13.
A.There are many ways for parents to deal with the problems.
B.The mess can disturb the whole household.
C.Parents are all angry at it.
D.Humor can help,too.
E.Parenting experts also recommend that parents first ask children in a nice way to clean up and agree on a reasonable time limit.
F.What doesn't work,parenting experts say,is constant lectures,verbal threats or getting very angry.
An 18-year-girl Kayla Perkins explains what is in her bedroom,"I throw something on the floor and I know right where it is."However,her parents,Steve and Deborah Perkins,of Mckinney,Texas,haven't caught on.Even Kayla admits that,at the worst,her room is a mess.
Most families at some point have at least one child whose room looks like a landfill. (67)BDirty clothes pile up; dirty dishes get lost in the mess and smell bad; homework is lost; and valuable things are ruined.
Some parents let it go,believing that a bedroom is private space for children to manage as they wish.Others lecture their children,offer rewards for cleaning,or punish them when they don't.(68)F
Mrs.Perkins says they picked up all the clothes on Kayla's floor and hid them.They cleaned everything up.When Kayla came back to a bare bedroom,there was screaming and shouting,"How can I live without my clothes?"Mrs.Perkins asked Kayla to earn her clothes back by doing housework.These days,she keeps her room clean.
(69)D For example,since Jessica,the 14-year-old daughter wasn't bothered by the dirty clothes all over her floor,the whole family started using her room as a place to store dirty clothes.Her attitude changed after her family did that.By the time she gave in and cleaned up her room a few days later,even she was laughing.
(70)E Children often behave better if you treat them in the way you would want to be treated by your boss at work-with respect and high expectations.
17.I came to study in the United States a year ago.Yet I did not know the real American society until I was injured in a car accident because after the accident I had to see a doctor and go to court.
After the accident.my roommate called a doctor for me.I was very grateful and determined to repay him one day.But the next day,he asked me to pay him $200 for what he had done.I was astonished.He had good reason to charge me,he said.And if I wanted to collect money from the person who was responsible for my injury,I'd have to have a good lawyer.And only a good doctor can help me get a good lawyer.Now that he had helped me find a good doctor,it was only fair that I should pay him.
But every day I went to see the doctor,I had to wait about 50 minutes.He would see two or three patients at the same time,and often stop treating one so as to see another.Yet he charged me 115eachtime.Thefinalexaminationreportconsistedoftenlines,anditcostme215.My lawyer was all smiles the first time we met.But after that he avoided seeing me at all.He knew very well the other party was responsible for the accident,yet he hardly did anything.He simply waited to collect his money.He was so irresponsible that I decided to dismiss him.And he made me pay him $770.
Now I had to act as my own lawyer.Due to my inexperience,I told the insurance company the date I was leaving America.Knowing that,they played for time…and I left without getting a cent.

14.The author's roommate offered to help him becauseB.
A.he felt sorry for the author
B.he thought it was a chance to make some money
C.he knew the doctor was a very good one
D.he wanted the author to have a good lawyer
15.A good doctor is essential for the author toD.
A.be properly treated
B.talk with the person responsible for the accident
C.recover before he leaves America
D.eventually get the responsible party to pay for his injury
16.The word"charge"in the third paragraph meansC.
A.be responsible     B.accuse     C.ask as a price   D.claim.

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