“Give it back to me!” Zhu Han shouted at his mum angrily. She had just grabbed(抓取) his cell phone, saying that he should stop playing and go to sleep.
“I told her it was 9 o’clock and I’d finished my homework, but she didn’t listen,” said the 15-year-old boy. “I really couldn’t understand her!”
Do you sometimes feel the same way? A China Youth Daily report said that, according to a survey on 1,500 students, 61% of the students said they felt they weren’t able to communicate(交流) with their parents. Besides, 37% of them said they never shared their worries with their parents.
One of the most important reasons is that students and parents don’t have much common ground(共同点). The different ages always lead to different interests.
Peng Yu, a psychological professor(心理学教授) pointed out another reason. He said when entering puberty(青春期), teenagers begin to have their own thoughts(思想) and want their parents to treat them like adults(成人). But parents don’t follow the change.
He suggested that children should first understand that their parents do everything out of love. “With this in mind, students should try to talk with their parents calmly and often enough,” he said.
Huang Xinlin, 14, agreed with the advice. She talks with her mum during supper every day and she also helps do the housework. “We talk about everything and even make jokes while sharing housework,” Huang said happily. “We are like friends.”
A quarrel(争吵) between a son and his mother | Zhu Han quarreled with his mother on whether he should play 1. his cell phone. |
The common problem between teens and parents | A survey showed that 61% of students felt themselves unable to communicate with 2.. 37% of students said they never shared 3. with parents. |
4. for the problem | Students and parents have5.common ground. The different ages lead to different 6.. When teenagers enter puberty, they have their 7.thoughts and want to be treated like adults. But parents don’t follow the changes. |
Advice from a professor and a student | Children should keep understanding in 8.. And they should talk to parents in a 9. way often enough. A 14-year-old student agrees and says she also 10.housework with parents. |
1.There are ______ (hundred) of birds in the sky.
2.---Why do you all like Tom? ---Because he is kind and ________. (help)
3.---Where is Jack? --- He is fixing his ________bicycle. (break)
4.______ (lucky),when he was five years old, his mother died.
5.The ________ from Russia are visiting the Palace Museum now. (visit)
6.I like your _____ (knife), they look very beautiful.
7.Why not _________ (play) foot ball with us?
8.What about ___________ (order) a pizza?
9.My bedroom is very large. The area is twenty square ________ (metre).
10.Miss Li is______ (worry) about what to wear to a party.
1.We will celebrate our father’s ________(四十) birthday in the dining room tomorrow.
2.---There is something wrong with my computer.
---Oh, you can call the _______(社区) centre for help.
3.There are a few _______ (学院) in our city.
4.---How many washing _______/mə＇ʃi: nz/ are there in your house？---Only one.
5.---Do you have any ________(难题) with your new job? ---No. I can do it well.
One day an American called Simon went to London to visit his friend, Rick. Rick told him that his flat was on the first floor. When he arrived, Simon went straight to the first floor of the building. But he was told that there was no Rick on that floor. Do you know why?
In fact, the British call the first floor of a building the ground floor. The floor above the ground floor is the first floor, while Americans would call it the second floor.
The story shows that there are a few culture differences between Britain and America, though the British and Americans both speak English.
The British usually hide their feelings. They seldom start a conversation with strangers. For example, on the train the British often spend their time reading newspapers or books. But Americans are quite different. They’re more active and easier to talk with.
The British and Americans may use different terms for many things. The British usually use “football”, “eraser” and “mail” while Americans prefer to use “soccer”, “rubber” and “post”.
1.Which picture shows us where Rick’s flat was?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
2.According to the passage, the British usually spend their time _______ on the train.
A. playing cards B. talking C. doing some reading D. singing and dancing
3.What does the underlined word “term” mean in Chinese in the passage?
A. 成果 B. 学期 C. 会议 D. 用语
4.What’s the best title for the passage?
A. Differences in culture B. Simon’s funny story
C. Information abroad D. Hiding the feeling
There are lots of animals on the earth. What is the biggest animal of all? The whale (鲸) is. A blue whale weighs more than a hundred tons(吨). Whales live in the sea, but they are not fish. They are mammals(哺乳动物) and must have air to breathe(呼吸). The babies drink milk from the mother’s body. Every spring, groups of whales swim hundreds of kilometers to warm places.
Each group goes to the same place every year. The mothers take very good care of their babies. Whales are a gentle kind of giant(温顺的庞然大物). They always live together and help each other. They “talk” to each other in the water with high noise that sounds like singing.
Yet people kill over a hundred whales a day. They kill them to make many things. The whale dies very slowly an in great pain(疼痛). Some ships kill every whale they can find, even mother whales and babies. If things go on like this, there will be no young whales growing up and no mother whales having more young whales (产下幼仔).
1.________ are the biggest animals on the earth.
A. Elephants B. Lions C. Whales D. I don’t know
2.When whales “talk”, it sounds like ________.
A. crying B. calling C. shouting D. singing
3.Some people kill ________.
A. the mother whales B. the baby whales
C. the old whales D. A, B and C
Most people want to work, but it has become more difficult in today’s world to find work for everybody. The economics(经济) of the world need to grow by 4% each year just to keep the old number of jobs for people. Often it is not possible(可能的) and so more and more people are without work. Some people have no jobs now because new machines can do the work of many people in shorter time.
Also, machines do not ask for more money and longer holidays. In all of the countries of the world, machines are taking work from people, not only in factories but also on the farms. One machine often can do the work of forty people. About 75,000 people are moving to the cities a day to look for jobs, but only 70% of them can find jobs.
1.If the economics(经济) of the world grow by 4% each year, ________.
A. people will have no jobs
B. 4% of the people will have jobs too
C. people can have the same number of jobs as before
D. 96% of the people will have jobs.
2.One machine can do as much work as ________.
A. 40 people B. 75,000 people
C. 70% of the people D. 96% of the people will have jobs
3.Which of the following is not true?
A. Most people want to have jobs.
B. Machines need more money and longer holiday.
C. Now more people are without jobs.
D. Machines are taking work from people not only in factories but also on farms.
