Dear Mr Zhu,

I am writing to your magazine’s “Teenagers Now” column(专栏) to ask for some help with my 16-year-old son. At the moment, he refuses to do almost everything his mother and I ask him to do. He is our only child and we treat him very well. His grandparents buy him many things, and yet he is still rude to us. He refuses to spend time with us or do as we tell him. Sometimes he acts as if he doesn’t even love us at all.

Now he refuses to do his homework, and instead insists on wasting his time watching DVDs and listening to foreign music. I cannot understand this music, but I don’t like it. He also spends too much time in Internet cafes, where he either plays games or chats online. He is wasting valuable time during this important period in his life!

What am I to do? At present, to prevent making his mother unhappy with an argument, I am allowing him his freedom. However, I am worried that if I keep allowing him to do what he wants, he may fail at school, or worse.

How can I help my son without harming our relationship?

Yours

Liu Zhenhua

1. What’s Mr. Zhu’s job?

A. A teacher.                                                                      B. A magazine columnist. 

C. A youth worker.                                                        D. A doctor.

2.From the passage, we can know that Mr. Liu’s son is _______ to his parents.

A. friendly                  B. thankful           C. polite          D. rude

3.What does Liu Zhenhua write to Mr. Zhu for?

A. To blame his son.

B. To ask for help with his son.

C. To say something about his son.

D. To complain to him about his son.

4.What do you think is the possible answer for the father?

A. The father should let the son alone.

B. The father should give his son a beating.

C. The father should allow his son his freedom.

D. The father should be patient enough to have communication with the son.

Mr Smith is an English teacher. He comes from America. He has a daughter. Her name is Amy, and she is a good engineer（工程师）in New York. Mr Smith likes traveling very much, and he can speak Spanish very well.  
Now Mr Smith is in China, so he wants to learn some Chinese. He works very hard at his Chinese, and he goes to Chinese classes in an evening school. He has a lot of friends in China and they often help him. He likes to talk with them. He tells his daughter that he can speak good Chinese, and he doesn’t have any trouble (困难) with his Chinese at all, but the Chinese have a lot.
1. Mr Smith works in ____________.
A. a hospital   B. a police station         C. a school         D. a restaurant
2. What’s Mr Smith’s daughter?    
A. A teacher.   B. A doctor.         C. An engineer.     D. A student.
3. Mr Smith learns Chinese ____________.
A. very well                              B. with his daughter  
C. every morning                          D. very hard
4. Where does Mr Smith learn Chinese? 
A. In an evening school.                    B. At home. 
C. In his friend’s home.                     D. In a park.
5. We know that Mr Smith is good at ____________.
A. Chinese           B. Spanish          C. Japanese      D. French

Mr Smith is an English teacher. He comes from America. He has a daughter. Her name is Amy, and she is a good engineer（工程师）in New York. Mr Smith likes traveling very much, and he can speak Spanish very well.  

Now Mr Smith is in China, so he wants to learn some Chinese. He works very hard at his Chinese, and he goes to Chinese classes in an evening school. He has a lot of friends in China and they often help him. He likes to talk with them. He tells his daughter that he can speak good Chinese, and he doesn’t have any trouble (困难) with his Chinese at all, but the Chinese have a lot.

1. Mr Smith works in ____________.

A. a hospital   B. a police station         C. a school         D. a restaurant

2. What’s Mr Smith’s daughter?    

A. A teacher.   B. A doctor.        C. An engineer.    D. A student.

3. Mr Smith learns Chinese ____________.

A. very well                                 B. with his daughter  

C. every morning                        D. very hard

4. Where does Mr Smith learn Chinese? 

A. In an evening school.                  B. At home. 

C. In his friend’s home.                    D. In a park.

5. We know that Mr Smith is good at ____________.

A. Chinese           B. Spanish          C. Japanese      D. French

Dear Mr Zhu,

I am writing to your magazine’s “Teenagers Now” column(专栏) to ask for some help with my 16-year-old son. At the moment, he refuses to do almost everything his mother and I ask him to do. He is our only child and we treat him very well. His grandparents buy him many things, and yet he is still rude to us. He refuses to spend time with us or do as we tell him. Sometimes he acts as if he doesn’t even love us at all.

Now he refuses to do his homework, and instead insists on wasting his time watching DVDs and listening to foreign music. I cannot understand this music, but I don’t like it. He also spends too much time in Internet cafes, where he either plays games or chats online. He is wasting valuable time during this important period in his life!

What am I to do? At present, to prevent making his mother unhappy with an argument, I am allowing him his freedom. However, I am worried that if I keep allowing him to do what he wants, he may fail at school, or worse.

How can I help my son without harming our relationship?

Yours,

Liu Zhenhua

1.What’s Mr. Zhu’s job?

A．A teacher.                             B．A magazine columnist.

C．A youth worker.                        D．A doctor.

2.From the passage, we can know that Mr. Liu’s son is _______ to his parents.

A．friendly           B．thankful           C．polite            D．rude

3.What does Liu Zhenhua write to Mr. Zhu for?

A．To blame his son.

B．To ask for help with his son.

C．To say something about his son.

D．To complain to him about his son.

4.Mr. Liu’s son always spends his time _______.

A．doing his homework

B．playing games online

C．chatting with his parents

D．doing everything his parents ask him to do

5.What do you think is the possible answer for the father?

A．The father should let the son alone.

B．The father should give his son a beating.

C．The father should allow his son his freedom.

D．The father should be patient enough to have communication with the son.