Most children don’t enjoy doing housework. They like playing computer games instead of cleaning the rooms. But in Australia, Jim and Robert’s mother, Mrs. Black, has good and right ways to get their children to do housework. Here is an example.
“Mom,have you worked out next week’s housework? Let Jim and me choose the cards. I can’t wait. It’s fun.” When Robert shouted out, his mother had already put all the cards on their big table. On the cards, there are some words like these, “sweep the floor, clean your bedroom, help mom cook, wash vegetables, make beds, feed the fish, cut the wood, clean the bathroom” and many others, Jim and Robert chose two cards for each day from Monday to Friday. Then they would hang them on the week day task board. Jim likes to clean the bathroom, so he picked up the card“clean the bathroom”. Robert loves to make the bed so he picked up his favorite card. Jim again picked up“wash vegetables” and Robert chose“feed the fish”. Soon the two boys were happy to take away all the cards.
To help the children do housework, their mother thought hard and came up with this idea. Of course, the parents did the housework on weekends and left Jim and Robert two days free.
【小題1】From the passage we know that most children like          .

A man bought a donkey at the market one day and took him home. Now the man owned several donkeys already and he knew each one’s character very well. One of the donkeys was very strong and brave. Another always wanted to make people happy by working quickly but soon got tired. One donkey was very lazy. He hated going to work in the morning and he did as little as he       possibly could all day long. When the other animals were being loaded up(裝載), he always tried to be the last so that he would get the lightest load.
The man led the new donkey into the yard. For a moment the new donkey stood sniffing(聞，嗅) at his new friends. Then, without hesitation, he came up to the lazy donkey and began eating comfortably at his side.
Though it was late in the day, the man immediately led the new donkey out of the yard, straight back to the market.
“You can’t have given him a fair trial yet,” said the seller, “It is only ten minutes since you bought him.”
“I don’t need to try him any more,” replied the man, “I know just what he is like from the friend he chose for himself. Take him away and give me my money back. I can do without donkeys like him.”
【小題1】Why did the man buy a new donkey in the market?

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　　Each year, thousands of Chinese middle school students go to study in foreign countries such as the US, the UK, Australia and Japan.

　　“Chinese children hope very much to go abroad to get a 1 view(視野) of the world.” Said Chen Yu a Chinese writer who has lived in the US. for 16 years. In a talk. Chen told more than 300 parents and their children that 2 in foreign countries can be hard for young people. “They have to 3 a culture shock and language problems.”

　　However, these are not always the most difficult things. To most 4 , looking after themselves when studying alone in a foreign country is a big 5 .

　　Zhang Jia, a 16-year-old student 6 the high school in Melbourne, Australia, last October. To his surprise(令他吃驚的是), his teachers there hardly 7 students to study. And usually there wasn't any homework.

　　“ 8 these education systems(系統(tǒng)), we have more 9 time and more space for thinking.” said Zhang. “But if you don't know how to 10 your time and money, you will not have 11 .” Some of his friends spent their whole year's 12 in the first two months of the term, and they didn't pass their exams.

　　“Studying abroad at a young age can help students learn foreign languages 13 and broaden their minds, 14 students and parents should know about the challenges(挑戰(zhàn)).” Chen said. “If you want to study abroad, try to talk to someone with 15 in foreign countries. Make sure that you are ready for it.”

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