How do you feel about being friends with your parents? What do you think of the relationship with your parents? A new survey can tell us about this.
| China | US | Japan | South Korea |
Kids often talk to their parents | 57.7% | 81.0% | 81.7% | 79.0% |
Kids think their parents understand them | 80.6% | 86.8% | 89.0% | 93.3% |
Kids have arguments(争执) with their parents | 82.1% | 75.6% | 72.0% | 75.0% |
Kids have the most arguments with their parents because of... | Schoolwork (55.8%) | Chores(家务) (20.0%) | Schoolwork(43.4%) | Schoolwork (44.7%) |
1.Kids and parents mainly argue about _____ in South Korea.
A.chores B.schoolwork C.use of the Internet
2.Which country has the worst relationship between kids and parents?
A.South Korea. B.The US. C.China.
3.Which is NOT true according to the survey?
A.Schoolwork is the common reason for the arguments between Asian parents and kids.
B.American kids like talking with their parents more than Japanese kids do.
C.Chinese parents should spend more time talking with their kids.
Come and have fun on Baxi Island
Activity: walking, camping, riding bikes, having a picnic
Address: across from Pingtang Bus Station
Parking lot: 10 yuan for a car
Ticket: free
Besides Orange Island and Moon Island, you have another nice choice for a trip in Changsha.
1.If George drives a car to Baxi Island with two friends, he will pay _________.
A.30 yuan for the parking
B.10 yuan for the tickets
C.nothing for the tickets
2.You CAN’T _____________on Baxi Island.
A.take a walk B.go camping C.ride horses
One day, an old carpenter(木匠) was ready to leave. He told his boss about his plans to live a more _________ life. He would miss the salary (薪水), but he needed to rest from work.
The boss was sorry to see his worker go and asked if he could build just one more _________ .The carpenter said yes, but it was easy to see that his _________ was not in his work at all. He did his work in a careless way. It was a bad way to _________ his lifelong work. When the carpenter finished his work, the boss handed the front-door key to him. “This is _________ house,” he said, “my gift to you.”
What a _________ ! If he knew that he would build his own house, he would do it _________ . Now he had to live in a poorly-built home. This wasn’t what he thought before.
It’s the same for all of us, too. We live our lives in a distracted(不经心的) way, keeping alive(活着) but not living. At important times, we do not put our _________ into what we do. Then we look at the house we have created and find that we are now living in the house we have built for ourselves. If we knew what was happening earlier, we would do things in a different way.
Think of yourself as the _________ . Think about your house. Each day, you do some little things for your house. Build it __________ . It is the only life you will ever have. Even if you live it for only one day more, that day needs to be gracious(优雅的) and with dignity (尊严).
1.A.hard-working B.difficult C.relaxing
2.A.house B.boat C.room
3.A.head B.body C.heart
4.A.end B.start C.find
5.A.my B.our C.your
6.A.surprise B.wish C.talent
7.A.differently B.quickly C.comfortably
8.A.worst B.best C.least
9.A.boss B.writer C.carpenter
10.A.cheaply B.wisely C.slowly
The little baby cried when she woke up, because she didn’t know ________ .
A.where she is B.where was she C.where she was
Some teachers never get ________ although sometimes the job is ________ .
A.bored; boring B.bore; boring C.boring; bored
She ________ a trip to Paris when the school year ________ .
A.takes; ends
B.is going to take; ends
C.is going to take, is going to end
