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2.How important is homework?According to the Los Angeles Unified School District(LAUSD),it's not that important!The district has made a big change for the 2011-2012school year.It started on July 1,homework counts for only 10% of a student's grade.The district,the second largest in the country,says its new way can provide a fairer assessment(评定) of students'homework and achievements.
The district hopes students only need to spend less time on homework and more time on hobbies and with their families.By reducing the weight of homework toward a student's grade,a truer picture of the student's knowledge will be shown in the achievement grade.
However,it doesn't mean the students can throw out homework.It says that homework is a chance for students to practice their skills and a tool for students to prepare for coming lessons.Still,LAUSD is joining a growing list of schools that have controlled the amount of homework.
How much time children should spend on homework is a hot topic.Harris Cooper,a professor at a university,says that the proper amount of homework time is ten minutes a day multiplied by(乘以) the student's grade.This means a third grader should spend 30minutes a day on homework.And a sixth grader would spend 60minutes."Good homework in the proper amount will have better effects on them,"he said."Bad homework or too much homework will have worse effects."
But some people think homework is an important part of learning.They say many children just won't try their best if homework doesn't count toward their grade.Some teachers also think homework is important.They argue that students who do their homework perform better on tests and in school than those who do not.They are afraid that the new way will encourage students to pay less attention to homework.
| The topic of the article:The (62)importance of homework in learning | |
| A big change for homework | Reducing the(63)percentage of homework grade by 10% in assessing students'performance and achievement in school. |
| The advantages of reducing homework | l Students will have more time for(64)hobbies and with their families. l Students will be able to(65)show their truer pictures of knowledge in the achievement grades. |
| The advantages of doing homework | l Students can have more(66)chances to practice their skills. l The(67)number of schools that have controlled the amount of homework is getting bigger. |
| The amount of homework | l The time that a ninth grade student(68)devotes to homework should be 90 minutes. l Students will(69)prefer good homework in the proper amount to bad homework or too much homework. |
| (70)Worryabout the new policy | l If homework isn't included in their grade,many students won't put their heart into study. l Students who don't do their homework perform much(71)worse than those who do their homework. |
分析 文章大意:本文是一篇议论文,主语讨论作业的重要性.洛杉矶联合学区希望学生只需要花更少的时间在他们的家庭作业,花费更多的时间在爱好上.但有些人认为家庭作业是学习的重要组成部分.学生做作业为了更好的进行考试.他们害怕新办法将鼓励学生不重视作业.
解答 62.答案:importance.考查名词.根据How important is homework?作业有多重要?可知,这里用The importance of"…的重要性",答案importance重要.名词形式.
63.答案:percentage.考查名词.根据homework counts for only 10% of a student's grade作业只占学生成绩的10%.可知这里关于作业的改变是减少作业的百分比.因此用percentage百分比,the percentage of…"…的百分比".
64.答案:hobbies.考查名词.根据more time on hobbies and with their families更多的时间在爱好和与他们的家庭.可知,这里填hobbies兴趣.
65.答案:show.考查动词.根据a truer picture of the student's knowledge will be shown in the achievement grade一个真实的学生的知识的图片会被展示在成绩等级里.可知不定式to后用动词原形show展示.
66.答案:chances.考查名词.根据It says that homework is a chance for students to practice their skills据说家庭作业是学生实践技能的机会.可知,应该用chance机会,由more更多的,可知应该用复数chances.
67.答案:number.考查搭配.根据LAUSD is joining a growing list of schools.洛杉矶联合学区正在加入不断增长的学校清单.可知这里用the number of…数量,修饰名词schools.因此用number.
68.答案:devotes.考查动词.根据spend花费.可知,可以用devote to专心致志于…,主语是student单数,因此用第三人称单数devotes.
69.答案:prefer.考查搭配.根据Bad homework or too much homework will have worse effects.作业不好或作业太多会有更坏的影响.可知,这里用prefer…to…喜欢…胜过喜欢…,主语Students复数,因此用原形.
70.答案:Worry.考查动词.根据They are afraid that the new way will encourage students to pay less attention to homework他们害怕新的方式鼓励学生不重视家庭作业.可知这一条应该是担心新的政策.worry about担心.答案是Worry.
71.答案:worse.考查比较级.根据They argue that students who do their homework perform better on tests and in school than those who do not.他们认为做作业的学生在测试和在学校表现比那些不做作业的更好.可知这里用better(更好的)反义词worse更坏的.表示"不做作业的学生会比做作业的表现更坏.",答案是worse.
点评 阅读题型,要注重句子与句子之间、段落与段落之间逻辑关系以及对篇章的整体理解.根据要求,结合语境,运用正确的语法写出答案.
-__________.Maybe I will practice basketball.( )
| A. | Of course. | B. | I'm not sure. | C. | You're right. | D. | I hope not. |
As sixth graders,kids were separating into groups,but I wasn't sure where I belonged.
Our teacher gave us a task called"secret friends"for the coming week.We were supposed to do nice things (14)A our friends without letting them know who was doing it.We could leave留下 encouraging notes or cards either on their desks or in their bags.Before doing the task,with our eyes closed,from a basket,we (15)A a name of a classmate who we were to secretly befriend over the next five days.
Soon,the task was turned into a competition of giving (16)D instead of notes.Everyone was getting cool presents except me.My friend exactly (17)C what the teacher had told us.So I received nothing but hand-made cards with nice words about me.
On the last morning,I finally got a package.When I (18)B it,the girls around all (19)C.It was an"old lady"gift.My face went red.
I tried to forget about the shaming gift,but when the same girls (20)Ait again during the break in the bathroom,I joined in,"How stupid!My grandmother wouldn't (21)Cwant it."The girls laughed at my words and went out of the bathroom.Washing my hands,I let the water run through my fingers (22)BI thought about my words.It wasn't (23)Clike me to say things like that.
"I'm your secret friend."It was Rochelle."I'm sorry about the gift,"she said to me,tears running down her face.
From a poor family,she was a target(目标) at school for those with rich parents.Yet she just took all the terrible treatment silently.
I was sick to my stomach as my (24)Bwords ran through my mind.She had heard everything.How could I have been so unkind?
Later I learned she had felt bad all week about not being able to leave me any cool present and her mum had given up her only luxury(奢侈品).
And I had destroyed everything for her.
I told her that I had only said those things to try to fit in.
"We aren't that different from each other,are we?"She smiled understandingly.Her simple (25)D,spoken from her heart,found their way straight into mine.
| 14.A.for | B.behind | C.through | D.like |
| 15.A.drew | B.changed | C.found | D.picked |
| 16.A.chances | B.help | C.hope | D.gifts |
| 17.A.learned | B.copied | C.followed | D.understood |
| 18.A.discovered | B.opened | C.caught | D.held |
| 19.A.cheered | B.shouted | C.laughed | D.clapped |
| 20.A.mentioned | B.saw | C.showed | D.suggested |
| 21.A.just | B.ever | C.even | D.only |
| 22.A.if | B.as | C.since | D.because |
| 23.A.exactly | B.perfectly | C.normally | D.necessarily |
| 24.A.powerful | B.hurtful | C.useful | D.helpful |
| 25.A.cards | B.actions | C.choices | D.words. |
| A. | and | B. | or | C. | but | D. | so |
| A. | four-years-old | B. | fourth-year-old | C. | four-year-old | D. | four years old |