— ________. I have to clean up my bedroom.
—________
—With pleasure． But you mustn't ____ it to others.
—For about eight years.
—You mean he is similar____ his father.
—Yes, I ______.
— Sure.
— That is nice. You had better call me _________ you get there.
Mr Harris lived in a small house by himself. He wasalways 1 about what he ate and drank, and he never 2 when the weather was cold. He was alwaysafraid that he was getting terribly ill,3 he often went to his doctor, and the doctorwas getting very4 ofhim, because he had more other work）5.
Then one day Mr Harries hurried 6 the doctor's office and told him he was surehe had a terrible illness, which he had 7 about in the newspaper. He showed the doctorthe 8. The doctor read it9 and then said, "But, Mr Harris, peopledon't know when they have this illness! And they feel just well." "Oh,my goodness," said Mr Harris. "I thought so. That's just 10 Ifeel!"
In some Western countries, many children do chores to getpocket money（零花钱）.Theyusually start to do this when they are ten years old.
School students have to do homework and study for tests.They don't have much free time on weekends. They often do chores on weekends.
Young kids only do easy chores. So they don't get muchmoney. But that's enough.Many of them only want to buy candy. And candy is cheap! They often help do thedishes, sweep the floor, or feed the pet cat or dog.
When they get older, they want to buy more and morethings. They want things that are more expensive than candy. So they have towork harder! They often help their parents wash the family car, cut the grass,or cook meals.
Some jobs are a good way for kids to learn new things.For example, they can learn how to a lawnmower（割草机）or how to cook. Of course, their parents help them at first.
Have you ever been ill？ When you are ill, you must be unhappy because your body becomes hot,and there are pains all over your body. You don't want to work, you stay in bed,feeling very sad.
What makes us ill? It is germs（细菌）. Germs are everywhere. They arevery small and you can't find them with your eyes, but you can see them with amicroscope. They are very small and there could be hundreds of them on a verysmall thing.
Germs are always found in dirty water. When we look atdirty water under the microscope, we shall see them in it. So your father andmother will not let you drink dirty water.
Germs aren'tfound only in water. They are found in air and dust. If you cut your finger, ifsome of the dust from the floor goes into the cut（割开处）,some of the germs would go into your finger. Your finger wouldbecome big and red, and you will have much pain in it. Sometimes the germswould go into all of your body, and you would have pain everywhere.
Now more and more Chinese teenagers find life moredifficult without their parents. They don't know how to do housework, becausetheir parents do almost everything for them at home. This is a big problem.
Mary is 14 years old. One day her parents went on a trip,so she was alone at home. At first she thought she would be happy because herparents were not in. She could do everything that she liked. But when it wassix o'clock in the afternoon, she felt hungry. "Oh, it's time to havesupper. Where can I get my food?" she said to herself. Later she foundsome meat and vegetables in the fridge （冰箱）, but she didn't know how to cook them. At that time, she missed herparents very much. At last she could only go to a restaurant to eat.
Many teenagers have the same problem as Mary. So I think they should learn some life skills （技能）, like cooking, cleaning up theirrooms or dressing themselves. They shouldn't depend too much on their parents.
⑴题判断正误；⑵题完成句子；⑶⑷题简略回答问题；⑸题将文中画线句子译成汉语.
⒈帮助父母做家务是重要的，也是有好处的；
⒉能够帮助培养独立性，并且还能学会照顾自己；
⒊可以让父母有更多的时间休息放松；
⒋每个人都应该有义务保持家里干净整洁；
⒌越早学会独立，对未来就越好。
Dear Tom,
Mike
