Imagine this: your parents go away on business, but you have to stay at home alone. Would life be as easy as usual? Would it be a perfect holiday for you?
Zheng Chenyu says that she would worry “Where would I find food? _1_ would I cook it?” The 14-year-old girl says that she knows _2_ about cooking.
“I can fill an empty stomach with tomato and egg soup, but that’s all. I think many of my classmates are the same. We wouldn’t know what to do, or how to _3_ ourselves,” said Zheng. “And I would _4_ something important. I would probably watch television and then burn the soup.” Although Zheng believes that basic life skills, such as cooking and washing clothes, are especially important, she doesn’t think teenagers get enough practice.
“As soon as I leave home, I'll learn to cook. But now _5_ do almost everything for us. We’re very _6_,” she said.
Most teenagers only have time for their homework. They don't learn any life skills until they go to college.
_7_, Sima Yige doesn’t think so. “I think I would be all right. I wouldn't just eat sandwiches _8_ fruit. I know how to cook some simple dishes because my mum showed me,” the 13-year-old boy said. “In his _9_, many teenagers depend too much on their parents, and there is much more to learn than cooking, like tidying up your room or even dressing _10_ properly.”
For most teenagers, it wouldn't be a holiday at all.
A. How
B. What
C. Which
2. A. many
B. much
C. little
3. A. look at
B. look after
C. look for
4. A. remember
B. forget
C. know
5. A. teachers
B. parents
C. teenagers
6. A. lazy
B. crazy
C. clever
7. A. However
B. Whatever
C. Whenever
8. A. so
B. or
C. yet
9. A. way
B. life
C. opinion
10. A. you
B. your
C. yourself