二、根据材料内容,从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项,使文章意思通顺、内容完整。
Should parents ask their children to do housework? Different people have different ideas. 1. They think that children are too young to cook or clean the room. But many people think that parents should ask their children to do housework. Doing housework can give children a sense of responsibility. 2. When they get older, they will have to live on their own and do housework themselves.
Most experts (专家) agree that children should do housework. 3. For example, parents shouldn’t ask a six - year - old boy to cook or carry heavy boxes. If a child has activities after school, the time to do housework may be short on school days. 4.
When a child does what his parents ask him to do happily, he will probably have the feeling of growing up. Housework can be useful. It’s the teaching tool (工具). 5. However, parents should make sure that they also do housework themselves. If parents don’t keep a house clean, children won’t find any reason to do housework.
| A. Perhaps it is better for them to do housework at weekends. |
| B. Some people think that children should not do housework. |
| C. Children can learn important skills from doing housework. |
| D. However, the housework should be right for children of different ages. |
| E. Parents use the tool to teach children so that they can look after themselves some day. |

1. B
2. C
3. D
4. A
5. E

1. 根据后句“They think that children are too young to cook or clean the room.”可知是在阐述一种反对孩子做家务的观点，B选项“Some people think that children should not do housework.”符合语境，所以1处选B。
2. 根据前句“Doing housework can give children a sense of responsibility.”以及后句“When they get older, they will have to live on their own and do housework themselves.”可知这里是在说孩子做家务的好处，C选项“Children can learn important skills from doing housework.”进一步说明做家务的好处，所以2处选C。
3. 根据后句“For example, parents shouldn’t ask a six - year - old boy to cook or carry heavy boxes.”可知这里说的是不同年龄孩子适合做的家务不同，D选项“However, the housework should be right for children of different ages.”符合语境，所以3处选D。
4. 根据前句“If a child has activities after school, the time to do housework may be short on school days.”可知这里说的是孩子做家务的时间安排，A选项“Perhaps it is better for them to do housework at weekends.”符合语境，所以4处选A。
5. 根据前句“It’s the teaching tool (工具).”可知这里是在说家务作为教学工具的作用，E选项“Parents use the tool to teach children so that they can look after themselves some day.”符合语境，所以5处选E。

三、阅读短文,从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空,使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词,每词限用一次。
| spirit | something | share | hardly | whether | experience | cook | say | sure | they |
Your parents always look after you well when you are ill. But can you take good care of 1. when they are ill?
Last year, my mother was in hospital. The doctor 2. she had to undergo surgery (接受手术) and stay in hospital for about two months. I felt worried because I didn’t know 3. I could look after her well. While she was in hospital, I tried my best to look after her. She seemed to be in high 4. , though she got aches (疼痛) from the surgery.
Two months later, the doctor said it was okay for my mother to go home. I learned to do some chores at home. I 5. food and washed clothes for her. She said that she could do all these things by herself. Of course, I was 6. that she could, but I wouldn’t like her to do too much housework. I 7. did any housework in the past. But after my mother left the hospital, I knew it was time for me to do 8. for the family. I learned much from the 9. of looking after my mother. I decided that I would often 10. some housework with my mother in the future.

them; said; whether; spirit; cooked; sure; hardly; something; experience; share

1. 空格前为“take care of”，需宾格，“they”的宾格是“them”，填them。
2. 医生“说”她需手术，“say”的过去式为“said”，填said。
3. “不知道是否能照顾好她”，“whether”表“是否”，填whether。
4. “in high spirit”意为“精神高涨”，填spirit。
5. 与“washed clothes”并列，表“做饭”，“cook”的过去式为“cooked”，填cooked。
6. “be sure that”意为“确定”，填sure。
7. 表“过去几乎不做家务”，“hardly”意为“几乎不”，填hardly。
8. 表“为家里做些事”，“something”意为“某事”，填something。
9. 表“照顾妈妈的经历”，“experience”意为“经历”，填experience。
10. “share sth. with sb.”意为“与某人分担某事”，填share。