Moms take care of their children life and dads bring home food and make the family rules. These are the roles moms and dads fall into when they become parents and it’s common among all cultures. But times change and parents’ roles seem to be changing, too. More women are bringing home food by having full-time jobs and men are taking care of their children at home.
Chinese TV show Where Are We Going, Dad ? provides a closer look at the changing roles of dads in modern family life. The show follows the adventures（冒險(xiǎn)經(jīng)歷）of five celebrity（明星）dads who take trips with their young children (aged 4 to 6) and try to complete a set of tasks. It shows how young dads are trying hard to find the best way to raise their children and keep a closer relationship with them. Young dads no longer want to be cold.
Psychologists（心理學(xué)家）say that a strong fatherly influence is important in a child’s development. Fathers teach their children skills and encourage them to try new things. They also give them a sense of safety. A child learns that if something goes wrong, he or she can depend on dad to help fix it. The psychologists also say that without a dad, a child is more possible to drop out of school and get into trouble.
A mother’s love is important, and so is a father’s love. Chen Mo, a psychology professor says,“It takes both parents to raise a child. Children have different needs at different ages and this needs to be considered by both parents.”

【小題1】 What are the common roles of moms and dads in all cultures? ______

Once upon a time，a man  1   to go  2  a river in a boat．He  3  a sheep，a wolf and a basket of vegetables with him．But he could take only one of them  4  him at a time（一次）  5  the boat was too  6  ．“If I  7  the wolf and the sheep together（一起），the wolf may eat the sheep，”he thought．“If I leave the sheep and the vegetables together，the sheep may eat the vegetables，”He thought（想）and thought．At last，he had an  8  ．And he could go across（穿過）the rive with the sheep，the wolf and the vegetables．Do you  9  how he  10  across the river?

  （    ）1．A．wants    B．wanting               C．want                   D．wanted

  （    ）2．A．a(chǎn)cross  B．into                     C．from                      D．to

  （    ）3．A．has      B．have                    C．takes                     D．took

  （    ）4．A．for      B．from                    C．with                             D．to

  （    ）5．A．a(chǎn)nd      B．but                      C．because               D．or

  （    ）6．A．big      B．cheap                         C．large                    D．small

  （    ）7．A．take    B．bring                   C．leave                      D．like

  （    ）8．A．way    B．idea                     C．hour                    D．sheep

  （    ）9．A．like      B．want                    C．know                         D．have

  （    ）10．A．goes    B．went                 C．turned                 D．looked

Mr. Clark goes to a dinner party in old clothes．He comes into the room，but the people in the room don’t look at him．They don’t ask him to sit at the table．

Mr. Clark goes home and puts on his fine clothes. He goes back to the party again．People in the room all stand up and smile at him．They give him very nice food to eat.

    Mr. Clark takes off his clothes，and puts them in the food and says，”Eat，clothes!”

    The other people ask，”What are you doing?”

    He answers．”I’m asking my clothes to eat food．When I am wearing my old clothes， you don't look at me. You don’t ask rile to sit down. Now I am in these clothes，and you give me very nice food．So I know you give the food to my clothes，not to me!“

1．Mr. Clark goes to the party __________ at first．

A．with his friends

    B．in old clothes

    C．with nice food

    D．in fine clothes

2．When Mr. Clark comes to the party in fine clothes，people __________．

    A．don't ask him to sit at the table

    B．don't look at him

    C．a(chǎn)sk him to go home

    D．a(chǎn)re friendly to him

3．Mr. Clark asks __________ to eat the food．

A．his fine clothes   

B．his old clothes

C．his parents

D．the people

4. “take off” means（意思是）__________  in Chinese．

    A．買下                   B．收起                    C．脫下                      D．拿走

5．From the story，we know__________

    A．Mr. Clark brings s∞le nice food to the party

    B．Mr. Clark does not like the people at the party

    C．The people at the party all know Mr. Clark

    D．Mr. Clark has no fine clothes