题目内容
10.A public primary school in New York City has stopped giving its students homework.P.S.116Principal Jane Hsu wrote a letter to parents last month explaining that after more than a year of analyzing studies,the school had concluded that students'after-school time would be better spent on activities like reading at their own pace and playing rather than working on homework.
Hsu's letter says that many studies indicate that there is no connection between homework and academic success.Indeed,there are some studies that show that the link between homework and success is doubtful at the primary school level.
An important 1989study on homework by Professor Cooper found that doing homework led students to perform better in school as they grew older.In later grades,students who did homework performed increasingly better than students who did not.In 2006,Cooper published a study that analyzed 15years'worth of data on the effectiveness of homework.He found that homework had a more positive impact on students as they aged,and identified stronger relations between homework and achievement for students in grades seven through 12than for students in kindergarten through sixth grade.
A 2012study from the Indiana University School of Education on 10th-graders found little relation between time spent on homework and better course grades,although it did find a positive relation between homework time and standardized test performance.
Some parents of P.S.116students are not happy with the decision to eliminate homework.
"I think they should have homework-some of it is about discipline.I want(my daughter)to have fun,but I also want her to be working towards a goal,"Daniel Tasman,the father of a second-grader at the schoo1.
"You have to do homework in order to gain;you have to do homework because they may not be able to comprehend everything in school,"Sharon Blake,a grandmother of a P.S.116student.
29.Principal Jane Hsu wrote the letter to the parents toD.
A.analyze the test results of the students
B.suggest students'reading at their own pace and playing
C.tell them about the conclusion of the research
D.give them the reason for the decision of the school
30.The decision to stop giving students homework depends uponA.
A.studies on the link between homework and academic success
B.students'wish to spend their time on activities or playing
C.Professor Cooper's research on the effectiveness of homework
D.the ideas of both school authorities and parents
31.Harris Cooper found in his research thatD.
A.kindergarten students spent too much time doing activities
B.doing homework made the kindergarten students cleverer
C.only elderly students should be given homework to do
D.students benefit more from doing homework as they grow older
32.What does the underlined word"eliminate"in Paragraph 6mean?B
A.Refuse. B.Cancel. C.Increase.D.Reduce.
分析 本文属于说明文阅读,作者通过这篇文章主要向我们阐述了纽约的一所公立小学停止给学生们布置作业,学校的校长Jane Hsu给家长们写了一封信,在信中指出一年多的分析研究表明,小学的作业与学业成绩关系不大,所以学校取消布置作业.
解答 29.D.细节理解题.根据文章第二段"Principal Jane Hsu wrote a letter to parents last month explaining that after more than a year of analyzing studies,the school had concluded that students'after-school time would be better spent on activities like reading at their own pace and playing rather than working on homework"可知校长写信的目的是向家长解释学校取消布置作业的原因;故选D.
30.A.细节理解题.根据文章第三段"Hsu's letter says that many studies indicate that there is no connection between homework and academic success"Hsu的信中说,许多研究表明功课和学业上的成功之间是没有联系,可知学校做如此重大决定,是取决与大量的研究的;故选A.
31.D.细节理解题.根据文章第四段"He found that homework had a more positive impact on students as they aged,and identified stronger relations between homework and achievement for students in grades seven through 12than for students in kindergarten through sixth grade",可知Cooper 教授的研究成果是学校作出决定的原因之一,即学生年龄越大,作业对他的作用就越大,反之就越小;故选D.
32.B.词义猜测题.根据文章第六段"Some parents of P.S.116students are not happy with the decision to eliminate homework."由文章可知事件是学校取消布置作业,因此eliminate对应的是取消的意思;故选B.
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做词义猜测题时不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.
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