完形填空
As an exchange student, I have been staying in a host family in Beijing for the past five months．The parents are 1 in their mid-30s and the son just turned 5．In exchange for room and board, I teach their son 2 ．
Like in many of the other Chinese families, he’s an only child．And though he has 3 plastic trucks and boxes full of crayons, I don’t know 4 he has the time to play．When he’s not in the kindergarten, he’s taking after-school classes．On the weekends, the boy goes to more classes．He has one day off－Sunday．
Compared to his schedule, I feel like my childhood was 5 a waste of time．I learned how to climb trees and draw cartoons．I wasn’t learning Chinese at his age．But he and lots of other children are learning English．Both his parents dream that he will have 6 jobs, higher pay, and bigger houses．
The boy seems to take no interest 7 learning English．He doesn’t need a teacher, but a playmate．He is, 8 , only 5．When I think about my life as a 5-year-old, I know for sure I wasn’t half as 9 as he is．
In the evening, when his parents 10 him to speak with me in English, he gets 11 ．He lies on the floors, hides under the table and climbs on the furniture．When he finally stops 12 , and starts talking, it isn’t in English, but it isn’t in Chinese, 13 ．He speaks in his own language．
He 14 not be a very good student, but I’m not a great teacher．I just want to be his big brother 15 can speak in gibberish(胡言亂語(yǔ))with him and help draw trucks, robots or spiders．
