Question

 People find that children as 1        as 18 months can help with chores. When parents say to those children, “Just look at the paper,” they will pick it up.

Some people think childhood (儿童时期) is just for 2        ,so they don’t ask their children 3        chores. 4        parents say, “I know it’s wrong,but it’s quicker to do it by 5       ” But most parents be lieve that chores are a way of teaching kids responsi-bility (责任心) .Children learn to help,share (分担) and care 6        others by doing chores. Things like taking care of a pet or a baby and 7       make meals are some examples of helping others.

Reasons for doing chores：

. To learn responsibility： Most people believe that doing chores is 8        for kids.

籲To share the workload (工作负担) ：Kids that help to clean won’t make a big mess.

. To learn skills： Kids will learn 9        to cook,clean and do other things in the house.

There are benefits (好处) and challenges when doing chores,so start to help your parents with the chores. You will learn a lot 10        doing them.

(   ) 1.  A. younger   B. young

   C. small   D. smaller

(   ) 2.  A. playing   B. crying

   C. studying   D. doing

(   ) 3.  A. do   B. doing   C. to do   D. to doing

(   ) 4.  A. Other   B. Another

   C. Others   D. The other

(   ) 5.  A. himself   B. myself

   C. herself   D. itself

(   ) 6.  A. on   B. in   C. about   D. at

(   ) 7.  A. helping   B. help

   C. to help   D. helps

(   ) 8.  A. good   B. bad   C. better   D. worse

(   ) 9.  A. what   B. when   C. how   D. where

(   ) 10. A. by   B. with   C. of   D. in

Answer 1

1. B形容年龄小要用young;在as…as结构中，第一个 as后要用形容词或副词原级。

2. A

3. C ask sb. to do sth.意为“要求某人做某事”。

4. A考查“some... other (s) …”句型。该空后面有名词，所以other后面不加-s。

5. B句意：我知道那是不对的，但是我自己做会更快。

6. C care about意为“关心，在意”。

7. A此空与like后面的taking是并列成分，所以应该用 V. -ing 形式。

8. A be good for意为“对有好处”。

9. C句意为“孩子们将学会怎样做饭……”。

10. A句意：通过做家务你能学到很多。