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ys remember setting it, but not why I set it. If the clock is by the telephone, I know I may have set it to tell me to call someone, but I can’t be sure. I might have set it to tell myself that somebody was to call me at a certain time. 1. Some people like to write notes to themselves so that they can _______. A. leave them in obvious places B. remember what to do at a certain time C. watch a certain programme D. make a phone call at a certain time 2. I don’t like to write notes to myself because ________. A. they are easy to lose or fet to look at B. I don’t know where to put them C. my handwriting is poor D. it gives me too much trouble 3. I often use _______ to help me remember things. A. a notebook B. a puter C. telephone calls D. alarm clocks 4. Sometimes an alarm clock can’t help me because _______. A. I put the clock in a wrong place B. the clock goes wrong C. when the clock goes off, I fet why I set it D. I’m not sure whom I should call 5. In this passage, “go off” means _______. A. start off B. get off C. go away D. make a sudden noise B A lady has a problem with he daughter: My nineyearold daughter, Maria, is in Year Four. Every evening we get into homework battles(爭執(zhí) ). Three afternoons a week, she has activities (ball, singing) after school and by the time we get home, homework is the last thing she feels like doing. The other two days. She gets home early and we argue(爭論 ) about whether she should do her homework right after school, or if she should have some time to rest and play first. When Maria at last sits down to do her homework, she seems to want me there helping all the time. I do want to help her, but I’m sure that she is going to need to be able to do it on her own. And in fact, most of the time, I have other thins I need to be doing. It seems that children these days have much more homework than we did, and some of it is really beyond(超越 ) their abilities(能力 ). As you can see, I’m really worried about homework and I really don’t know what I should do. Any ideas? 6. The woman’s daughter is _____________. A. four years old B. six years old C. eight years old D. nine years old 7. Maria doesn’t have any activities after school for ___________ afternoons. A. two B. three C. five D. seven 8. Maria wants to ________ first when she gets home early. A. do her homework B. play ball and sing C. have supper D. have a rest and play 9. The woman thinks that her daughter should do her homework ___________. A. by herself B. with the mother C. with the father D. with the classmates 10. Can you guess where this passage is from? A. A diary. B. A newspaper. C. A novel (小說 ) D. A story. C If you go into the forest with friends, stay with them. If you don’t, you may get lost. If you get lost, this is what you should do.