A few days ago, my morn went to visit my grandparents． She wanted to stay there for a few

days．It was the first time that Dad and I   1   at home without Mom．  2   the first day, dad and I went out for dinner．The next morning, we   3  got up late． I went to school without eating breakfast．I did not feel  4  all day long．After school  5  I got home, I looked around．What a mess （雜亂）! I had to clean the rooms,  6  the dishes and the laundry． I was  7  after doing all of the housework．That evening, I got a call from Mom．She said she would come back the next day．I felt very happy to  8  that． At that time I realized （認(rèn)識到）that Mom did  9  housework every day．I told my dad that we should   10   to help Mom．He agreed．

1．A．studied                  B．worked               C．stayed                 D．did

2．A．On                     B．In                   C．At                     D．Of

3．A．both                    B．a(chǎn)ll                     C．only                     D．were

4．A．hungry                 B．sorry                  C．well                   D．bad

5．A．before                  B．when                 C．until                  D．a(chǎn)s

6．A．cook                    B．do                  C．make                  D．did

7．A．busy                  B．a(chǎn)ngry                C．tired                       D．a(chǎn)ngrily

8．A．listen                   B．hear                   C．a(chǎn)re                     D．heard

9．A．a(chǎn) lot                  B．many                 C．much              D．lots

10．A．try                    B．stop                  C．forget                 D．forgot

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　　In 1608 an Englishman named Thomas Coryate traveled in Italy (意大利). He liked the country and 1 down everything interesting. But he found one thing 2 interesting than the others. In his diary Thomas wrote: “ 3 the Italians eat meat, they use small forks. They do not eat with their hands because, as they say, people do not always have 4 hands.” Before he went back to England, Thomas Coryate bought a few 5 .

　　At home Thomas had a dinner party to show the forks to his friends. When the steak (牛排) was brought out, he took out a fork and wanted to 6 the steak as the Italians did in Italy. His friends were 7 when they saw this. He told them what the fork was. They all said that Italians were very strange people because the fork was not easy to use at all. Thomas Coryate tried to prove that his friends were 8 , so he began to show that it was easy to use the fork. But the first 9 of meat he took with the fork fell to the floor. His friends began to 10 at him and he had to take the fork away.

　　People in England began to use forks only fifty years later.

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Read what people say about housework and then answer the questions below.

●How much housework do you and your partner (配偶) do?

Margaret North,

33, of Caulfield.

“He does 45%. He does all the easy jobs, like vacuuming(吸塵) and dishes. He does look after the baby most of the time and cooks dinner when we have visitors.”

Janette Criffiths,

28, of Mt Waverley.

“We do about 12 hours a week each. He needs to learn how to do the house-work. He does the vacuuming, washing and puts out the rubbish(垃圾).”

Carol Olsen,

40, of Frankston.

“We do 50% each, I do the washing and clean the bathroom. He makes the beds and vaccuums.”

●How much housewok do you do?

Bruce Graham,

56, of South Yarra.

“I don't do a lot but I try to help. I do the vacuuming, beds, but I'm not very good at ironing(熨衣服).”

John Taylor,

30, of Nunawading.

“I put, the washing on the line and help put the ironing away. I think I do enough.”

Phillip James,

52, of Melton.

“My wife does the cooking and washing. I look after the garden and wash the cars.”

1．Which man is the youngest of all?

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2．How much do Carol Olsen and her partner do each?

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A．She does 55% and he does 45%.

B．They do 50% each.

C．They do 12 hours a week each.

D．She does 45% and he does 55%.

3．What housework does Margaret's partner do?

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A．Vacuuming and dishes.

B．Washing and putting out the rubbish.

C．The beds and vacuuming.

D．Cooking and washing.

4．Who's not good at ironing?

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5．What does Phillip James look after?

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