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Students get a taste of the adult world

For some teenagers, being an adult is the coolest thing in the world. Adults don’t do homework or take exams. They do what they like and earn money. How wonderful! But is it true?

Last month. Grade 7 students at Qiaoyi Middle School in Wuxi, Jiangsu, had a taste of the adult world. They had the homework called “Working with your parents for one day”.

What did they find?

Wu Jing’s mother works as a ticket collector in a park. At 6：00 a.m., the 14-year-old gir1 went to work with her mother. It Was dark and cold. Before the park opened, they did the cleaning, checked tickets and counted change. When the visitors came, they greeted them with a smile. After standing for the whole day. Wu was worn out.

“Every day Mom makes dinner for me and I take it for granted (认为理所当然),” said Wu, “Now I know how tired she must be, I should help her more.”

Li Shiyi, 14, spent her day in a car. Her father is a taxi driver. She picked up call and gave change back. Li thought it’d be easy to sit in a car and tour the city. But soon she found that her father didn't even have time for lunch.

“Now I know how hard it is to earn money ,” Li said, “We should do what we can for our parents and never waste money.”

根据短文内容填空，每空填一词。
1．Some teenagers think that it is _______ to be adults because the adults can do what they ______ and earn money.
2．The students were given the homework _______ “Working with your parents for one day’’to have a _______ of the adult world.
3．As a ticket collector in a park, Wu Jing’s mother must be ________ because she has to go to work _________ and stand for the whole day.
4．Li Shiyi found her father’s job was not as _______ as she had thought and her father was even too ______ to have his lunch.
5．From the passage, we know that the teachers wish the students to ______ their parents more and never _________ money.