Question

【題目】閱讀下面兩封信并回答問題。
Letter A
Young people are always told that they should make the most of their time, that they will never be as free again. So, my question is — why fill up all this free time with housework？Parents expect their children to get good grades, be good at sports, and be popular with other kids.
However，there is not enough time in the day to do these things and then do housework as well. It's not fair to expect teenagers to give up their precious time to do boring housework. Parents and children both have jobs. Parents' jobs are in the work-place. Their children's jobs are at school.
The only difference is that parents get paid and children don't. Parents say that they make their kids do housework to teach them responsibility. But this is just a trick. Parents trick their kids into doing housework because they are lazy.
Yours,
Overloaded
Letter B
Both parents and children have jobs. The parents' job is to go to work to earn money. The children's job is to go to school. But we all get hungry. Someone has to cook the meals and clean up afterward. We all wear clothes that get dirty. Someone has to wash them, iron them, and put them away. Children work from 9 until 4. Parents work from 8 until 6. Sure, after 4 o'clock, children have homework. But after 6, parents have homework too. They have to do the shopping, go to the bank, pay the bills, and help their kids with their own homework!
I think it's only fair that teenagers help out a bit at home. They might not like it, but it's good for them．It teaches them how to look after themselves．This is really useful when they leave home to go to college or to live on their own.
（1）Who most probably wrote Letter B，a parent or a child?
（2）Why does Letter B say it's good for teenagers to help out a bit at home?
（3）The two letters agree that parents and children both have jobs，don't they?
（4）Do you agree that children should do housework at home? Why or Why not?

Answer 1

【答案】
（1）A parent

（2）（Because the writer thinks）it teaches children how to look after themselves．

（3）Yes, they do.

（4）Yes,I do. Because it is good for them.

【解析】這篇短文里是兩封信，圍繞孩子是否應(yīng)該幫助家長(zhǎng)做家務(wù)展開的，A封信是站在孩子的立場(chǎng)，闡述了孩子們?yōu)槭裁床荒軒椭�家長(zhǎng)做家務(wù)；B封信是站在家長(zhǎng)的角度闡述了孩子們?yōu)槭裁磻?yīng)該幫助家長(zhǎng)做家務(wù)。
（1）根據(jù)第二封信的內(nèi)容可知，這封信中提到家長(zhǎng)和孩子都是有工作做的，孩子們要上學(xué)，而家長(zhǎng)們也要上班，還要做很多的家務(wù)。而且文章的作者建議孩子青少年們幫助父母在家里做一些家務(wù)活。由此可知，這封信是站在家長(zhǎng)的角度上寫的，故這個(gè)題的答案應(yīng)該是A parent，家長(zhǎng)。
（2）根據(jù)B這封信中第二段It teaches them how to look after themselves可知，作者建議青少年們幫助家長(zhǎng)在家里做一些家務(wù)，這可以教會(huì)他們?nèi)绾握疹櫵麄冏约�。所以答案是（Because the writer thinks）it teaches children how to look after themselves．
（3）在A這封信中有這句話Parents and children both have jobs，家長(zhǎng)和孩子都有工作；在B這封信中Both parents and children have jobs也有，因此這個(gè)問題的答案是肯定的。所以答案是Yes, they do.
（4）這個(gè)問題是開放性的，同學(xué)們可以根據(jù)自己的實(shí)際情況作答。同意孩子們幫助家長(zhǎng)做家務(wù)的，原因可能是做家務(wù)對(duì)于孩子自己是有好處的。如果不同意的話，理由可以是沒有時(shí)間等。所以答案是Yes,I do. Because it is good for them.