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　　It’s back-to-school time again．In the morning you wave goodbye, and that 　　1　　 evening you’re burning the late-night oil in sympathy(同情)．In the race to improve educational standards, 　　2　　 are throwing the books at kids．Even primary school students are complaining of homework 　　3　　．What’s a well-meaning(好心的)parent to do?

　　As hard as it may be, sit back and keep cool; experts 　　4　　．Though you’ve got to get them to do it, by helping too much, or even examining answers too carefully, you may keep them from doing it by themselves．“I wouldn’t advise a parent to check every single exercise, ” says psychologist(心理学家)John Rosemond, author of Ending the Tough Homework．“There’s a lack of understanding for trial and error(错误)．Let your children 　　5　　 the grade they are worthy of．”

　　Many experts believe parents should gently look over the work of younger children and ask them to rethink about their exercises, but don’t want them to feel it has to be 　　6　　．

　　That’s not to say parents should pay no attention to 　　7　　－first, they should monitor how much homework their kids 　　8　　．Thirty minutes a day in the early elementary(基础)years and an hour in 　　9　　 four, five, and six are standards．For junior-high students it should be no more than an hour and a half, and two for high-school students．If your child always has more homework than this, you may check with other 　　10　　 and then talk to the teacher about reducing homework．

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　　It’s back-to-school time again．In the morning you wave goodbye, and that 　　1　　 evening you’re burning the late-night oil in sympathy(同情)．In the race to improve educational standards, 　　2　　 are throwing the books at kids．Even primary school students are complaining of homework 　　3　　．What’s a well-meaning(好心的)parent to do?

　　As hard as it may be, sit back and keep cool; experts 　　4　　．Though you’ve got to get them to do it, by helping too much, or even examining answers too carefully, you may keep them from doing it by themselves．“I wouldn’t advise a parent to check every single exercise,” says psychologist(心理学家)John Rosemond, author of Ending the Tough Homework．“There’s a lack of understanding for trial and error(错误)．Let your children 　　5　　 the grade they are worthy of．”

　　Many experts believe parents should gently look over the work of younger children and ask them to rethink about their exercises, but don’t want them to feel it has to be 　　6　　．

　　That’s not to say parents should pay no attention to 　　7　　－first, they should monitor how much homework their kids 　　8　　．Thirty minutes a day in the early elementary(基础)years and an hour in 　　9　　 four, five, and six are standards．For junior-high students it should be no more than an hour and a half, and two for high-school students．If your child always has more homework than this, you may check with other 　　10　　 and then talk to the teacher about reducing homework．

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　　“Never say die'' was my mother's motto．No matter how tough the life was, she always had 　　1　　 in the face of struggle and change．

　　My mother, born in the late 1920s, 　　2　　 no education．Her mother, whom she loved dearly, died when she was 12 years old．Her father remarried, 　　3　　 he stepmother was 　　4　　 to her．As a result, my mother was always kept busy doing ail kinds of household 　　5　　,varying from feeding scores of tame birds to 　　6　　 her stepbrothers "Never say die" she 　　7　　 say to herself．

　　After marrying my father, she 　　8　　 my grandparents as her own parents．It was a Lime when China was faced with a severe 　　9　　 of food and my family was no 　　10　　．There was a 　　11　　 in my family that the best food went to the old and she was always the last to have her meal．At one time, there wasn't a grain left at home, and the whole family got into a 　　12　　 "Never say die" said my mother, as she often did in such cases- She, together with my elder sisters－one 8 years old and the other 11, went begging until the 　　13　　 picked up．My father was once 　　14　　 to drinking．My mother, on the one hand, tried hard to 　　15　　 him to quit drinking; on the other hand, every time my father was heavily drunk; she would feed two thermos bottles of boiled water to him ,using the mouth-to-mouth way．

　　Poor as my family was my parents 　　16　　 to send my sisters to school, which was absolutely 　　17　　 in my home village then．Now my sisters have both retired as primary school teachers．Then my mother devoted herfelf entirely to 　　18　　 her grandchildren, among whom are now two university students, a soldier, an engineer, a bank c’erk and a civil servant．

　　Devoted to the family, she is deeply respected and loved by her children and grandchildren．Every year a family get-together takes place on her birthday when the whole family 　　19　　 being blessed with such a great mother．“Never say die” is a 　　20　　 gift she left for her off springs．