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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. _____3_____ primary school students are complaining of homework _____4_____ What's a well-meaning parent to do?

　　As hard as it may be, sit back and keep cool, experts _____5_____. Though you've got to get them to do it, by _____6_____ too much, or even examining _____7_____ too carefully, you may _____8_____ them from doing it by themselves. “I wouldn't advise a parent to check every _____9_____ exercise,” says psychologist（心理学家）John Rosemond, author of Ending The Tough Hamework. “There's a _____10_____ of understanding for trial and error（错误）. Let your children _____11_____ 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 _____12_____, but don't want them to feel it has to be _____13_____ That's not to say parents should pay no attention to _____14_____ ——first, they should monitor how much homework their kids _____15_____. Thirty minutes a day in the early elementary（基础） years and an hour in _____16_____ four, five, and six is standard. For junior-high students it should be no _____17_____ than an hour and a half, and two for high-school students. If your child _____18_____ has more homework than this, you may want to check with other _____19_____ and then talk to the teacher about _____20_____ homework.

Standing on the side of the highway waiting to catch speeding drivers, a police officer saw a car moving slowly at 18 MPH. He  _36_  to himself, “This driver is just as  _37   as a speeder!” So __38 _ he turned on his lights and pulled the driver over.   39   the car, he noticed that   40   were five old ladies — two in the front seat and __41__three in the back, their eyes wide and faces white as ghosts. The driver, obviously   42_ , said to him, “Officer, I don’t understand. I was  _43__ exactly the speed limit!  _44__ seems to be the problem?” “Ma’am,” the officer replied, “You weren’t  _45__, but you should know that driving  _46__  than the speed limit can also be a(n) __47   to other drivers.” “Slower than the speed limit? No, sir, I was doing the speed limit exactly…Eighteen miles per hour!” The old woman said a bit __48_ . The police officer, trying to  _49_  a laugh, explained to her that “18” was the route number, _ 50_  the speed limit. A bit embarrassed, the old woman smiled and thanked the officer for  _51_  out her error. “But before I let you  _52_ , Ma’am, I have to ask if everyone in this car is all right? These women seem very  _53_  and they didn’t make a single sound the whole time.”The police officer asked. “Oh, they will be all right  _54   a minute, officer. We just  _55__  Route 128.”

1.A. turned             B. thought         C. came            D. agreed

2.A. dangerous          B. well            C. silly           D. soon

3.A. tightly            B. immediately     C. privately       D. deadly

4.A. Suspecting         B. Blaming         C. Starting        D. Approaching

5.A. those              B. they            C. there           D. these

6.A. other              B. more            C. else            D. another

7.A. confused           B. worried         C. delighted       D. excited

8.A. increasing         B. reaching        C. lowering        D. doing

9.A. How                B. What            C. When            D. Where

10.A. running           B. breaking        C. speeding        D. concentrating

11.A. slower            B. safer           C. faster          D. higher

12.A. guide             B. demand          C. aid             D. danger

13.A. nervously         B. proudly         C. roughly         D. constantly

14.A. control           B. give            C. make            D. show

15.A. or                B. but             C. not             D. and

16.A. pointing          B. speaking        C. taking          D. squeezing

17.A. drive             B. go              C. laugh           D. run

18.A. united            B. exhausted       C. worried         D. tolerated

19.A. in                B. after           C. for             D. with

20.A. sped up           B. left out        C. broke down      D. got off

下面短文中有10处语法错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧）,并在其下面写上该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2.只允许修改10处，多者（从11处起）不计分。

One rainy day while I was walking home with one of my friend, a trunk came

                                              friends

to a stop besides us. The driver put the window down and offered us a unbrella

       beside                                           an

because he found we were wet through. I stood there and couldn’t believe in

                                                           i\n

that a complete stranger is so thoughtful. The man insisted, so I grateful

                    was                           gratefully

accepted the offer, thanked him and watched the truck disappear down the road.

This man might need the umbrella himself, and he preferred to give it to

                                   but

everyone else. It was a lesson to us that it was possible ∧give without expect

someone/somebody                              to        expecting

anything in return.

Standing on the side of the highway waiting to catch speeding drivers, a police officer saw a car moving slowly at 18 MPH. He  _36_ to himself, “This driver is just as  _37  as a speeder!” So __38 _ he turned on his lights and pulled the driver over.   39  the car, he noticed that   40  were five old ladies — two in the front seat and __41__three in the back, their eyes wide and faces white as ghosts. The driver, obviously   42_ , said to him, “Officer, I don’t understand. I was  _43__ exactly the speed limit!  _44__ seems to be the problem?” “Ma’am,” the officer replied, “You weren’t  _45__, but you should know that driving  _46__ than the speed limit can also be a(n) __47  to other drivers.” “Slower than the speed limit? No, sir, I was doing the speed limit exactly…Eighteen miles per hour!” The old woman said a bit __48_ . The police officer, trying to  _49_ a laugh, explained to her that “18” was the route number, _ 50_  the speed limit. A bit embarrassed, the old woman smiled and thanked the officer for  _51_ out her error. “But before I let you  _52_, Ma’am, I have to ask if everyone in this car is all right? These women seem very  _53_ and they didn’t make a single sound the whole time.”The police officer asked. “Oh, they will be all right  _54  a minute, officer. We just  _55__ Route 128.”