Moms take care of their children's life and dads bring home food and make the family rules. These are the roles moms and dads fall into when they become parents and it's common among all cultures. But times change and parents' roles seem to be changing, too. More women are bringing home food by having full-time jobs and men are taking care of their children at home.

The Chinese TV show Where are we going, Dad? provides a closer look at the changing roles of dads in modern family life. The show follows the adventures(冒险经历) of five celebrity(名人) dads who take trips with their young children (aged 4 to 6) and try to complete a set of tasks. It shows how young dads are trying hard to find the best way to raise their children and keep a closer relationship with them. Young dads no longer want to be cold.

Psychologists(心理学家)say that a strong fatherly influence(影响) is important in a child's development. Fathers teach their children skills and encourage them to try new things. They also give them a sense of safety. A child learns that if something goes wrong, he or she can depend on his or her dad to help fix it. The psychologists also say that without a dad, a child is more possible to drop out of school and get into trouble.

A mother's love is important, and so is a father's love. Chen Mo, a psychology professor says, “It takes both parents to raise a child. Children have different needs at different ages and this needs to be considered by both parents.”

1.What are the common roles of moms and dads in all cultures?

A. Moms take care of their children and dads bring home food and make the family rules.

B. Moms bring home food by having full-time jobs and dads take care of their children at home.

C. Both parents take care of their children at home.

D. Both parents go out to work, while grandparents take care of their children at home.

2.What are the young dads trying to do in the show?

A. They are trying hard to find the best way to raise their children and keep a closer relationship with them.

B. They are trying to complete a set of tasks with their kids. They are also trying hard to find the best way to raise their children and keep a closer relationship with them.

C. They are trying to make more money.

D. They are trying to be cold to their kids.

3.Why is a strong fatherly influence important in a child's development?

A. Because fathers teach their children skills and encourage them to try new things. They also give them a sense of safety.

B. Because if something goes wrong, a child can depend on his or her dad to help fix it.

C. Because with a dad, a child can do better in schoolwork.

D. Because without a dad, a child is more possible to drop out of school and get into trouble.

4.What is a child more possible to do without a dad?

A. Stay out late.

B. Get into trouble and do badly in schoolwork.

C. Drop out of school.

D. Drop out of school and get into trouble.

5.Why does it take both parents to raise a child?

A. Because a child feels safer with both parents.

B. Because a child feels happier with both parents.

C. Because both parents need to consider that children have different needs at different ages.

D. Because it is the father's and the mother's duty to raise a child.

One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas. The father said, “Look!There's a horseshoe. Pick it up and put it in your bag.” Thomas said, “It isn't worth the trouble.” His father said nothing but he picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the few pennies he bought some cherries(樱桃).

The father and the son went on. The sun was well up in the sky, and there wasn't a house or even a tree where they could have a rest. Thomas felt too thirsty to walk on. At this time, his father dropped a cherry on the ground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it. After a while, his father dropped another cherry and once again, his son lost no time in picking it up and putting it in his mouth.

And so they went on. The old farmer dropped the cherries and the son picked them up. When Thomas had eaten up all the cherries, his father said to him, “My dear son, if you had bent(弯腰) down early to pick up that horseshoe, it would not have been necessary for you to bend so many times for the cherries. Always remember that he who does not worry about the little things will find that he cannot do the great things.”

1.Who picked up the horseshoe at last?

A. The son. B. The father.

C. Both the father and the son. D. Neither the father nor the son.

2.When the son refused to pick up the horseshoe, the father ________.

A. beat the son B. said nothing

C. felt very happy D. became very angry

3.The farmer bought ________ with the money after he sold the horseshoe.

A. some bread B. some water C. some cherries D. some pennies

4.The father dropped the cherries one by one, because ________.

A. he wanted to teach his son a lesson

B. he wanted his son to do more exercise

C. he wanted his son to eat them all

D. he wanted to laugh at his son

5.From the story, we can learn that ________.

A. cherries are so delicious that most of us like to eat them

B. a horseshoe is so expensive that it can bring us a lot of money

C. if we want to eat cherries, we must pick up a horseshoe

D. if we don't worry about the little things, we cannot do the great things

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