Question

【题目】Fewer parents can hear the words “What can I do to help？” from their kids.Teenagers spend more time on video games，computers and mobile phones，so they help less with housework.

Few parents think games can let their kids be away from the sofa—much less encourage(鼓励) them to do chores.But some new chore apps(应用程序) really worked well.

You Rule Chores is one of the apps.Mrs.Wise says the app makes her three children compete(比赛) to see who can do more housework.They helped their mom wash the clothes and do the dishes.And the more housework they do，the more app coins they can get.They can use the coins to watch their favorite videos and buy something on the Internet.“It's fun，” says one of Mrs.Wise's children.

根据短文内容，回答下列问题。

【1】What do teenagers spend more time on?

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【2】What do the underlined words “much less” mean in Chinese?

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【3】What's the name of the app?

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【4】How many kids does Mrs.Wise have?

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【5】What can children do with the app coins?

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】On video games，computers and mobile phones.

【2】更不用说

【3】You Rule Chores．

【4】Three/3

【5】They can use them to watch their favorite videos and buy something on the Internet.

【解析】短文讲述的是，很少的青少年会主动说帮忙做家务，都是花费更多的时间在电子产品上，现在有一个新的apps应用程序通过设计比赛和获得虚拟货币来促进青少年做家务。

【1】根据短文中的句子“Teenagers spend more time on video games，computers and mobile phones”可知，青少年在电子游戏、电脑和手机上花更多的时间，故答案为On video games, computers and mobile phones.

【2】根据文中句子“Few parents think games can let their kids be away from the sofa—much__less encourage(鼓励) them to do chores.” 很少有家长认为游戏能让孩子远离沙发，更不用说鼓励他们做家务了。结合语境，much less的意思为“更不用说”。

【3】根据文中句子“You Rule Chores is one of the apps.”可知，答案为You Rule Chores.

【4】根据文中句子“Mrs. Wise says the app makes her three children compete(比赛) to see who can do more housework.”可知，Wise夫人有三个孩子，故答案为Three/3。

【5】根据文中句子“They can use the coins to watch their favorite videos and buy something on the Internet.”可知，他们可以用硬币看他们喜欢的视频，在网上买东西。故答案为They can use them to watch their favorite videos and buy something on the Internet.