3.Parents should not be too strict with teenagers.　　

3a　 Read the article and then answer the questions.

读文章并回答问题。

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2.Students need strict rules.

1.Peter should be allowed to take the test later.

5. Can all this be done easily ?

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4. What must be done , for example ?

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3. Can anything be done about it ?

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2. Do the poorer countries have many problems ? What for example ?

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1. What’s the difference between the two parts ?

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5. How old was Ted when his bicycle was stolen ?

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　　　 (B)The rich and the poor

　　　 The world is divided (分为)into two main parts . The difference is that one

　　　 part is rich

　　　 and the other is poor . In the poor part , a lot of people never get

　　　 enough to eat . In the

　　　 rich part , a lot of people eat too much . In one part , child starve

　　　 (饿死)and in the other ,

　　　 a lot of people get fatter and fatter and have to go on diets (吃特别饮食), or

　　　 do special

　　　 exercises in order to lose weight.

　　　 The poorer countries have special problems . Sometimes the land is too

　　　 poor to grow

　　　 anything on . The land can be improved (改善), but a lot of things must be

　　　 done first . The

　　　 people must be educated an water must be found.

　　　 But rich countries have problems , too . There are not always pleasant

　　　 places to live in .

　　　 Sometimes the air is too dirty to breathe , and the rivers are too dirty

　　　 to swim in or to take

　　　 water from . The roads are too crowded to drive along . Large numbers of

　　　 people do not have

　　　 decent (象样的)housed to live in . Some things will have to be done about

　　　 these problems .

　 　　The air and the river will have to be cleaned , and more houses will have

　　　 to be built.

　　　 Answer the questions :

4. Why was he surprised and amused ?

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