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

'”I can fill an empty 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 ourselves," said Zheng Chenyu. "And I'd forget something important. I'd probably watch television and burn the soup. "

“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 time for their homework. They don't learn any life skills until 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 because my mum showed me," the 13 - year - old boy said. In his opinion, many teen­agers depend too much on their parents, and there is much more to learn than cooking, like "tidying up your room or even dressing yourself properly."

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

71. Why would Zheng Chenyu probably burn the soup?

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72. When will Zheng Chenyu learn to cook?

      ________________________________________

73. Translate the underlined sentence "They don't learn any life skills until they go to college. " in this passage.   ________________________________________

74. The underlined phrase "depend too much" on in the passage means __________ in Chinese.

75. Would life be as easy for teenagers living alone as when their parents are around?

     ________________________________________

Imagine this: your parents go away on business, but you have to stay at home alone. Would life be as easy as when your parents are around? Would it be a perfect holiday for you?
“I can fill an empty 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 ourselves," said Zheng Chenyu. "And I'd forget something important. I'd probably watch television and burn the soup. "
“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 time for their homework. They don't learn any life skills until 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 because my mum showed me," the 13 - year - old boy said. In his opinion, many teen­agers depend too much on their parents, and there is much more to learn than cooking, like "tidying up your room or even dressing yourself properly."
For most teenagers it wouldn't be a holiday at all.
【小题1】Why would Zheng Chenyu probably burn the soup?
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【小题2】When will Zheng Chenyu learn to cook?
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【小题3】Translate the underlined sentence "They don't learn any life skills until they go to college. " in this passage.
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【小题4】The underlined phrase "depend too much" on in the passage means __________ in Chinese.
【小题5】Would life be as easy for teenagers living alone as when their parents are around?
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Daming, please      translate the sentence      Chinese.

On October 31st, 2009, Chinese famous scientist Qian Xuesen, died in Beijing when he was 98 years old. He is famous as “the country’s father of space technology and king of rocketry”.

Qian was born in 1911 in Hangzhou. He left for the United States after winning a schol­arship to graduate school in 1936. He studied at the Massachusetts Institute{学院) of Technology and later at the California Institute of Technology.

Qian began his career in the US and was regarded as one of the brightest minds in the new field of aeronautics{航空学) before returning to China in 1955.

After he returned, Qian set up the first missile (导弹) and rocket research institute of China. The institute later helped start Chinese space program. He led the development of China's first nuclear-armed ballistic missile and worked on its first satellite.

He retired in the year before Chinese manned space program was launched in 1992. But his research formed the basis for the Long March CZ -2F rocket that carried astronaut Yang Liwei into orbit in 2003.

In August, 2009, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visited Qian and praised him for devoting his life to Chinese defense technologies. Qian told him, “I'm trying to live to be 100 years old”

1. Qian was regarded as __________ before returning to China.

    A. A father of space technology        B. king of rocketry

    C. one of the brightest minds in the new field of aeronautics

    D. one of the best-known scientists

2.When did Qian Xuesen retire?

    A. In 1970       B. In 1991      C. In 1992       D. In 2009 

3. What does the under­lined word mean in Chinese?

    A. 发奖品        B. 批评      C. 赞扬          D. 鼓励

4. List the following things in correct orders. Which is the correct?

    ① left for the United States      ② won a scholarship to graduate school

    ③ returned to China from the United States

    ④ set up the first missile and rocket research institute of China

    ⑤ studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    A. ②①③④⑤    B. ②①⑤③④.   C. ⑤③④②①   D. ⑤②①③④

5. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

    A. Qian was born in 1936 in Hangzhou.    

B. Qian began his career in China.

    C. The Lρng March CZ-2Frocket carried YangLiwei into orbit in 2009.

    D. Wen Jiabao visited QianXuesen in August 2009.