Is it good for students to do some housework?
Some people think students need not do any housework. They think the only thing students need to do is to study well. I don’t think so. It is good for students to do some housework for three reasons.
Firstly, to do some housework can make you independent. You can’t depend on others all your life. So, you should learn to do some housework now.
Secondly, to do some housework can keep you healthy and strong; some hard housework, such as cleaning up the house, gardening and moving the furniture, can be regarded as a kind of physical exercise.
Finally, to do some housework can share your parents’ work. They must be happy if you say \"Have a rest, and I will do the housework.\" after a whole day’s tiring work.
So I think it is good for students to do some housework.
① independent/Indi'pendənt/ adj.独立的；自主的 ② furniture/'fɜ:niʃə（r）/n.家具
③ regard/ri'gɑ:d/ v.将……认为；把……视为
做家务对学生有好处吗？
一些人认为学生不需要做家务。他们认为学生唯一需要做的事情是学习好。我不这么认为。我将从以下三个原因来说明做家务对学生有好处。
第一, 做家务能让你独立。你不可能生都依赖别人。因此, 现在你应该学会做家务。
第二, 做家务能让你健康、强壮。一些有难度的家务, 如打扫房子、园艺和搬动家具, 被看作是一种体力劳动。
最后, 做家务可分担父母的工作。劳累了一天, 如果你说“休息一下, 我来做
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家务”, 他们肯定会高兴。
因此, 我认为, 做家务对学生有好处。
编 者 寄 语
1 Parents and children is the best gift to each other. 父母和子女，是彼此赠予的最佳礼物。 2.God helps those who help themselves. 自助者天助。
常用单词 mess杂乱；不整洁 independence独立 pass给；递；走过；通过 lend借给；借出 waste浪费；垃圾；滥用 drop落下；掉下 unfair不公平的 常用短语 do the dishes洗餐具 make one’s/the bed整理床铺 do housework做家务 do chores做家务 depend on依赖；依靠 in order to为了 sweep the floor扫地 all the time一直；总是 hate to do sth.讨厌做某事
stress精神压力；心理负担 fairness公正性；公平合理性 borrow借；借用 hate厌恶；讨厌 provide提供；供应 fair合理的；公平的
fold the clothes叠衣服 take sb.for a walk带某人散步 share the housework分担家务 look after/take care of照顾；照看 enough stress足够的压力 take out the rubbish倒垃圾 clean the living room打扫客厅 shout back大声回应 make sb.do sth.使某人做某事
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get good grades取得好成绩 a waste of time浪费时间
develop children’s independence发展孩子的独立性 help sb.（to）do/with sth.帮助某人做某事 ◆常用句子
1. They should spend their time on schoolwork in order to get good grades and get into a good university.
为了取得好成绩，进入好大学，他们应该把时间花在学业上。
2. It is the parents’ job to provide a clean and comfortable environment at home for their children.
为孩子们在家提供一个整洁舒适的环境是父母的工作。
3. I think it is important for children to learn how to do chores and help their parents with housework.
我认为对孩子来说学会如何做家务，帮助父母做家务是重要的。
4. Doing chores helps to develop children’s independence and teaches them how to look after themselves.
做家务有助于发展孩子的独立性并教会他们照顾自己。
5. It also helps them to understand the idea of fairness.这还会帮助他们明白公平这个道理。
Dear Sir or Madam,
I don’t like doing chores. But I have 1 choice(选择) but to do them because doing chores is a rule in our family. When I come back from school, my mom 2 says, “Could you take out the rubbish?” or “Could you help me 3 cooking?” I know she’s just trying to make me more independent and 4 me how to take care of myself. But 5 does she make me do all the housework? OK, I know I am the oldest and I should do chores. But it’s not 6 for me. My sisters should do them, too.
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Yesterday I did all the chores again. My parents went to visit my aunt with my sisters yesterday morning. They left me 7 at home because I had to do my homework. When I finished my homework, I found it was really a 8 at home. They didn’t do any chores. So I cleaned the rooms, 9 the dishes and watered the garden. Oh! I must look like a 10 .
What should I do? I hate doing chores all alone. Could you give me some advice, please?
Yours, John
1. A. no 2. A. never 3. A. about 4. A. ask 5. A. when 6. A. hard 7. A. alone 8. A. job 9. A. bought 10. A. cook
B. some B. hardly B. from B. help B. why B. fair B. sick B. matter B. washed B. doctor
C. every C. always C. with C. teach C. how C. much C. quiet C. mess C. carried C. servant
When Justin Tong was a child, other kids felt sorry for him. His parents always made him do lots of housework such as carrying out the rubbish and sending newspapers. But when he grew up, he was better off than his childhood friends and lived a happier and healthier life.
This is the finding of a 40-year study that followed the lives of 456 children in London. It showed that the children who had worked hard in childhood had a richer and happier future. “Children who worked in the home or community gained competence（能力）and came to feel they were worthwhile（重要的）members of society, ” said
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Daniel Brown, the psychologist（心理学家）who made the discovery. “And because they felt good about themselves, others felt good about them.”
Brown’s study followed these children in great detail. Interviews were repeated at ages 25, 31 and 47.Under Brown, the researchers compared the children’s mental-health scores with their childhood-activity scores. Points were awarded for part-time jobs, housework, effort in school, and ability to deal with problems.
Working—at any age—is important. Childhood activities help a child develop responsibility, independence confidence and competence—the underpinnings（基础）of emotional health. They also help him understand that people must cooperate and work toward common goals. The most competent adults are those who know how to do this.
Yet work isn’t everything. As Tolstoy once said, “One can live magnificently in this world if one knows how to work and how to love, to work for the person one loves and to love one’s work.”
1. What do we know about Justin Tong? A. He enjoyed a happy life.
B. He felt sorry for the other kids. D. He seldom collected rubbish.
C. He always sold newspapers.
2. Who will probably be a successful person in the future according to Paragraph 2? A. Children who enjoy happier and richer lives. B Children who work in the home or community. C. Children who take part in Daniel Browns study. D. Children who feel good about people around them. 3. How did Brown follow the children in his study? A. By giving housework and praise. C. By setting goals and showing love.
B. By interviewing and giving scores. D. By solving problems and testing them.
4. What does the underlined word “competent” mean? A. able
B. key
C. main
D. strong
5. What’s the purpose of the passage? A. To talk about an interesting study.
B. To introduce Justin Tong’s success.
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C. To tell us about childhood activities. D. To encourage children to work hard.
Should kids do chores?
People find that children as young as 18 months can help with chores. When parents say to those children, “Just look at the paper,” they will pick it up. Some parents think childhood is just for playing, 1 Other parents say, “I know it’s wrong, 2 ” But most parents believe that chores are a way of teaching kids responsibility(责任).Children learn to help, share and care about others by doing chores. Things like taking care of a pet or a baby and helping make meals are some examples of helping others.
Reasons for doing chores:
★ to learn responsibility: Most people believe that doing chores is good for kids. ★ To share the workload（工作量）： 3 They will keep everything order in the room.
★ To learn skills： 4 There are benefits（益处）and challenges（挑战）when doing chores, 5 You will learn a lot by doing them.
根据短文内容, 从下列选项中选出能填入文中空白处的最佳选项, 选项中有一项为多余选项。
A. but it’s quicker to do it by myself!
B. so start to help your parents with the chores. C. Most of people don’t like to do chores.
D. Kids will learn how to cook, clean and do other things in the house. E. so they don’t ask their children to do chores. F. Kids that help clean won’t make a big mess.
Many parents make their children do chores around the house. For some families, teaching children what to do and how to do chores is easy. But in other families, getting
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children to do some housework can be a very big problem.
It is a good idea for parents to teach their children at an early age that all family members must work together to make the house clean, and each person must do his or her share(份) of the work. We can do this by starting a plan of chores and responsibilities when children are young.
Chores are good for children—even very young ones. Doing chores teaches children many important skills such as working together and being responsible. Jobs also teach children what is fair and doing things for others. The skills and values from doing chores will do good to children all their lives.
1.完成句子。The first paragraph tells us____________________________________. 2.The underlined word “responsibilities” means “________” in Chinese. A.杂事
B.琐事
C.责任
D.家务
3.用英语列举孩子从做家务中获得的三种好处。
①___________________________________________________________________ ②___________________________________________________________________ ③___________________________________________________________________ 4.完成任务。Give your idea about doing chores.
_____________________________________________________________________
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参考答案： 完形填空
【主旨大意】本文介绍了约翰在家做家务的情绪及寻求建议。
1.A 考查形容词辨析。约翰不愿意做家务。但他除了做别无选择，因为做家务在他家里是一条规定。have no choice没有选择。
2.C 考查副词辨析。当他放学回家时，他的妈妈总是说请你把垃圾带出去好吗？”…...
3.C 考查固定用法。help sb.with sth.帮助某人某事。
4.C 考查动词辨析。句意：我知道她就想让我更独立，并且教我照顾我自己。 5.B 考查连词辨析。句意：但是她为什么让我做所有的家务？此句用why表示疑问。
6.B 考查形容词辨析。句意：但对我来说是不公平的。根据上文“make me do all the housework”和下文“Mysisters should do then，too.”可知“我感觉对我不公平”。 7.A 考查副词辨析。句意：他们单独把我留在家里，因为我必须做作业。 8.C 考查名词辨析。句意：当我做完作业时，我发现家里团糟。根据“They didn’t do any chores.”可知。
9.B 考查固定用法。wash the dishes刷盘子。
10.C 考查名词辨析。根据上文叙述可知“我对做全部家务有情绪”，因此感到“自己像一个仆人”。 阅读理解
【主旨大意】这是一篇说明文。Justin Tong因为小时候总是被爸妈叫去做倒垃圾和送报纸等家务，最后比他的伙伴都成功。通过 Justin的例子，结合专家 Daniel brown做了几十年的调查，通过采访和给一些孩子打分，发现童年时期帮助做一些家务的孩子长大后会更快乐、更成功。
1.A 细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句话“But when he grew up，he was better off.and lived a happier and healthier life.”可知选A。
2.B 细节理解题。根据第二段中“It showed that the children who had worked hard in childhood had a richer and a happier future.”和之后的“Children who worked in the home or community gained competence.feel they were worthwhile members of society.”
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可知选B。
3.B 细节理解题。根据第三段中“Interviews were repeated at ages 25，31 and 47.”和 “Under Brown，the researchers compared the children’s mental-health scores with their childhood-activity scores.”可知选B。
4.A 猜测词义题。根据上文“... help a child develop responsibility. independence，confidence and competence —the underpinnings of emotional health，”可知“competent是 competence的形容词”；根据本段描述可知“心理健康的三大基础是：独立、自理和能力”。故 competent的意思是“有能力的，能胜任的”。
5.D 主旨大意题。本文不论是 Justin Tong的例子，还是Daniel brown的调查结果都是旨在说明做家务，努力工作，会使得孩子长大后更快乐、更成功。 句子还原
【主旨大意】本文介绍了小孩子应该做家务的理由。
1.E 根据上句“Some parents think childhood is just for playing”可知，“一些父母认为童年就是玩耍”，故“因此他们不要求孩子做家务”是对上句的承接。 2.A 根据上句 “I know it’s wrong”和下句“我自己做家务会更快些”之间为转折关系。
3F 根据下句“They will keep everything order in the room.”可知上句为“帮着做清洁的孩子不会搞得一团糟”。
4.D 选项 Kids will learn how to cook，clean and do other things in the house.和“生活技能”有关。
5.B 上文“There are benefits and challenges when doing chores”和B项“so start to help your parents with the chores”之间为因果关系。 阅读表达
【主旨大意】本文介绍了孩子在家庭中是否做家务的不同观点及做家务的好处。 1.it is different on teaching children to do chores among different families根据“For some families，teaching children what to do and how to do chores is easy.But in other families getting children to do some housework can be a very big problem.”可知“不同家庭对孩子做家务的要求是不同的，有的容易，有的困难”。
2.C 根据上文句意“每个人必须做他或她的那一份工作（家务）”可知
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responsibilities意为“责任”。
3. ①working together with others ②being responsible
③ what is fair and doing things for others根据最后一段的叙述概括可知。 4.In my opinion，I think everyone in the family should do chores，especially children. Because doing chores can practice some life skills. It’s good for children’ growing./ I don’t think children need to do chores because the most important thing for children today is to study well.（答案不唯一，有理有据即可）
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