It seems that everywhere around the world, people are spending more time at work    【小题1】   less time with their families and friends. People are   【小题2】   than ever before!
In the past in many countries , the father worked and the mother stayed home ,took    【小题3】   of the children ,and did the food shopping, cooking and cleaning.  At present , in most of the families , parents need work on weekdays, so they  【小题4】have to do the shopping, cooking and cleaning in their free time. Parents don’t have as much time with their   【小题5】 , however, they often had time in the past. There are also many single-parent（单亲的）families .In these families ,the single parents has to do everything.
These days ,many children come home    【小题6】    school to an empty apartment or house .A lot of children spend many hours   【小题7】   day in front of the television .Even the families are together, it is common for families members to do things by themselves. For example, they  【小题8】   programs on separate TVs in different rooms, they use the Internet, they    【小题9】   friends on the telephone, and they do other individual by themselves.
Isn’t it strange? Thanks to technology（科技）, people are able to communicate so    【小题10】  with people far away, but sometimes they don’t communicate with people their own homes.

【小题1】Many foreign guests like to come here to enjoy ___________ Chinese food.
【小题2】Why did they leave the house __________ with the door open ?
【小题3】You’ll be late for the meeting __________ you start out at once.
【小题4】Let’s go and play basketball after school. It can help us _____________.
【小题5】Lucy was surprised to see some __________ running inside her room at night.
【小题6】Be careful when you walk_____________ the street on your way to school.
【小题7】My parents got ______________ ready for the party before my birthday.
【小题8】It’s important to keep a balance between work and rest. Too little rest often ______________ illness.

【小题1】 Billy is     ，clever and outgoing.
【小题2】 Amy came first in the race. She ran the     .
【小题3】 My car     because of the cold weather. So I had to walk to my office
【小题4】 Ricky had no     but to leave the company.
【小题5】 I     that we should take immediate action to put this right.

【小题1】The two travellers          about the weather in a traditional English way when they met.
【小题2】Mr Green never          anyone to do anything unless he is sure that he can do something well.
【小题3】Most young people in the village agreed to move to town，but some of the elderly people    .
【小题4】We           Canada for the coming holiday，and the next step is to plan our route carefully.
【小题5】 ─I heard lots of noise from your group，Suzy.
─Oh，sorry to have disturbed you. We           the history project.

【小题1】Bob came           in the race and didn’t win a medal，but we still clapped him.
【小题2】You will never be alone and           .All of us are willing to give you a hand at any time.
【小题3】Though the weather was getting          ，the boys decided not to change their camping plan.
【小题4】Her           have recorded all her experiences in her study of English.
【小题5】Jacky hates to be like others and he always does things             .