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of their activities, but I believe these activities are important for my children’s future. I really want them 45 successful.” However, the 46 children don’t get home until after 7:00 . They have a quick dinner, and then it’s time to do homework. Linda Miller, a mother of three, knows all about such stress. “In some families, petition starts very young and continues until the kids get older,” she says. “Mothers send their small kids 47 all kinds of classes. And they are always paring them with other children. It’s crazy. I don’t think that’s fair. Why don’t they just let their kids be kids? People shouldn’t push their kids so hard.” Doctors say 48 pressure is not good 49 a child’s development. Dr. Alice Green says all these activities can cause a lot of stress for children. “Kids should have time 50 and think for themselves, too. Although it’s normal to want successful children, it’s even more important to have happy children. ( )41. busier busy ( )42. much much many ( )43. that order to that ( )44. out off in down 6 ( )45. be being ( )46. ( )47. ( )48. many much too too ( )49. ( )50. relax relaxing relax 第三部分:閱讀理解 (滿分 40分) A Do teenagers in small villages do chores at home? How about the teenagers in big cities? Here is a survey. We asked 4,000 teenagers in China several questions. Half of them e from big cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. The others are from small villages. We made a diagram(圖表) of the result of our survey. Let’s have a loo k at it. We found out that teenagers from small villages do more chores than those from big cities. Maybe it is because they live a harder life. Our advice to parents in big cities is that parents should give their children some chores to do. Doing chores teaches teenagers to take care of themselves. Chores 2021 teenagers in small villages 2021 teenagers in big cities Take out the trash 1600 1000 Sweep the floor 1200 850 Make the bed 1400 750 Do the dishes 1100 600 Fold the clothes 900 1500 ( ) 51. They surveyed ______ teenagers from small villages. A. 2,000 B. 3,000 C. 4,000 ( ) 52. There are 1,000 teenagers from the cities who ______. A. make the bed B. do the dishes C. take out the trash 7 ( ) 53. Fewer than ______ teenagers in big cities sweep the floor and make the bed. A. 2021 B. 1,000 C. 1,500 ( ) 54. The number of teenagers ______ in big cities is bigger than that in small villages. A. making the bed B. folding the clothes C. doing the dishes ( ) 55. Why did they make the survey? A. Because they don’t want teenagers in China to do chores at home. B. Because they thought it’ll help teenagers to take good care of themselves to do chores at home. C. Because they wanted to know if teenagers in China do chores at home. B Healthy eating doesn’t just mean what you eat, but how you eat. Here is some advice on healthy eating. Eat with others. It can help you to see others’ healthy eating habits. If you usually eat with your parents, you will find that the food you eat is more delicious. Listen to your body. Ask yourself if you are really hungry. Have a glass of water to see if you are thirsty— sometimes you are just thirsty, you need no food. Stop eating before you feel full. Eat breakfast. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. After you don’t eat for the past ten hours, your body needs food to get you going. You will be smarter after eating breakfast. Eat healthy snacks like fruits, yogurt or cheese. We all need snacks sometimes. In fact, it’s a good idea to eat two healthy snacks between your three meals This doesn’t mean that you can eat a bag of chips instead of a meal. Don’t eat dinner late. With our busy life, we always put off eating dinner until the last minute. Try to eat dinner at least