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人教新目标八下Unit 3 Could you please clean your room?
话题拓展阅读(含答案解析)
1、 阅读理解
A
My parents do 10 hours’ housework a week. My mother does most of the housework, like cooking and folding the clothes. My father can only do the washing, sweep the floor and take out the trash. He really needs to learn how to do housework.
Linda, 14
My mother and my father each do 50% of the housework. My mother does the washing and cleans the living room. My father makes the bed and drives me to school.
Celina, 13
My father doesn’t do a lot but he tries to help. He hangs up the clothes after my mother does the washing and my mother is happy that he always gives her a hand.
Paul, 16
My mother is a doctor. She is busy with her work every day, so she has little time to do housework. In fact she isn’t good at doing housework. So my father has to do most of it. Sometimes my grandmother comes to help.
Bill, 15
1.Linda’s father doesn’t ________ at home.
A.do the washing B.take out the trash
C.sweep the floor D.fold the clothes
2.How does Celina go to school?
A.By bike. B.By bus. C.By car. D.By subway.
3.The underlined phrase “hangs up” means ________ in Chinese.
A.闲逛 B.晾晒 C.熨烫 D.清洗
4.Whose father does most of the housework?
A.Linda’s. B.Celina’s. C.Paul’s. D.Bill’s.
5.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.Linda is one year older than Celina but one year younger than Bill.
B.Celina’s father needs to learn how to do housework.
C.Paul’s mother is angry with his father because he never helps her with housework.
D.Bill’s grandmother helps Bill with his schoolwork.
B
Chores were not popular at my house. My children didn’t like to do chores. They always saw me do chores, but they hardly ever helped me do them.
A year ago, I made a game called “The Endless Chore Game”. It is really great. Here’s how the game works.
I make a card with forty squares (方框), and I write a different chore on each square. These chores can be easy and interesting like making dessert. Then my family roll