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With today’s busy lifestyles, many parents want to spend more“quality”time with their children. It’s the time that the family members have more 1.c   to get to know each other.

Much of the child’s basic learning takes place when the whole family are together doing 2.u   things, such as getting dressed, watching movies and talking about 3.d   life.

Children4.n   to know they are loved. The cry of children today is,“Love me for who I am, not 5.w   I do. Love me for who I am, even when I am naughty.”This does not mean that you allow the child to do 6.e  . What it does mean is that even though the child behaves badly, you 7.should s   love him. By living in a family, children learn to share with others, 8.c   for others, and how to love others. Children learn about trust (信任) from their parents. They learn trust from being trusted. When parents trust the child to do something on his 9.o  , the child learns that he can do it.

To help children grow 10.h  , parents should help them learn about life.

Children arc children after all, and most of them speak their mind. When they are just toddlers(幼儿), they are all lovely and lively. And it's so interesting to watch them speak like a grown-up. But as they grow, these same kids seem annoying and ill-mannered if they try to be a grown-up.
Conflicts(矛盾）go between parents and children. It's hard to tell who are right and who are wrong. A child of 7-8 always finds some reasons to have a conflict with it's parents. Whether it is about some toy, studies, a party or a company, there is always a difference between them. And it becomes worse when they answer you back. Scientists tell us that children should be treated with care. Yes, sure they should respect their elders.
We are partly responsible(有责任的）for this. At an early age we encourage children to behave like adults, just because we find it funny. The kids on the other hand consider this same behavior as normal and get used to it. And when it is not funny for us any more, we expect them to stop it, but by then it is already too late. Only when they reach a certain maturity will the children realize that answering back and being rude are not acceptable(可接受的).Until then, most of the time their behavior is difficult to change, unless by force(暴力）.And use of force is against the every good idea, as it weakens the child's confidence.
So it is one thing to bring a child into this world but quite another to make them into well mannered citizens. The best way is to be a good example ourselves, as our children are the mirrors of us adults.
【小题1】_______are all lovely and lively.

Birthdays are celebrated（庆祝）all over the world. Some ways to celebrate birthdays are rather similar from county to country：candles，cakes，and birthday wishes. But there are also different ways to celebrate birthdays. Here are a few：

Denmark A flag is flown outside a window to show that someone who lives in the house is having a birthday. Presents are placed around the child’s bed while he is sleeping so he will see them at once when he wakes up.	India Usually Indian children wear white to school. However, on their birthdays, children wear colored clothes to school and give out chocolate to everyone in the class. Their best friends help them to do this.
Japan The birthday child wears new clothes to mark the special time. Certain birthdays are more important than others. These are the third and seventh for girls and fifth for boys.	Holland The birthday child receives an especially large present. The family also puts flowers on the birthday child’s chair to make it beautiful.

The World's Largest Insect

??? This giant insect can be used as a toy. A child ties one end of a string to a stick and the other end around the "neck" of an insect. Holding the stick, the child lets the insect go. With a loud whirring sound, the insect takes off, pulling the string in a large curve over the child's head. The child laughs as the stick jumps around. The child is African, and the toy is the African Goliath beetle, the largest insect in the world. 

?? The Goliath is a true insect because it has six legs and a body that is divided into three parts. Like all beetles, it has two pairs of wings. The front pair are thick and stiff and protect the back pair, which are soft. It is these soft back wings that make the beetle fly forward. They also cause the loud whirring sound the beetle makes when it flies. To steer, the beetle twists and turns its legs the same way you steer a bike by turning its front wheel. 

? African children often use the Goliath beetle as a toy. Although it is over 15 centimeters long, it is quite harmless. 

1.The African Goliath beetle is _______.  

A. the world's largest insect 

B. a toy used in many parts of the world 

C. the only insect found in Africa 

D. the world's smallest insect 

2.What made the whirring sound that the child heard?

A. The curved string.??????????????    ???  B. The beetle's soft wings. 

C. The beetle's six legs.     ??????????????? D. The beetle's body. 

3.We know the Goliath beetle is a true insect because it _______.  

A. makes a whirring sound when it flies   ???  

B. has both soft and hard wings 

C. has six legs and a body with three parts  ??

D. can fly 

4. When flying, the Goliath steers by_______.  

A. turning its soft back wings ?????????????

B. twisting and turning its hard front wings 

C. twisting and turning its legs ????????????

D. twisting and turning its whole body  

5. Where is the passage probably from ?

A. A story book .????? B. A newspaper.??? C. A student’s article??? D. A science magazine .