Question

It is five o‘clock in the evening when Rene Wagner comes home from work. She walks into the living room and looks at her three children. They are 14,13 and 9 years old. They are watching TV. The living room is a mess. There are dirty socks on the floor and cookies on the sofa. Games and toys are everywhere. Rene is angry, “This place is a mess” she tells her children, “I can‘t work all day and then do housework all evenings. I’m not going to do housework!” Rene doesn‘t do housework. She doesn‘t clean or wash dishes. She doesn‘t wash clothes, either. Every evening she sits on the sofa and watches TV.

After two weeks, every plate, fork and glass in the house is dirty. All the children‘s clothes are dirty.

Every garbage basket is full. The house is a mess.

Then, one day Rene comes home from work and gets a big surprise. The kitchen is clean. The children clean the kitchen ! The next day, the living room is clean, and the children are washing their clothes. Rene tells the

children “OK, I‘ll do the housework again. But you have to help me.”  

Now Rene and her three children do the housework together. Then they all sit on the sofa and watch TV !

17. When Rene came home from work, she found the house ……………. .

A. clean and dirty       B. dirty and tidy          C. dirty and untidy                  D. clean but untidy

18. Rene told her children ………………….. .

A. to do the housework                       B. she couldn‘t do housework

C. not to do housework                       D. she wouldn‘t do housework

19. Two weeks later, the house was ……………… .

A. very clean               B. a mess                     C. tidy                         D. rather dirty

20. Now Rene does housework again because …………………. .

A. her children help her.                                 B. they can watch TV together.

C. her children wash their clothes.                 D. her children don‘t do it.

Answer 1

17. When Rene came home from work, she found the house ……………. .

A. clean and dirty       B. dirty and tidy          C. dirty and untidy                  D. clean but untidy

18. Rene told her children ………………….. .

A. to do the housework                       B. she couldn‘t do housework

C. not to do housework                       D. she wouldn‘t do housework

19. Two weeks later, the house was ……………… .

A. very clean               B. a mess                     C. tidy                         D. rather dirty

20. Now Rene does housework again because …………………. .

A. her children help her.                                 B. they can watch TV together.

C. her children wash their clothes.                 D. her children don‘t do it.