Let'slearnmoreabouteachother

Arethelivesofcitykidsthesameasthoseinvillages?Inmanyways,theyareverydifferent.Butwhatarethedifferences?

HuPengofWuhanandhisfourfriendsdecidedtofindout.TheywenttoliveforaweekinCaidian,avillagenearWuhan.HuandhisJuniorlclassmatesaskedkidstherefromdoortodoorlotsofquestions.Theywantedtolearnmoreaboutthekids'everydaylives,sotheyaskedquestions:Doyourparentsteachyouhowtodohousework?Howmuchmoneydoyouusuallyspendondinner?Whatwouldyoudoifathiefcameintoyourhouse?Theyalsoasked150citykidsthesamequestions.

Whatarethedifferences?

OnApril12,theteamgaveareporttotheirclass.Theytalkedlotsofdifferencesaboutchildren'slivesbetweencitiesandvillages.Thebiggestdifferenceisindependence.Hu'steamsawthat60percentofcitykidscan'tdomuchhousework,but90percentofvillagekidscantakecareofthemselves.

CitykidstoldHutheycaredaboutschoolalot,andtheyhadnotimetowashclothesormaketheirbeds.Villagekidssaidtheyhelpedtheirparentsalot:theycookmeals,cleanthehouseandfeedpigs.Hu'steamalsosawthatvillagekidshadlesspocketmoney,manyneverusecomputers.Theyplayinriversoronmountains.Somedon'treallyliketomakenewfriends.

Huandhisfriendssaidtheirtripgavethemmoreself-confidence.Butitalsomadethemknowtheystillhadalottolearn."Whenwegrowup,ourparentscan'ttakecareofus,"Husaid."Wehavetolearntotakecareofourselves."ShenGuanquan,oneofHu'sfriends,said,"Whenpeoplelearntocareforthemselves,theylearntodolotsofdifficultthings."

10.Howmanycitykidswenttolearnaboutvillagekids'everydaylives?

A.Three.B.Four.C.Five.D.Six.

11.Theyfoundthatmostvillagekids_______..

A.hadnotimefortheirstudyB.didn'tcaremuchaboutschool

C.helpedtheirparentsalotD.hadmuchpocketmoney

12.Theirreportshowsthatmostcitykids_____.

A.don'tliketheirparents

B.havelesspocketmoney

C.alwaystakecareofthemselves

D.stillhavealottolearn

13.Theunderlinedword"it"inthelastparagraphmeans_____..

A.theirtr