Family values

(Giá trị của gia đình)

1. Read the text and list the five family values of British people in the 21st century in the table below.

(Đọc văn bản và liệt kê năm giá trị gia đình của người Anh thế kỷ 21 vào bảng dưới đây.)

BRITISH FAMILY VALUES

Family values are ideas about how people want to live their family life and are passed on from parents to children. Strong family values can prepare children for a happy life. Results of a recent survey in the UK show that even though modern family life has changed greatly, a number of traditional family values are still important in the UK nowadays.

On top of the list are the values of being truthful and honest, and respecting older people. Children are taught to tell the truth from an early age. They learn to show respect to older people, who have a wealth of life experiences. Having good table manners is the third important family value. Coming fourth and fifth on the list are the values of remembering to say please and thank you, and helping with family chores respectively.

It is clear that in the 21st century, British people still follow some traditional family values.

John has a lot of hopbies.He play chess at school and he also plays skating.After dinner,he goes fer a walk spots.He play athle tics at school,and he play footbal after school.On saturdays,John and his friends_____swimming.On Sundays,they _____basketball in the park.On Sundays evenings,they sometimes_____a film.

điền vào ô trống các từ :go,play,watch,liten.có thể là goes,plays,...và dịch bài văn

1.Does John have a lot of hobbies?

2.What does John do at school?

3.What does he do after dinner?

4.Does he play badminton after school?

5.What do they do on Sunday evendings?

Fill in each blank with the correct form of the word from the box.

Mike has a busy and active life. He does well at school and (1) _________ in many (2) _________ like basketball and chess clubs. He is also a member of the school community projects, where he (3) _________ with other teens and learns new (4) _________. He has many classes, but he can still manage his schoolwork well. Mike is also an active member of his class forum. He and his friends (5) _________ pictures and videos about their class activities. They also discuss homework, their problems and how to deal with pressure from parents, friends, and schoolwork. The most common problem they discuss is how to deal with (6) _________.

1.The teacher wants to increase students' interest in (volunteer) at the community centre.

2.A number of (tradition) family values are still important in the UK nowadays.

3.On top of the list are the values of being (true) and honest.

4.My aunt works (enormous) hard to support her family because her husband died in a car accident a year ago.

5.Parenting (collaborate) can offer children good opportunities for their future.

6.Computers should be made readily (access) to teachers and pupils.

7.Heavy lifting is an action which requires (physic) strength

8.We all feel happy and proud when we see our home (spot) clean at the end of the day.

9.We turned off all the (electric) devices in the house before leaving.

10.A person who bites the hand that feeds him/her is considered to be (grate).

Read the conversation again and choose the correct answer A, B, or C.

1. Tom and Mai are discussing _______________.

A. their leisure time activities

B. their school club activities

C. their likes and dislikes

2. Tom started playing chess because _______________.

A. he loved it

B. he wanted to stay focused

C. his mum wanted him to play

3. Playing chess helps Tom _______________.

A. connect with other members

B. concentrate better

C. do community service

4. The word “it” refers to _______________.

A. chess club

B. arts and crafts club

C. community service

5. Mai will participate in the arts and crafts club to _______________.

A. help the school

B. coach her friends

C. do art projects

In most families, conflict is more likely to be about clothing, music, and leisure time than about more serious matters such as religion and core values. Family conflict is rarely about such major issues as adolescents' drug use and delinquency. Nevertheless, it has been estimated that in about 5 million American families (roughly 20 percent), parents and adolescents engage in intense, prolonged, unhealthy conflict. In its most serious form, this highly stressful environment is associated with a number of negative outcomes, including 109 juvenile delinquency, moving away from home, increased school dropout rates, unplanned pregnancy, membership in religious cults, and drug abuse (Steinberg & Morris, 2001). Many of the changes that define adolescence can lead to conflict in parent-adolescent relationships. Adolescents gain an increased capacity for logical reasoning, which leads them to demand reasons for things they previously accepted without question, and the chance to argue the other side (Maccoby, 1984). Their growing critical-thinking skills make them less likely to conform to parents' wishes the way they did in childhood. Their increasing cognitive sophistication and sense of idealism may compel them to point out logical flaws and inconsistencies in parents' positions and actions. Adolescents no longer accept their parents as unquestioned authorities. They recognize that other opinions also have merit and they are learning how to form and state their own opinions. Adolescents also tend toward ego-centrism, and may, as a result, be ultra-sensitive to a parent's casual remark. The dramatic changes of puberty and adolescence may make it difficult for parents to rely on their children's preadolescent behavior to predict future behavior. For example, adolescent children who were compliant in the past may become less willing to cooperate without what they feel is a satisfactory explanation.

Question 1: What is the passage mainly about?

A. The dramatic changes of puberty and adolescence.
B. How to solve conflict in family.
C. The conflict in parent-adolescent relationship.
D. A satisfactory explanation for family conflict.

Question 2: According to the passage, what is probably TRUE about the conflict often arising in a family?
A. adolescents' drug use and delinquency
B. clothing, leisure time and music
C. religion and core values
D. children's behavior

Question 3: The word "unplanned" the first paragraph is closest in meaning to ____.
A. unintended
B. designed
C. developed
D. shaped

Question 4: Adolescents become less likely to comfort to parents' wishes the way they did in the past because ____.
A. the environment is highly stressful
B. their critical-thinking skills is growing
C. it is related to drug abuse
D.parent-adolescent relationships lead to conflicts

Question 5: According to the passage, the word "it" may refer to ____.
A. remark
B. adolescent
C. ego-centrism
D. None of the above

Read the passage and choose the correct answers.

The changing roles of the modern father

Fathers used to act as the “breadwinner” of their family, and as the teacher of moral and religious values. Today, however, those roles are gradually changing.

Changes in economic roles: More and more women are going out to work and earn money. This increases the budget of the family. Apart from that, there are various social welfare programmes which financially assist mothers in supporting their children. Both these changes have greatly impacted the role of fathers because they make paternal financial support less essential for many families. 

Changes in caregiving roles: With the burden of financial support reduced, and with a changing concept of a father’s role, modern fathers tend to be more involved in children’s caregiving. They are now spending more time and energy on their children.

Psychological research across families from all ethnic backgrounds suggests that the influence of a father’s love and attention is as great as that of a mother’s. Fatherly love helps children develop a sense of their place in the world, which helps their social and emotional development. Moreover, children who receive more love from their fathers are less likely to have behavioural problems.

This trend is still increasing and its effects will become clearer and clearer in the future especially in traditionally male-dominated societies.

27. Which of these is NOT the traditional role of a father?

A. caregiver B. financial supporter C. religious educator D. teacher of moral values

28. Social welfare programmes …………………….

A. train caregivers B. support families financially

C. help mothers with domestic abuse D. educate fathers about their responsibilities

29. The influence of a mother’s love is ……………………that of the father’s.

A. as important as C. much greater than B. less important than A. more important than

30. Children who get more fatherly love will ……………………behavioural problems.

A. have more B. have fewer C. have a lot of D. never have any

31. The changing roles of the father will be seen more clearly in …………………….

A. ethnic groups B. developed countries

C. economically independent societies D. traditionally male-dominated societies

32. The word various in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to …………………….

A. no B. only C. a few D. many

33. The word paternal in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to …………………….

A. social B. private C. fatherly D. motherly

34. The word who in paragraph 4 refers to …………………….

A. fathers B. mothers C. children D. development