Most kids hate doing housework. However, not all hope is lost. There are some things that you can do to get your kids to help you clean your house. If you are struggling with the chores (家務)and need your kids to help you, take a look at some of the creative ways in this article.
If you are dealing with older kids, you may want to try the allowance deal. You can give your kids a list of chores that need to be done each week. If they complete these chores, you can give them some money. You can also break the list down and tell them they will get so much for each chore that is finished. Older kids , who like to do things on weekends or buy things like video games, will work hard to complete their chores and earn their money. This is also teaching them responsibility. This is teaching them that they must work for what they want.
If you are dealing with younger kids, you may want to go with the rewards chart(獎勵圖表）. This is where you design a chart and list their chores on the chart. For each chore they complete, you can put a red flower beside it. For the rewards, you canalso do a number of things ,such as going to the park, going out to eat, buying a DVD or something similar. The rewards would be up to you because you know what your kids like.
For real small kids, you can turn it into a game. When kids were much younger, you can teach them to dance around and sing as you cleaned. The kids loved it and would do a wonderful job at picking up their toys. So, consider turning cleaning into a game for the real small kids.
小題1:What does the underlined word “allowance” in Paraph 2 mean ?
A．Good words given by parentsB．Business that needs studying
C．Explanation of responsibilityD．Small change given by parents
小題2:Why can we put a red flower beside the chore on a chart?
A．To know what your kids like.
B．To know how many chores the kids have done.
C．To encourage younger kids to do more chores.
D．To go out to eat or do something similar they like.
小題3: What can we know from this article?
A．Kids should help parents do more chores.
B．Parents should teach kids how to do housework.
C．The more chores kids do, the more they love their parents.
D．Creative methods can be helpful for parents to get their kids to do housework.

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:D

試題解析：這篇文章講述的是如何讓孩子們更愿意做家務，文中給出了幾種可行的方法，其中包括對大孩子，小孩子，甚至更小的孩子的不同方法。
小題1:詞義猜測題。根據(jù)文中語句提示If they complete these chores, you can give them some money.（對稍微大點的孩子他們完成這些家務活時可以給他們一些錢）可知此詞的意思是D。
小題2:根據(jù)第三自然段的描述，對于小點的孩子主要是采取鼓勵，表揚的方式，所以此題答案是C。
小題3:主旨大意題。從全文描述可知通過有創(chuàng)造性的方法能幫助父母讓孩子們做家務，故選D。
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