My 7-year-old daughter Leeny always has her nose in a book. She even took to reading in the car on the long drive to summer camp, which was where she lost the book. This is the first lost library book in my life. My family has always been over-educated, but we were poor. I didn’t own books. I borrowed books. However, my daughters have more books now than I owned my whole childhood, and I knowingly contribute to it by adding to the stacks (堆). So it’s probably my fault that when Leeny realized she had lost the book, she shrugged. “Sorry. I can’t find it,” she said. “It’s only $20, right? What’s the big deal?”
I felt the need to make her feel responsible for the book. She agreed to help me clean the chicken coop (笼子) in trade for my paying the library fine. I thought this idea was very clever because cleaning the coop is some work I had been avoiding for months. It was summertime and dust floated in the air. But my girl, my animal-loving mini-me, thought shoveling chicken poop (铲鸡粪) was the most fun she’d had on a Saturday morning in a long time. She didn’t feel any of the emotions that punishment is supposed to introduce. In fact, she looked as if she might lose another on purpose in order to clean the coop again. I stood, somewhat dumbfounded (目瞪口呆的), watching her.
It took me a while to realize what had happened, why my punishment had failed so completely and why I didn’t care. The fact is that I had Leeny help me clean the chicken coop. I was there, too, shoveling chicken poop, fetching the clean straw and feed. Leen’s little sister, Vicki, was inside watching a cartoon while my husband paid bills. Only Leeny and I were outside. She had me all to herself for the first time since Vicki was born, and she was enjoying all the attention for once. I don’t know what she learned about responsibility, but I found that I didn’t care about the book any more. We bonded over that unpleasant job and spent quality time together: mother, daughter, and chicken poop.
1．How did Leeny find reading?| A．It was very challenging. | B．It was of great value. |
| C．It was full of enjoyment. | D．It cost a large fortune. |
| A．The author didn’t own many books. |
| B．Leeny feel irresponsible for the lost book. |
| C．The author’s daughters own too many books. |
| D．The author could never have enough books to read. |
| A．Ashamed. | B．Astonished. | C．Embarrassed. | D．Upset. |
| A．What I owe to Leeny is more attention. |
| B．My punishment failed, but I didn’t care. |
| C．My daughter drove me crazy, but I felt grateful. |
| D．What my daughter loves is cleaning chicken coops. |
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In 2018, visually impaired (视障) Berru Merve Kul from Kocaeli, Turkey received her law degree from the University of Sakarya. Without the loving
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| A．proudly | B．patiently | C．eagerly | D．publicly |
| A．apparent | B．possible | C．persuasive | D．meaningful |
| A．assisted | B．loaded | C．amused | D．treated |
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| A．deal | B．effort | C．change | D．appointment |
| A．invaluable | B．formal | C．distinct | D．inaccurate |
| A．avoid | B．predict | C．overcome | D．tolerate |
| A．occasionally | B．personally | C．conditionally | D．mentally |
| A．awarding | B．selling | C．lending | D．booking |
| A．ignored | B．comforted | C．praised | D．promoted |
| A．career | B．future | C．dream | D．manner |
| A．convenient | B．familiar | C．interesting | D．inspiring |
UC Berkeley Youth Recreation Summer Camps
UC Berkeley Youth Recreation will provide a wide variety of one-week outdoor experiences and activities for the youth on summer camps 2023. Here are four best summer camps.
Windsurfing Camp
This camp is designed to teach students the basics of windsurfing, including balance and self-rescues. Through a combination of classroom instruction, demonstration and water time campers are able to master the basics of the sport. A comfort with wind and water is strongly encouraged. Campers must be ages 10-17 to register. All campers must be able to swim and weigh 100 pounds or more to safely use public windsurfing equipment.
Price: $330. Those who have participated before can receive 10% off.
Sailing Camp
Campers learn and review the essentials of sailing at their experience level on the beautiful San Francisco Bay! 2023 brings exciting updates to the camp and helps sailors master new skills. Previous sailing experience is required. Campers must be ages 12-18 to register. All campers must have basic swimming skills.
Price: $255
Skateboarding Camp
In this camp, skateboarders will learn mechanics and basic riding skills such as balance riding switches, and dropping-in. Skaters will be assessed of the first day of the session and the lessons will be adapted to their ability. All participants are educated in skateboard safety. Campers must be ages 8-16 to register. Participants must bring their own skateboard, helmet(头盔) and knee &elbow pads(护具).
Price: $300. $240 per person for group registration.
Rock Climbing Camp
Learn climbing skills, knot(结) -tying, top-rope climbing and equipment care. Sites include Strawberry Canyon, Remillard, Indian Rock and Cragmont Parks. Campers must be ages 9-15 to register. All campers can enjoy the bus service to and from the campsites.
Price: $275.
1．What is a must for the participants of Windsurfing Camp?| A．Appropriate weight. |
| B．First aid knowledge. |
| C．Previous learning experience. |
| D．Personal protective equipment. |
| A．It acquires previous skateboarding experience. |
| B．It’ll issue certificates of excellence. |
| C．It gives a 10% discount for group registration. |
| D．It bases its lessons on campers’ levels. |
| A．Windsurfing Camp. | B．Rock Climb. |
| C．Skateboarding Camp. | D．Camp Sailing Camp. |
How to Teach A Child to Ride A Bike?
You never forget how to ride a bike, but most of us forget how hard it was to learn.
Begin with the right equipment. Start with a bicycle that’s the right size. A newbie should be able to sit on the seat with both feet flat on the ground. If the child has been using a bike with training wheels, remove them.
Emphasize the basics. The fundamentals of biking are balance, coasting, pedaling, and steering. To help a child learn these basic skills, remember to show how to do that in the flesh and dare to let him try. No doubt there will be more than a few stops and starts and maybe even a fall or two.
Now practice a lot. After a fair number of dry runs, it’s time to move to the big stage. Find a bike path or a little-travelled street in a residential neighbourhood.
| A．Find a safe spot to learn |
| B．Go to practice with the child |
| C．Encourage him to slow down and go on |
| D．Show him how to share the road with cars |
| E．A good-quality, well-fitting helmet is also a must |
| F．That’s why the experience of teaching children to ride can be frustrating |
| G．But eventually, he will manage to ride a fair stretch without stopping or falling |
Building a company website is one of the most important parts of creating a successful business. But designing a website can be time consuming and expensive. Web designers are difficult to work with, and even though you're paying them.There are cheaper ways to establish your company online, and Wix.com stands out among them.
Wix.com offers free HTML5 and Flash website design that you can do on your own, without having to pay for a pricey web designer. With unlimited space for as many pages as you want, customized looks, photo galleries, and blog platform capabilities, social networking buttons, Wix has everything a business of any size needs to make an impact online.You get full control over what information fills in the blanks, and you don't have to know a thing about HTML to make this work. The way your website looks says a lot about your company. Wix does that, and it does it for free. Another thing that makes Wix the most affordable option in creating a website is that you don't have to pay for a separate web host — every page created on Wix is hosted on Wix, free of charge.
The Internet is the marketplace of ideas: your company needs to share what you think. If you think just because you don't sell a product online you don’t need a website, you’re dead wrong. No matter what kind of business you have, if you want to reach an audience, you want to have a website that speaks to people.Wix lets you do that as quickly and easily as possible for free.
If you have a bigger budget, Wix has more options than just the free website design.You can choose to upgrade (升级) to the adless version which won’t fill up your customer’s screens when they visit your site.But if the most important thing to you is getting your company’s name online right now, try Wix.com today.
1．Wix.com is meant to________.| A．sell products on the Internet |
| B．attract more customers online |
| C．build a company’s website cheap |
| D．collect any possible information |
| A．Ways of finding free service. |
| B．Advantages of Wix.com. |
| C．Skills of creating websites. |
| D．Tricks of running a company. |
| A．have to be a good web designer |
| B．won’t do it easily and quickly |
| C．can share ideas with customers |
| D．must upgrade to the adless version |
| A．To teach a budget lesson. |
| B．To make an advertisement. |
| C．To present a website design. |
| D．To introduce a new business. |
Many kids help out around the house with chores such as emptying the dishwasher, putting laundry away, and taking out the trash. In exchange, some kids get allowances or other rewards such as extra computer time.
But some people do not think that kids should get rewards for doing chores. Susie Walton, a parenting educator and family coach, believes that by rewarding kids, parents are sending a message that work isn’t worth doing unless you get something in return. ’’Running any kind of household is a team effort, Susie said. "A home is a living space for everyone in the family. It’s important for kids to see that we all have responsibilities in the house, and that families decide together how they want their home to look, and how they are going to keep it looking like everyone wants it to look.”
Other people believe that getting a cash allowance or other rewards motivates kids to do chores, and it also teaches them real world lessons about how we need to work to earn money. There are also new applications that give kids points and digital gifts that can be redeemed (兑取) either online or in the real world. With the ChoreMonster app, kids earn digital points by completing chores that they can turn in for real-life rewards such as extra Xbox time or a trip to the mall. “Our goal is to encourage kids to earn rewards,’’ says Chris Bergman, founder of ChoreMonster. “Kids need positive reinforcement to help motivate them."
What do you think? Should kids be rewarded for doing chores? Or should kids help out around their homes without getting anything in return?
Write a 200-word response. Send it to tfkasks4you@timeforkids.com. Your response may be published in a future issue of Time For Kids. Please include your grade and contact information of your parent or teacher if you want your response to be published. The deadline for responding is February 18.
1．How does the author start the passage?| A．By presenting some facts. |
| B．By listing some evidence. |
| C．By comparing different views. |
| D．By stating his own experiences. |
| A．kids should be rewarded for doing chores |
| B．parents decide what kids can do for the family |
| C．kids have the responsibility to share housework |
| D．kids can get extra computer time for doing chores |
| A．Chris Bergman’s opinion on raising kids |
| B．main reasons why kids need encouragement |
| C．how to motivate kids to try new applications |
| D．the advantage of rewarding kids for doing chores |
| A．invite readers to express their opinions |
| B．inform readers of two different opinions |
| C．call on readers to reflect on their behavior |
| D．present the author's viewpoint about parenting |
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