Jack is a little schoolboy. He lives in a small town in England. His father works in a factory in London. One day his mother   1  him to post a letter to his father.

Jack walked down the street. He didn’t see a letter box on the street. But he really   2  a basket with a sign on it. The sign said, “PUT LITTER IN THIS BASKET”. “I can read,” thought Jack, but he couldn’t   3  the word “l(fā)etter” right.

Jack dropped the letter in the basket. Then he ran  4  to tell his mother about the basket.

“Oh, no, child!” said his mother, “You put the letter in a basket. That litter basket is   5  old paper and other useless things.”

“Oh,”said Jack,“does the   6  on the basket mean that?”

“Yes, it does,”said his mother,“The word is‘litter’not‘letter’. Now get the letter and post it.”

When Jack got there, a man was putting the old   7  in a truck.

“Stop!”shouted Jack, and he began to tell the man about the letter.

The man helped him to look for the letter. After a while they   8  it.

Then Jack put the   9  in the letter box. He said,“  10  don’t they tell us all the words when we first go to school? Then things like that can’t happen.”

Now some women are spending a weekend at Mother’s Camp(營地)．There，husbands and children are not allowed．Why would a woman want to take a vacation without her family? Some women say they need time to be alone．

At Mother’s Camp a woman has room to herself．She can sleep，read or watch TV，and no one will bother her．No children will ask，“Morn，what’s for dinner?” No husband will say， “Oh，dear，I can’t find any clean socks．”In fact almost 50％of women in the United States work outside the home．Many of them work full-time and then come home to a second job-taking care of their homes and families．These working women say one of their biggest problems is housework．

In the United States．working wives do about 75％of the housework．Many of their husbands say they want to help．But then they burn the rice or they can’t find the pans．They ask so many questions that their wives decide it is easier to do the job themselves．

Some women go to Mother’s Camp just to get a break from housework．For two days they don’t cook，they don’t clean，they don’t look after their children and husbands．What do they do? They enjoy warm，sunny weather，walking，swimming or boating in a clear blue lake and sing songs around the campfire．They relax away from home．They have a really wonderful vacation at Mother’s Camp．

1．From this passage we can see ________ in the United States．

A．women want to work outside the home

B．working wives do most of the housework

C．husbands do as much housework as their wives

D．women do not like to stay at home with their families

2．At Mother’s Camp，women can’t ________．

A．watch TV                                                   B．read newspapers

C．swim in the lake                                     D．bring their husbands and children

3．Why would some mothers like to be alone? Because ________．

A．they don’t like their husbands and children

B．they have to work full-time

C．they are too busy to relax themselves

D．they want a new lire

4．________ is one of the biggest troubles for working wives in the United States．

A．Housework                                          B．Working outside the home

C．When to take a vacation                                 D．Looking after their children

5．What’s the best title(標題)for this passage?

A．Busy Working Mothers                                B．Welcome to Mother’s Camp

C．Mothers Relax Away from Home                    D．Mothers in the US