Most children don't enjoy doing housework. They like playing computer games rather than cleaning
the rooms. But in Australia, Jim and Robert's mother, Mrs Black, has good and proper methods to get their
children to do housework.
     Here is an example.
     "Mum, have you worked out next week's housework? Let Jim and me choose the cards I can't wait. It's
fun!"
     When Robert shouted out, his mother had already put all the cards on their big table. On the cards, there
are some words like these, "sweep the floor, clean your bedroom, help mum cook, wash vegetables, make
beds, feed the fish, cut the wood, clean the bathroom" and many others, Jim and Robert chose two cards for
each day from Monday to Friday. Then they would hang them on the week day task board. Jim likes to clean
the bathroom, so he picked up the card "clean the bathroom". Robert loves to make the bed so he picked up
his favorite card. Jim again picked up "wash vegetables" and Robert chose"feed the fish". Soon the two boys
were happy to take away all the cards
     To help the children do housework, their mother thought hard and came up with this idea. Of course, the
parents did the housework on the weekends and left Jim and Robert two days free.

1. From the passage we know that most children like ________.

A. doing housework
B. playing computer games
C. playing cards
D. doing housework

2. Jim and Robert chose card for the weekdays from Monday to Friday.

A. two
B. four
C. eight
D. ten

3. Jim likes to ________.

A. clean the bathroom
B. make the bed
C. feel the fish
D. sweep the floor

4. The underlined phrase "came up with" probably means "________".

A. looked at
B. gave up
C. thought of
D. believed in

5. Who did the housework on the weekends?

A. Jim
B. Robert
C. The parents
D. The whole family

A. don't; a lot
B. doesn't; very much
C. don't; at all
D. doesn't; at all

     I have twin brothers, Tim arid Tom.  They look the same and a lot of people don't know which twin
is which.  They both have brown hair and blue eyes, and always wear jeans and T-shirts.
    They like wearing the same things, and they like doing the same things,too,For example, they both like
pop music, football and computers. They go to a football match every Saturday.  They'd like to play
computer games every night,,but  our mother says they can't because they have a lot of homework.
    They are twins, but they aren't the same in every way.  For example,Tim works hard at school, but
Tom doesn't.
    Our mother is often away from home because she travels a lot in her job,so we all help in the house.
    I think it's fun to have twin brothers.
1. My lwin brothers both have______hair and______eyes and always wear jeans and T-shirts.
A．red, black    
B.  white, grey
C. brown, blue    
D.  yellow, purple
2.  Tim and Tom both like______.
A.  pop music, model robots    
B.  computers, pop music
C. football, homework    
D.  housework, computers
3.  They go to a football match every______.
A. Friday    
B.  Saturday    
C.  Sunday    
D.  holiday
4. Tim______,but Tom doesn't.
A. sings well    
B.  can send e-mails at home
C. works hard at school    
D.  plays football very well
5.______often travels and doesn't often stay at home.
A.  The writer  
B.Tim    
C.Tom    
D.Their mother