四、阅读短文,根据所读内容,在文章1-9小题的空格里填入最恰当的1个单词,第10小题回答问题,词数不限。
Many Chinese primary and middle school students can't do housework today and do not take such work seriously. So some are unable to wash their own clothes when they enter college.
The Ministry of Education (教育部) starts a new curriculum standard (课程标准) for housework education for students from Grade 1 to Grade 9, making it an important course that students must take at least once a week. The new standard asks students in Grade 1-2 to learn to sweep the floor, Grade 3-4 to learn to plant vegetables, and Grade 5-6 to have the skills of cooking two to three dishes. Students in middle schools will learn to repair machines instead of paying someone to do it. This new standard is popular among many people.
Wang: We all know housework education is important. However, some students are unable to do the easiest housework, as their parents think they should spend more time on study. Some of them grow to be unwilling to do any kind of housework. Housework education should make students become more interested in labour (劳动), help them try different kinds of housework, and most importantly, correct the way they think about labour. The housework course will become an important way to make their personalities better.
Li: In order for students to grow in an all-round way, primary and middle schools should add the housework course to their curriculum and help students learn and love housework. It is important to make the housework class interesting so that the students will really get some skills for daily life. For this reason, schools have to invite more professional teachers to give classes instead of putting this new stress on parents and other teachers who are already busy with their daily work.
Zhang: Some people think students don't have to waste time learning housework. If you want to have meals, you can order food through the Internet. And for machine repairs, you can ask for professional (专业的) help. However, people with the skills of housework can go through daily life much more easily.
It is the first step in helping young students have a healthy idea of labour and be able to look after themselves in daily life.
An Introduction to the (1) _______ course
Background
Some Chinese students can't work or wash clothes in college (2) _______ they seldom do housework back in primary or middle schools.
New curriculum standard
Primary school students will learn to sweep the floor, plant vegetables and (3) _______. Middle school students will learn to repair machines (4) _______.
Different (5) _______
Wang
Some parents think their children should spend more time (6) _______ instead of doing housework. The most (7) _______ thing of housework education is to change their minds towards labour.
Li
More professional teachers of the course are in great need because they can make students become more (8) _______ in housework classes.
Zhang
If people have the skills of housework, it'll be (9) _______ for them to go through daily life.
(10) What do you think of housework education? (言之有理即可)
答案:1. housework
解析:文章围绕教育部推出的家务劳动教育课程展开,此处介绍的是“家务劳动课程”,故填housework。
2. because
解析:前文说一些中国学生上大学后不会干活或洗衣服,后文说他们中小学时很少做家务,前后是因果关系,故填because。
3. cook
解析:根据“The new standard asks students...Grade 5-6 to have the skills of cooking two to three dishes.”可知小学生要学习做饭,故填cook。
4. themselves
解析:根据“Students in middle schools will learn to repair machines instead of paying someone to do it.”可知中学生要自己修理机器,故填themselves。
5. opinions/views
解析:下文列举了Wang、Li、Zhang三人对家务劳动教育的不同看法,故填opinions/views。
6. studying
解析:根据“their parents think they should spend more time on study”可知父母认为孩子应花更多时间学习,spend time doing sth.,故填studying。
7. important
解析:根据“most importantly, correct the way they think about labour”可知最重要的是改变他们对劳动的看法,故填important。
8. interested
解析:根据“It is important to make the housework class interesting so that the students will really get some skills for daily life.”可知专业老师能让学生对家务课更感兴趣,故填interested。
9. easier
解析:根据“people with the skills of housework can go through daily life much more easily”可知有家务技能的人更容易度过日常生活,故填easier。
10. I think housework education is very important. It can help students develop a healthy attitude towards labor and improve their ability to take care of themselves.
解析:此题为开放性问题,结合文章内容,言之有理即可。例如,家务劳动教育很重要,能帮助学生培养健康的劳动态度和自理能力。