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.

Ryan

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 man was walking along the street when he saw a woman carrying a large box. It was half in and half out of her car. So the man went up and said, “The box looks very heavy. Let me give you a hand.”

“That’s very kind of you,” the woman said, “ I’m having a lot of trouble with it. Maybe it sticks (卡住) in the car door.”

“Together we’ll soon move it,” the man said. “I’ll get in and take the other end.” And he got in the car.

“Right,” the man said. “I’m ready,” and he began to push the box hard. For several minutes, the man and the woman tried to move the box. Soon they felt very tired.

They rested for a moment. Then the woman said, “Let’s try again. One, two, three!” They went on moving the box.

At last, when they were exhausted, the man said, “I’m sorry, but I don’t think there’s any way to get it out of your car.”

“Get it out?” the woman cried. “I’m trying to get it in! You know?”

1.Who got in the car to move the box?

A. The woman. B. The man.

C. Both of them. D. Neither of them.

2.The underlined word “exhausted” means “________” in Chinese.

A. 疲惫的 B.激动的

C.恐惧的 D.惊讶的

3.Which of the following is TRUE about the story?

A. The man stuck in the car door.

B. The woman asked the man for help.

C. The man refused to help the woman.

D. The woman tried to get the box into the car.

4.What do you think of the man according to the passage?

A. He is a helpful man.

B. He looks very strong.

C. He is funny and stupid.

D. He likes to play jokes on others.

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