Dear Amy,

I am sorry to hear that you don’t feel happy these days, because there are too many family rules at your home. In fact, there are also a lot of rules at my home and there are also lots of things I have to do. I can't go out on school nights, just like you. My father says I have to finish my homework first after getting home every school day. After dinner, I have to play the piano. I don't need to practice it on Tuesday and Friday nights. Because I must have dancing lessons on Tuesday and art lessons on Friday. It takes me an hour to practice playing it every time. After that, I have to spend twenty or thirty minutes reading a book. I have to go to bed before ten o'clock. I can't relax myself on weekends either. Because I have some extracurricular(课外的) classes, such as math and English. I can only go out with my friends on Saturday night, but I have to come back before a quarter to nine. But think about it, Amy. Parents make these rules to help us to be better. Maybe we will be more successful in the future because our parents are strict and we should be thankful to them. If you still feel bad, why not have a talk with either your mother or your father? I hope everything will be OK with you.

Yours,

Lisa

1.How long does it take Lisa to practice playing the piano every time?

A.Sixty minutes. B.Thirty minutes.

C.Three hundred minutes. D.Six hundred minutes.

2.What time does Lisa have to go home on Saturday nights?

A.After 22:15. B.Before 20:45.

C.After 21: 15. D.Before 21:45.

3.What does Lisa have to do on Tuesday nights?

A.She has to practice the piano. B.She has to have dancing lessons.

C.She has to do exercise. D.she has to take art lessons.

4.According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A.Amy doesn't feel happy because she fights with her best friends.

B.Lisa can do anything she likes every school day.

C.Lisa thinks her parents are too strict with her so she isn’t happy.

D.It takes Lisa twenty minutes or half an hour to read a book every night.

"Daddy, can I learn to play the violin? "young Sarah asks her father. She is always asking for things and her father is not happy. "You cost(花费)me a lot of money, Sarah." he says. "First you wanted to learn horse riding, then dancing, then swimming. Now it is violin." "I'll play it every day, Daddy, "Sarah says. "I'll try very hard." "All right, "her father says. "I'll pay(付钱)for you to have lessons for six weeks. At the end of six weeks you must play something for me. If you play well, you can have more lessons. If not, I will stop the lessons." "OK, Daddy." Sarah says.

Six weeks passes quickly. The time comes for Sarah show to her father. She goes to the living room and says, "I'm ready to play for you, Daddy." "Fine, Sarah, "her father says, "begin." She begins to play. She plays very badly. She makes a terrible noise. Her father has one of his friends with him, and his friend puts his hands over his ears.

When Sarah finishes, her father says, "Well done, Sarah. You can have more lessons." Sarah runs happily out of the room. Her father's friend turns to him. "You've spent(花费)a lot of money, but she still plays very badly, "he says. "Well, that's true, "her father says. "But since(自从)she started learning the violin I've bought(已经购买)five apartments in this building very cheaply. In another six weeks I'll buy the whole(整个)building."

1.What does Sarah want to learn?

2.Who pays the money for Sarah's lessons?

3.How long does Sarah have the lessons before showing to his father?

4.What does the father's friend think of Sarah's show?

5.Can Sarah continue(继续)the violin lessons?

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