People are so busy these days that many people have no time to cook．This becomes a problem，because most families love home cooking! The food they cook at home tastes good and warm，and a family meal can bring everyone together．In some families，everyone only can see one another when they have meals．

  Another reason why people enjoy home cooking is that it is often a way of showing love．Sometimes，our parents make some cookies for US，but they are not just satisfying our sweet teeth．They are sending a message．The message says，“I love you very much。”However,most of us can’t understand our parents’ behavior．How disappointed our parents are!

  There is also something about the smell of home cooking．The smell of home cooking pleases people of all ages．It makes most of us feel good and loved—even if we are the ones doing the cooking! After a11．it’s worth doing something for our relatives and friends．Next time you see someone making a cake，stop for a moment and pay attention to your mood(心情)．

1．Why do fewer people cook now?

    A．Because they don’t think it necessary.

    B．Because they are too busy．

    C．Because they don’t like cooking．

    D．Because they are so lazy．

2．A parent spends an hour making cookies    ．

    A．just to satisfy her or his child’s sweet teeth

    B．only to send a message

    C．often to show her or his love

D．to make her or his child understand her or him

3．The writer thinks the smell of home cooking    ．

   A．makes us pleased

   B．makes us interested in cooking

   C．makes us pay attention to our mood

   D．makes us love others

4．What’s the main idea of this passage?

  A．Family meals are important．    B．How to make cookies．

  C．People are too busy to cook．   D．Learn to cook．

C
It’s something familiar to all parents of young children: you’re in a busy shopping street and your child wants to pee (小便) and he just can’t hold it any longer. But two parents’ decision to let their child relieve (释放) himself has caused much attention in China.
By now, it seems, the whole Chinese Internet is familiar with what happened on a crowded Hong Kong shopping street. A mother holds a nappy (尿布) while her two-year-old pees. A passerby took pictures which then were put online. The woman explained that they had found a public toilet (厕所) but saw there was a long queue, so she had no other choice but to let their child to relieve himself on the street instead.
Why has this one child’s act caused so much upset? Allowing a child under 12 to “answer the call of nature in any public street” is against the law in Hong Kong and the parents will face a 2,000 Hong Kong Dollar ($250) fine (罚款). But the on-line chatter has put all the attention on the fact that this family were tourists from mainland China, rather than being locals. “For Hong Kongers, people might think from time to time that mainlanders are not so polite and often break the public rules,” says Martin Yip of BBC. Charmaine Chui, who was born in Hong Kong, told BBC she feels angry to have seen mainland tourists peeing in shopping centers and restaurants. “Hong Kong is a beautiful, modern city. What do these people think of it?” she says.
In mainland China, there has also been criticism of the parents’ behavior. But most of the people say they find the parents’ behavior understandable as they had tried to find a toilet for their child and the mother used a paper nappy rather than simply allowing the baby to pee on the ground.
【小题1】The child peed ________ in HK.

Jane: Hello, Mary!

Mary: Hello, Jane!  46   Tom.

Jane: Nice to meet you, Tom.

Tom:     47   Look! Jane, this is my family photo.

Jane: Oh, are these your parents?

Tom:  48   They are my father and mother.

Jane:    49

Tom: No, it isn’t. She is my uncle’s daughter.

Jane: I see. She is your cousin.    50   

Mary: Her name is Gina.

Jane: Thank you. Bye.

Mary: Bye.