shouts at me and doesn’t believe me,” said Zhang, a junior 3 student in Shijiazhuang, Hebei.

Do you and your parents also have problems? Well, why don’t you all take a walk and have a talk on Saturday? It’s the International Day of Families. On May 15, people around the world give thanks for good things about their families and work on family problems.

A study last year showed that 1,500 Beijing families had the same as Zhuang’s family: the children, 12 to15 years old, didn’t like talking with their parents much. They weren’t happy at home.

Of course, lots of kids feel that way. But you and your parents will be much happier if you can be friends. Here are some ways to have a good talk with them.

◆ Find a good time to talk, like when you’re eating dinner, going out for a walk or watching TV. ◆ Tell them something you’re interested in, or ask them about their lives when they were young. They love to talk about it.

◆ Listen to them carefully, and look at them in the eyes.

◆ Be honest. Your parents will trust you more. And a trusting family is a happy family.

66. We can most probably read the above passage in _________.

A. a city government report B. a history text book C. a newspaper D. a science magazine

67. The reason for family problems is that family members ___________.

A. don’t know the International Day of Family B. don’t have a nice talk often

C. can hardly help each other D. are not happy at home

68. We learn from the passage that a happy family is one that ________________.

A. people should believe each other. B. people don’t share their ideas

C. people do everything for each other D. people look at each other in the eyes

69. Which of the following is a good way to work on family problems?

A. Talking to each other much. B. Asking for help from the teachers.

C. Having a walk every day together. D. Watching TV at home together.

70. According to the study last year, _________.

A. we still can’t find good ways to work on the family problems

B. many children in Beijing are not happy at school

C. it is quite common for the children to have the same problem

D. the International Day of Families is on May 15

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Every December millions of Christmas cards go through the post. There are pictures of stars and snow or Christmas t___71___. In these days it is hard to think of a Christmas w___72___ Christmas cards. Yet over a hundred and fifty years ago there were n__73___ at all. Here is just one story of the way in which they s___74___.

Young boys of those who lived in schools to study had to write a special p__75___ of English at Christmas time. This was sent to their parents so that they could see how the boys’ work was during the year.

Young people like to make little d___76___ on the paper when they write letters or poems. These boys were the s___77___ . they used to draw little pictures all round the writing. Sometimes they c___78___ them, and after a time the pictures became more i___79___ than the writing. These were the f___80___ Christmas cards.

书面表达

进来同学们都在谈论作业过多的问题，本周五下午召开班会讨论这个话题，请你用英语草拟一篇发言稿，内容应该包括一下要点：

1. 同学们普遍认为课外作业的却过多，没有时间做自己想做的事；

2. 也有同学认为课外作业是必要的，它可以帮助学生学得更好；

3. 就课外作业为题，谈谈自己的看法和建议。