Question

Imagine this: your parents go away on business, but you have to stay at home ______. Would life be as easy as when your parents are around? Would it be a perfect holiday for you?

Zheng Chenyu says that she would worry “Where would I find food? How would

I ______ it?” The 14-year-old girl says that she knows little about cooking.

“I can fill an ______ stomach with tomato and egg soup, but that's all. I think many of my classmates are the same. We wouldn't know what to do, or how to look after ______,” said Zheng. “And I’d forget ______. I'd probably watch television and then burn the soup.”

Although Zheng believes that basic life skills, such as cooking and washing clothes, are especially important, she doesn't think teenagers get enough ______.

“As soon as I leave home, I'll learn to cook. But now parents do almost everything for us. We're very lazy.” she said.

Most teenagers have only had time for their homework. They don't learn any life skills _______ they go to college.

However, Sima Yige doesn't think so.

“I think I’d be all right. I wouldn't just eat sandwiches or fruit. I know how to cook some simple dishes ______ my mum showed me,” the 13-year-old boy said, In his opinion, many teenagers ______ too much on their parents, and there is much more to learn than cooking like “tidying up your room or even ______ yourself properly”.

For most teenagers it wouldn’t be a holiday at all.

1.A. lonely B. alone C. quiet D. quietly

2.A. eat B. find C. cook D. take

3.A. empty B. full C. big D. small

4.A. ourself B. we C. ourselves D. us

5.

A. anything important B. important anything

C. something important D. important something

6.A. technology B. exercise C. practice D. knowledge

7.A. if B. when C. unless D. until

8.A. because B. while C. but D. or

9.A. live B. depend C. spend D. take

10.A. putting on B. wearing C. dressing D. dress

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