As the American writer, Mark Twain once said,“Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does 1 about it．”It is true that everyone talks about the weather; it’s the 2 subject of talk there is．
“Isn’t it a nice day?”
“Do you think it will rain?”
“I think it’s going to snow．”These are common 3 starting a talk．
Many people think that they can tell that the weather is going to be 4 ．But they hardly very agree with each other．One man says, “Do you see 5 cloudy it is in the east? It’s going to rain tomorrow．”Another man will say,“Yes, it’s cloudy in the 6 ．We are going to have fine weather tomorrow．”
People often look for the weather they want．When a farmer needs water, he looks for something to tell him it’s going to 7 ．He won’t believe anything else．When friends have a picnic(野炊)they are 8 sure the weather is going to clear up(转晴)very quickly that they sit eating their lunch 9 it rains．
Almost everyone listens to what the weatherman says．But he doesn’t 10 tell us what we want, and once in a while he makes a mistake．Still, he probably comes closer to be correct than anyone else．
I have twin brothers, Tim and 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 they 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 her in the house．
I think it's fun to have twin brothers．
(1)
My twin brothers both have ________ hair and ________ eyes and they always wear jeans and T－shirts．-
[ ]
A．
red, black
B．
white, grey
C．
brown, blue
D．
yellow, purple
(2)
Tim and Tom both like ________ and ________．
[ ]
A．
pop music, model robots
B．
computers, pop music
C．
football, homework
D．
housework, computers
(3)
They go to football match every ________．
[ ]
A．
Friday
B．
Saturday
C．
Sunday
D．
holiday
(4)
Tim ________, but Tom does't．
[ ]
A．
sings well
B．
can send e－mail at home
C．
works hard at school
D．
plays football very well
(5)
________ often travels and doesn't often stay at home．
After I finish my homework, I often go online and chat with my friends．Sometimes I play Internet games．But my parents hate to see me playing games on the computer．Maybe they have heard too much news about how QQ and Internet games harm(伤害)children．Once I went to a net bar(网吧)to play games after school．But after that I told my parents that I was playing basketball at school．I said so because I didn’t want to make them unhappy．I feel bad about it．However, I need to rest for a while by playing computer games after studying for a long time．I really want my parents to understand that．Do foreign parents do the same to their children?Please help me．
Li Ping, Nantong
Letter Two
Dear Li Ping,
I think it’s not strange for parents to keep their children away from anything bad．Foreign parents will do the same as your parents!They may not let their children watch TV for too long a time, or like your parents, they don’t want their children to play computer games．
Talk to your parents and be honest(诚实)to them, I think．Tell them what you are doing and why you are doing so to make them understand you．It’s never good to do things behind your parents’ backs．They aren’t fools as you think sometimes!Our parents seem to know what is the best for us．Remember：to be honest is the best way．
Good luck,
Rebecca
(1)
From the passage we can learn that Li Ping often ________．
[ ]
A．
talks to his friends on the Internet
B．
plays basketball after school
C．
plays computer games at home
D．
chats online before doing his homework
(2)
The boy goes online ________．
[ ]
A．
to get news about QQ
B．
just to have a rest
C．
to show that he hates study
D．
just to find some friends
(3)
The underlined(划线的)sentence in Letter Two means“________”．
[ ]
A．
You must do everything in front of your parents
B．
You must always listen to your parents carefully
C．
You should tell your parents what you do before or after doing it
D．
You should not do anything to make your parents worry about you
(4)
The editor thinks ________．
[ ]
A．
children should play computer games secretly
B．
playing computer games can be very helpful to children’s studies
C．
children should be honest and try to make their parents understand them
D．
foreign parents don’t care for their children as much as Chinese parents
