做一些家务，这可以教会他们如何照顾他们自己。由此可知答案。

3.在A这封信中有这句话Parents and children both have jobs，家长和孩子都有工作；在B这封信中Both parents and children have jobs也有，因此这个问题的答案是肯定的。

4.这个问题是开放性的，同学们可以根据自己的实际情况作答。同意孩子们帮助家长做家务的，原因可能是做家务对于孩子自己是有好处的。如果不同意的话，理由可以是没有时间等。

点睛：这篇短文里是两封信，A封信是站在孩子的立场，阐述了孩子们为什么不能帮助家长做家务；B封信是站在家长的角度阐述了孩子们为什么应该帮助家长做家务。这四个问题中，第1小题较难，我们要仔细阅读B封信里的句子，从Someone has to cook the meals and clean up afterward. We all wear clothes that get dirty. Someone has to wash them, iron them, and put them away. Children work from 9 until 4. Parents work from 8 until 6. Sure, after 4 o'clock, children have homework. But after 6, parents have homework too. They have to do the shopping, go to the bank, pay the bills, and help their kids with their own homework!这几句话我们可以看出，文章的作者是站在家长的角度阐述的，因此写这封信的人是家长。