19.I was five years old,and my mother was cleaning the kitchen floor.I was telling her about a new girl at school,and she suddenly asked, "Who are your two best friends?" "Jill and Jaime." "Well,what about Karen and Cindy?" My sisters? "I don't know who their best friends are," I said. "No," she said. "I'm saying,why aren't they your best friends?" "But they're my sisters." "Yes,but they can still be your best friends.Friends may come and go,but your sisters will always be there for you." At the time,the idea of my two sisters being my best friends seemed strange to me.We fought all the time over toys,food,attention and what to watch on television.How could my sisters be my best friends?They weren't the same age as I.We all had our own friends at school. But my mother never let the three of us forget it:Sisters are lifelong friends.She often told us how lucky we were and encouraged us to grow closer. We didn't always get along well and often fought.But we realized that our mother was right.Today I share things with my sisters that I do with no one else.My sister Cindy and I ran the New York City Marathon side by side,even holding hands when we crossed the finish line.When my sister Karen got married,I was her maid of honor (伴娘).Cindy and I traveled through Europe together and even shared an apartment for two years. It was twenty-three years ago that my mother first asked me who my two best friends were.Today she doesn't have to.She already knows. Answer the questions according to the passage (根據短文內容回答問題). (1)How old is the writer now?
(2)What did the mother mean by saying "What about Karen and Cindy"?
(3)Did the writer think it strange to have the sisters as her best friends at first?
20.作為一名初中生,你認為學生應該幫助父母做一些家務嗎?請根據提示寫篇短文。 提示: 1.你的觀點是學生應該做一些家務; 2.父母工作累,幫助分擔家務; 3.家庭成員的共同責任,體現公平性; 4.家務可以培養學生的獨立能力;教會學生怎樣去照顧自己… 5.你是怎樣做家務的… 要求: 1.語言表達要準確,內容要包含以上內容,語意要通順、連貫; 2.詞數不少于100,開頭已給出,但不計入總詞數。 Should students do housework? Different people have different ideas about this problem. __________