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Most American families are smaller than the families in other c___1___. Children in the US will l ___2___ in their parents’ homes. When they grow up, they usually live f___3___ from their parents because they want to f___4___ good jobs. They often w___5___ to their parents or telephone them. And they often go to v___6___  their parents on holiday. Parents usually let their children c___7____ their own jobs. Americans think it i___8___ for young people to decide(决定) their lives alone（独自地）. Parents often ask their children to do some work a___9___ their houses. And in many families, Their parents pay them for doing some housework so that they can learn h___10___ to make money for their own use.

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If you have a brother or sister, you already know you are different from each other．You live together in the same house and have the same parents．1.________ Why is this? One possible reason is the way your parents treat you．

First-born children receive all the attention from their parents． Most families have twice as many photos of a first-born as any other child． Parents tend to give them more responsibility．2._______ As a result, first-borns are often responsible, hard-working and serious． They often want to do well at school and work3._______ For example, George W. Bush, George Washington, and Lyndon Baines Johnson are all first-borns．

When a second child arrives, parents are more relaxed． The second child is allowed to be more independent． But he also has to compete with the first-born for the parents’ attention and love． These children often choose different sports and hobbies to show independence．4.______ They are often adventurous, fun-loving, and outgoing, but can be jealous and get angry easily．

The youngest child tends to be the happiest． He has fewer responsibilities and more freedom． These children do not feel pressure to do well at school and work, but have to be creative to get their family’s attention．5._______ So, many famous talk-show hosts and comedians were born last．

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Young people are often unhappy when they are with their parents. They say that their parents don’t 1.u       them. They often think their parents are too strict 2.w       them.

Parents often find it difficult to win their 3.c       trust, and they seem to forget how they themselves felt when they were young.

For example, young people like to do things without much4.t      . It’s one of their ways to show that they grow up and they can solve any difficult5.p      . But older people always think6.m       than young people. Most of them plan things ahead and don’t like their plans to be 7.c      , so when you want your parents to let you do something, you will succeed easily if you ask before you really start doing it.

Young people often make their parents angry by the 8.c       they wear, the music they enjoy and something else. But they don’t mean to cause any trouble. They just want to be cut off(摆脱) from the old people’s world and they are 9.t       to make a new culture of their own. And if their parents don’t like their music or clothes or their ways of speech, the young people feel very sad. Sometimes instead of going out with their parents, they just want to stay at home10.a       and do what they like.

If you plan to do something, you’d11.b       win your parents over and get them to understand you, if so, your parents will certainly let you do 12.w       you want to do.

1.They feel _________/w i:k/ this_________ /w i:k/because they always ________

/w eik/ early in the morning.

2.Next W_______________ will be my ninth birthday and I’ll have a party on the coming day.

3. Now almost every family has a TV and almost everyone e__________ watching TV.

4.The whole society pays more attention to children’s s_____________ and all the schools have police rooms

5. I’m going to be a basketball _______ like him.

6. There will be another ______ relay race this afternoon.

7. Kangkang often plays sports _______ a week

8.We didn’t tell Jack we would come. We want to give him a________.

9. I _____________________( 不同意 ) my mother and this made me crazy.

10. My parents always say that I _______________( 已经长大了 ).

11. When we are away, our baby ________________( 照顾) by my mother.

12. _______ _______(等一等), Mr. Li isn’t in at the moment.

13. Would you mind （调低）the music a little? Mom is sleeping now.

Swimming is very popular in summer. People like swimming in summer because water 1.m______ people feel cool. If you like swimming and swim in a wrong place, it may not be safe(安全的). Last summer, more than ten people died 2.w______ they were 3.e_______ themselves in the water, and 4.m______ of them were students. But some people are 5.s_____ not careful in swimming. They often think they swim so well that6.n_____ can happen to them in water. Summer is here again , if you go swimming in summer, don’t forget that better swimmers have died in 7.w______. They 8.d______ only because they were not 9.c______, not because they could not swim. So don’t get into water when you go swimming 10.y______, go with your teachers or your parents. If there are “No 11.S______” sign, don’t get into water, either. If you 12.r______ these, swimming will be safer.