What homework did you do in the winter holiday? Now homework is not simply about exercises. It can be researches, experiments and even work experiences. Take a look at some students' special homework.

Studying snacks

One day, Wang Yang, from Shanghai Oriental School, was doing his biology homework. His teacher asked them to research the nutrients of different snacks. He bought 10 kinds of snacks. Then he checked their ingredient (成分) lists one by one and wrote down the amount of sugar, fat and so on, in each. ''We are told it is not good to eat too many snacks. They have high calories (卡路里). But we always pay no attention to it," he said. After analyzing (分析) each snack's ingredients, he realized it was true.

Wang Yang spent three days on the homework. But he said it was interesting. "I learned a lot. I collected the data (数据), created forms and wrote the report by myself."

Physics in real life

With some plasticine (橡皮泥), steel balls, a ping-pong ball, could you make a tumbler (不倒翁)? This is the physics homework of Huang Jiali, 14, of Shanghai 54 Middle School.

Huang first cut the ping pong ball in half. Then she put the plasticine and steel balls into one of them. The bottom of the tumbler was made. Finally, she also used the paper to make the "hat". "Next term, we will learn about the center of gravity (重心). This homework made me more curious about it," she said.

Learning on the job

While Wang and Huang did their homework at home, Ding Ling, 15, of No. 5 Middle School, had to go outside. She worked as a guide in the local museum. ''Everyone at our school has to take part in volunteering or other activities," she said.

Ding was a guide in the gallery (展馆) of coins. She got brochures (小册子) from the museum. In order to make the introduction more vividly, she still did research and added more information to her introduction. She worked three hours a day and had no time to take a break. But she felt it was a meaningful experience, "I learned how to do some research, and my communication skills are also improved." she said.

1.How many students' homework was displayed by the writer?

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2.What does homework mean according to this passage?

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3.What does "it" mean in the underlined sentence "He realized it was true"?

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4.What material did Huang Jiali use to make a tumbler?

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5.How did Ding Lin make her working experience more meaningful?

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6.How do you like these special homework? Why? (Choose one of them to express your own opinion)

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Daisy is a teenager and she set up her own company in 2015. At that time, she was only 14. Her company could earn 1.3 million dollars a year with the invention of a kind of super sweet. It could save kids’ teeth instead of destroying them.

It all began when Daisy went to a bank with her dad in 2012. At that time, a clerk in the bank gave her some sweets. However, her dad warned her that the sweets were bad for her teeth. But Daisy didn’t want to miss the sweets. She said, “Why can’t I make some healthy sweets? They are good for my teeth so that my parents can’t say no to them.” With that in mind, Daisy asked her dad if she could start her own company. With her dad’s permission(允许), she spent the following three years realizing her dream.

Though her dad helped, it was believed that Daisy’s success came from her hard work. She talked to dentists about what a healthier sweet would contain and learned more about teeth cleaning. She spent many hours a day researching online and making experiments to get a recipe(配方) that was tasty and did no harm to the teeth. Therefore, she succeeded in making a kind of sweet only using natural materials and it can reduce bacteria(细菌) in kid's mouths. Daisy and her father had a business meeting with a supermarket owner. He finally agreed to sell the sweets.

As the sweet’s success grew, Daisy became famous. She kept her interest in the sweet she created. She was also positive about what the future might bring. She hoped that every kid could have a clean mouth and a sweet smile.

With her parents’ help, Daisy was generally able to live a normal teenage life. Although she started her business early in life, she didn’t just want to make money. Daisy wanted to do what she could to help others find their smiles. She was generous enough to donate nearly half of the money she earned every year to an organization called Big Smiles.

With her wisdom and effort, it seems that anything could be possible.

1.Daisy set up her own company when she was ________.

A.twelve B.thirteen C.fourteen D.fifteen

2.The underlined word that in paragraph 2 refers to the idea of________.

A.arguing with her dad in the bank B.making some healthy sweets

C.asking the clerk for more sweets D.saying no to all kinds of sweets

3.Paragraph 3 mainly tells us ________.

A.where Daisy sold her sweets

B.what some dentists did for Daisy

C.how Daisy’s parents helped her

D.how hard Daisy worked on making sweets

4.According to Daisy, she expected ________ from her business.

A.to earn more money B.to beat other companies

C.to make herself a good dentist D.to help others find smiles

5.The underlined word donate in paragraph 5 most probably means ________.

A.give B.raise C.receive D.cancel

6.The best title for the passage is “ ________ ” .

A.How to get on well with parents B.Tips for teenagers to start business

C.Daisy and the super sweets D.The importance of keeping smiles

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