14．Hi Geoff，
Don't be surprised about what I'm going to tell you．Last week，I became a parent!Calm down，Geoff．This was only a project we did at school，but let me tell you more．
Every week，our teacher gives us a new topic to discuss in class．Last Monday，however，he asked us a very interesting question-‘Do you think it is difficult to be a parent？'Some of the students said they thought it was easy，as parents never have to do any homework!Our teacher said he wouldn't tell us the answer．He said he would let us be‘a parent'for a week．He was sure we would have the answer by the end of the week．
We spent the rest of the lesson making flour （面粉） babies．We first took some bags and filled them with flour in order to make the‘babies'as heavy as real ones．We used cardboard to make some arms，legs and a face for our flour babies，and then dressed them in old pieces of clothing．My baby looked so strange，as I am not very good at art，but it was great fun．
When we finished，our teacher gave us all notebooks and told us we had to write down our experience （體驗） with the babies for the whole week．We had to carry them round with us every day，and look after them like real babies!That was really difficult．For example，one of my friends has quite a bad memory，and left his flour baby on the bus by accident．
We also had to take the flour babies home with us，as well．My parents found it quite funny，as I fed the baby in the evening，and then got it ready for bed．After doing that and finishing my homework，there was no time to chat with my friends on the phone，nor watch my favorite television programmes．
Every evening，I was so tired that I fell asleep very quickly．Yet only a few hours later my alarm clock woke me up．For that week，I had to get up three times every night to feed the flour baby!In the end，I got so little sleep that I had black bags under my eyes．
It was a difficult time，but now the project is over．I feel I have learnt that it is very difficult．I think it also gave me a new idea on what my parents have done for me．
Let me know your news and hope to hear from you soon．
All the best
Rick
66．Why did the students make the‘babies'by filling the bags with flour？In order to make them as heavy as real ones．
67．What did Rick think of the steps of making the flour baby？He thought it was great fun．
68．What happened to the forgetful student's flour baby？He left the flour baby on the bus by accident．
69．How did Rick look after his flour baby like a real one at night？He got up three times to feed it．
70．What can you learn from this passage？It is very difficult/not easy/hard to be a goodparent．．
分析 本文是一封信，說的是一名學生當父母的體驗．老師在課上布置任務，讓學生體驗做父母的感受．學生首先制作嬰兒，然后要像真孩子一樣照看這個嬰兒，尤其是晚上要給他（她）喂奶，鋪床，有時一晚上要起三次床．通過這種活動，學生覺得作父母不容易．
解答 66．In order to make the‘babies'as heavy as real ones．
細節理解題．考查學生為什么把袋子裝滿面粉來制造"嬰兒"．根據第三段中"We first took some bags and filled them with flour in order to make the‘babies'as heavy as real ones"所說，他們用布袋裝上面粉，目的是使"嬰兒"看起來和真孩子一樣重．故回答In order to make the‘babies'as heavy as real ones．
67．He thought it was great fun．
細節理解題．考查里克對制作面粉嬰兒的步驟的看法．根據第三中"My baby looked so strange，as I am not very good at art，but it was great fun"可知，里克覺得這種活動很有趣．故回答He thought it was great fun．
68．He left his flour baby on the bus by accident．
細節理解題．考查那個健忘的學生所做的面粉嬰兒發生了什么事．根據第四段中"one of my friends has quite a bad memory，and left his flour baby on the bus by accident"所說，他把自己制作的面粉嬰兒忘在公交車上了．by accident偶然地； 不經意．故回答He left his flour baby on the bus by accident．
69．He fed the baby and then got it ready for bed，sometimes he had to get up three times every night．
細節理解題．考查里克這樣在夜晚像照顧真嬰兒一樣照顧自己的面粉做的嬰兒．根據第四、五段中"I fed the baby in the evening，and then got it ready for bed"和"I had to get up three times every night to feed the flour baby"可知，他晚上要喂孩子，有時一晚上要起床三次給他喂奶；為要給他鋪床．故回答He fed the baby and then got it ready for bed，sometimes he had to get up three times every night．
70．It's difficult to be a parent．
細節理解題．考查你能從中學到什么東西，實際上是推斷作者意圖．根據文中"I feel I have learnt that it is very difficult"和"I think it also gave me a new idea on what my parents have done for me"所說，做父母不容易；自己對父母為孩子所付出的一切有了新的認識．故回答It's difficult to be a parent．
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