Mary has a lot of hobbies. She usually gets up early so she can run before work. She doesn't often have time to skate, but she sometimes goes on Saturdays during the winter. Mary often rides a horse near here home. She sometimes goes after work, but she usually goes horseback riding on Sundays. She loves music. She always goes to choir practice(合唱團(tuán)訓(xùn)練) on Wednesday evenings and sings in church(教堂) on Sundays. She doesn't have much money, so she seldom(很少) goes to concerts（音樂(lè)會(huì)） in the city. She seldom watches TV because she likes doing things outside. She usually goes to the gym（體育館） if it's raining outside. She isn't often alone（獨(dú)自的） because she has a lot of friends. She sometimes does something alone, but she usually does her hobbies with one of her friends. She's a happy woman!
【小題1】Mary often gets up early because she wants to _______.

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She is Liu Hui ,a middle school student in Anhui, one of the “ stay-at-home children” in her town. Liu Hui is 12 years old and lives (1) w _________ her sister. Her parents left home to make money in big cities when she was (2) o ________ four. Liu Hui has to take (3) c _________ of her younger sister. They have to stay at home alone (4) b ________ they have to go to school.
“I used to feel (5) s ________ without my parents at home,” she said, “but now I know (6) w _____ they do so. They have to go away to make money for (7) u _________ so that we can live a better life.”
Every day, Liu Hui gets up at 6:30 a.m. and cooks (8) b ______________. Then the two girls go to school. They have supper at 6:00 p.m. Then Liu Hui does housework and (9) h _____________ her sister with her homework. She usually goes to bed at 9:30 p.m.
Though busy, Liu Hui is still the (10) b ________ student in her class. She said, “My life is OK. But I still hope my parents will come back and live with us.”

Mr. Smith works in a factory. There he drives a truck. He’s tired all the time. When he comes back, he’s always busy and doesn’t want to do any housework. His wife is a doctor and likes to keep all the things clean. So she has to do all at home. She usually goes to work from Monday to Friday and has to do all on weekends. All her friends know about it and sometimes they come to help her.

It’s Saturday today. Mrs Smith tells her husband to help her do some housework, but he says he has something to do and goes out early in the morning. He leaves a lot of dirty clothes at home. Mrs Smith doesn’t go to work but she doesn’t feel well. So she doesn’t want to do any housework. After breakfast, Jo, one of her friends, comes to see her when she’s sitting on a chair.

The girl finds the rooms are dirty and she asks, “Don’t you clean your rooms today, Mrs Smith?” “No, I don’t.”says the doctor. “Why don’t you wear your glasses?” “Then I will think the rooms are still clean.”

1.What does Mrs Smith do ?

        A. A truck driver.   B. A nurse.       C. A doctor.          D. A teacher.

2.Who usually does the housework at home, Mr Smith or Mrs Smith?

A. Mr Smith.      B. Mrs Smith.     C. Both of them.      D. Neither of them.

3.What’s Mr Smith doing when her friend Jo comes to see her ?

A. She is reading a book.           

B. B. She is watching TV.

C.  She is doing housework.         

D. She is sitting on a chair.

4.Why doesn’t Mrs Smith wear her glasses that day? Because_________.

A. she stays at home          

B. she’s sitting on the chair

C. the rooms are clean        

D. she doesn’t want to see the dirty rooms

5.After we read the story, we can know___________.

A. Mr Smith is often ill               

B. Mrs Smith is always lazy.   

C. Mr Smith is always busy after work. 

D. Sometimes Mr Smith helps Mrs Smith.    

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She is Liu Hui ,a middle school student in Anhui, one of the “ stay-at-home children” in her town. Liu Hui is 12 years old and lives 1. w _________ her sister. Her parents left home to make money in big cities when she was2.o ________ four. Liu Hui has to take 3. c _________ of her younger sister. They have to stay at home alone 4. b ________ they have to go to school.

“I used to feel5.s ________ without my parents at home,” she said, “but now I know 6. w _________ they do so. They have to go away to make money for7.u _________ so that we can live a better life.”

Every day, Liu Hui gets up at 6:30 a.m. and cooks8. b ______________. Then the two girls go to school. They have supper at 6:00 p.m. Then Liu Hui does housework and 9.h _____________ her sister with her homework. She usually goes to bed at 9:30 p.m.

Though busy, Liu Hui is still the 10.b ________ student in her class. She said, “My life is OK. But I still hope my parents will come back and live with us.”