人教新目标（Go for it）2021-2022学年八年级英语下册Unit 3 单元检测卷

A

    Most children don't enjoy doing chores. They like playing computer games rather than cleaning the rooms. But in Australia, Jim and Robert's mother, Mrs. Black, has good and proper methods to get their children to do housework.  

    Here is an example.

 “Mom, have you worked out next week's chores? Let Jim and me choose the cards. I can't wait. It's fun! ”

    When Robert shouted out, his mother had already put all the cards on their big table. On the cards, there are some words like these, “sweep the floor, clean your bedroom, help mom cook, wash vegetables, make beds, feed the fish, cut the wood, clean the bathroom”and many others, Jim and Robert chose two cards for each day from Monday to Friday. Then they would hang them on the weekday task board. Jim likes to clean the bathroom, so he picked up the card “clean the bathroom”. Robert loves to make the bed so he picked up his favorite card. Jim again picked up “wash vegetables” and Robert chose “feed the fish”. Soon the two boys were happy to take away all the cards.

    To help the children do chores, their mother thought hard and came up with this idea. Of course, the parents did the chores at weekends and left Jim and Robert two days free.

A：Nick!

B：I'm watching Animal World． It's my favorite TV program．

A：I need your help．

B：OK，Mom．

A：I have to buy some milk for your little sister．

B：No problem!

A：I'll be back in half an hour．

B：I see．

A：Yes，but don't make her cry(哭)．

B：OK．

B

    John and Ann are from Dublin, Ireland.They've been friends since they were children.They lived in the same neighborhood when they were young and they went to the same university.

    Today John is a 34­year­old engineer.He works in the heart of Dublin.He is very busy and doesn't have much free time.He found a maid (女佣) to clean his house on Saturdays, but during the week he has to make the bed and tidy up his room.He must also wash the dishes.Sometimes he cooks a meal，but most of the time he stops at a restaurant near his home and buys a meal for dinner.He often arrives home very late.Luckily, his maid is quite professional and takes good care of the house.In just 6 hours, the house begins to shine, with a fresh look and clean air to breathe.

    Ann is 35 years old.She lives in a small village in Dublin.She works as a doctor at the village's health center.She starts working at 9 a．m.and finishes at 4 p．m.There is a half­hour lunch break at 12：30 p．m. After work, Ann has to pick up her two daughters from school.After they arrive home, the children do their homework while Ann prepares dinner.Her husband(丈夫) usually does part of the chores when he gets home.First he prepares the children's bath and then he washes clothes.Before dinner, he hangs up the clothes and then the children help him to lay the table(摆好餐具) and… it's dinner time! After dinner, Ann's husband usually does the dishes while she tidies up the kitchen.When there is too much rubbish, she takes it out.

    Some children dream of becoming adults (成年人)．So they won't have to do homework or take exams. That is to say，they won't have from school any more. But are things really like 6 they think?

    Wang Jun's mother is a cleaner. Her job is to clean the park. Let's see what she does every day. In order to a clean environment for everyone，she has to get up at 5 a．m. to the streets and collect rubbish in the park.she finishes her work，she goes home to make breakfast. Then she does some at home. After that，she goes to the park to work again，because someone is always rubbish everywhere. She doesn't come back home 3：00 pm.

    It's not easy for Wang Jun's mother money. His mother never wastes money.

    Being an adult is not as as you think. So enjoy your school life.