Hughes is a 24-year-old man from the UK. He often wears the same clothes for many days because he doesn’t know how to use a washing machine.

This is not a joke. Hughes is not the only one who doesn’t have basic(基本的)life skills. A study shows that today’s young people in the UK are less able than people before when it comes to basic life skills.

For example, about 35% don’t know how to sew (缝) and 11% don’t understand how to iron (熨烫) clothes.

This problem is shared by young people in the United States as well. Many young men in the US are losing the skill of cooking, and they like to order take-out food .

Technology(科技)may be the main reason for this. Born and raised in a digital age (数字化时代), young people often use phones and computers. For example, with GPS always at hand, young people have no need to learn how to read maps.

However, this does not mean that young men can not do basic everyday tasks. As their lives have changed, the main life skills have changed as well.

The study results show that although only 45% know how to pay their water bills(账单)after leaving home, 72% could help set up a WiFi network in a new house.

1.Why does Hughes often wear the same clothes for many days?

A.Because he has been used to that. B.Because he doesn’t know how to wash them.

C.Because he likes to play jokes on others. D.Because he doesn’t have other clothes to change for.

2.According to the text, young people today _____.

A.don’t need to learn basic life skills B.can’t finish basic everyday tasks

C.are forming new basic life skills D.are good at setting up WiFi networks

3.What could be the main reason for this problem?

A.Parents’ love for their children. B.Too much homework every day.

C.Technology in the digital age. D.The popular use of GPS.

The way we spend our time can be divided into three “bottles”. These are the necessary tasks(任务) bottle, the voluntary(自愿的) tasks bottle and the happiness bottle.

Every day, we spend time filling the necessary tasks bottle with useful things, like making money, buying food and paying bills. We then fill another bottle with voluntary tasks. These are things that we do for others, but we may not enjoy them. This bottle gets filled with tasks like taking children to activities, cooking family meals, and washing your husband’s socks. Those bottles are very important. If we don’t fill them each day, our family won’t run well.

However, we often forget to fill the third bottle—the happiness bottle that we fill with enjoyable activities. Is your happiness bottle sometimes empty at the end of the day? Between doing all the necessary and voluntary tasks, time flies fast, and before we know it, it is time for bed. We all have days like that.

This is why each day we must try to fill our happiness bottle. I usually fill mine by going to the dancing class. But this week, I had the happiness of taking part in a guitar practice in my neighborhood. We showed our musical talent and practiced music for charity. It was a time of fun, friendship and music making. At the end of the evening, my happiness bottle was filled to top.

.Will your activities bring joy to your life? Are the other two tasks eating up all your time? Try to find ways to achieve a balance(平衡) between how you fill your three bottles.

1.Which activity is NOT a necessary task?

A.Making money B.Paying bills C.Sending your son to a piano lesson Sunday

2.What does the underlined word “it” mean in Paragraph 3?

A.Doing the necessary task B.Doing the voluntary task C.Time flies fast

3.How did the writer fill the happiness “bottle” this week?

A.By cooking meals for family

B.By going to the dancing class

C.By taking part in a guitar practice

4.Which of the following is the best for “ “ in the last paragraph?

A.Make sure to fill the necessary task bottles

B.So think about how you should spend your time

C.People will be happier by playing music.

5.What is the main idea of this passage?

A.We shouldn’t fill the task bottles with happiness

B.We should balance the three task bottles in life

C.We should always be happy

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