According to a recent report, kids in primary school spend about six hours every week doing their homework.. So kids hate homework. However, their parents hate homework, too.

Is it good for kids to do homework? Of course, a great number of researches do show that kids can remember what they have learnt in class better by finishing their homework on time and homework itself plays an important role in developing their learning shills, such as independent thinking and creativity.

But for parents, the result is not the same. After a day of hard work, most of them feel like they’re going through school a second time when they sit down with their children each night to help with their homework. And a recent survey found that 46 percent of parents feel like they don’t spend enough quality time with their children, because they spend too much time doing the housework or helping with homework. And another 29 percent of parents have arguments with their kids often when they have different answers to the same question.

Now several education scientists strongly advise parents to stop helping. They say it will give their kids more independence and give parents back their free time. At the same time, the number of homework – connected arguments will be less at home. Katy Smith, an education scientist, says, “ You don’t have to know everything. Children need to put their hands up for help and so do parents. Use your resources – online teachers, or even your neighborhood – just ask.”

1.How long do the kids spend doing homework?

A. About six hours a day.

B. About six hours a week.

C. About six hours a month

D. About six hours a year

2.What do we know from the researches mentioned in Paragraph 2 ?

A. Homework improves learning skills.

B. Both parents and kids hate homework.

C. Kids love doing homework by themselves.

D. Parents enjoy sitting down helping their kids, most parents feel ___________.

3. When they are helping their kids, most parents feel ___________ .

A. they are at work again

B. they are school students again

C. they are teachers of their kids.

D. they are not as good as their kids.

4.Why do some parents argue with their kids?

A. Their kids don’t finish homework on time.

B. Their kids don’t like to do their homework.

C. Their kids don’t work out the correct answers.

D. Their kids don’t agree with them on the answers.

5.What’s Katy Smith’s advice for the parents?

A. Ask kids to finish everything at school.

B. Review everything they learn at school.

C. Look for professional help for their kids.

D. Leave the kids alone with their homework..

Last week, students at Rosie Bridge School worked hard to make their English Week very successful.

There a lot of activities including an English book fair in the library and a treasure hunt. students put on an English play. Other students an English singing competition.

A speaking competition was also . The students had to speak on a topic in English two minutes.

Henry was the winner and we spoke to him. “I’ m so happy that I ,” he said. “I advise people to speak slowly. they want to be good public speakers, they’d better speak clearly and .”

We also spoke to several other students about English Week. One of was Amy.

“I really enjoyed English Week. It gave me a chance to learn new . In my opinion, every school should have an English Week. It’s well doing,” she said.

On the last day of English Week, the head teacher gave a to the whole school. He gave students some suggestions on to improve their English. “You should communicate in English with your friends whenever you . You should read English books and magazines, and watch English television . Above all, you should enjoy English!” he said.

1.A. are B. were C. is D. was

2.A. Some B. No C. All D. Few

3.A. took in B. took place C. took part in D. took care of

4.A. playing B. played C. holding D. held

5.A. on B. at C. for D. by

6.A. did B. won C. lost D. had

7.A. Although B. Since C. Until D. If

8.A. confidently B. quietly C. quickly D. patiently

9.A. us B. you C. them D. others

10.A. abilities B. words C. friends D. books

11.A. enough B. known C. dressed D. worth

12.A. speech B. decision C. task D. help

13.A. where B. how C. whether D. when

14.A. must B. need C. should D. can

15.A. programmes B. parts C. stars D. stations

I have been very lucky to make many trips to China. Though I have had some trouble with the language, I have never had a problem I couldn’t solve. As a native English speaker(土生土长的说英语的人),I can go almost everywhere in the world and find someone to communicate with. I never thought that someone who speaks only Chinese would have a lot of trouble in my country.

Recently, the King family that I had met in China moved to Canada. I met them at the airport. My wife and I made meals for them and showed them around where we live. Everything seemed to go smoothly for the first two days as we looked for a car for them, showed them the way to different stores and the nearest city, Victoria. Mr. and Mrs King had a two-year-old son and soon we became Nainai (grandmother) and Yeye (grandfather). We were having a good time but we didn’t realize Mr. King can’t speak English.

Luckily, Mrs. King can speak very good English. Many people with Chinese background live near us. In fact, none of them speak Chinese. Mr. King can’t even buy a mobile phone without his wife’s help. He can’t talk to me, of course. By the third day, he felt lonely and worried. And on the fourth day, we decided to take them to a large Chinese community.

Now, we often visit them and they visit us too. Sometimes Mrs. King would still like to live near us but Mr. King cannot. I feel bad because he seems very nice and smart but I can’t talk with him. It seems that neither of us will learn the other’s language because of our ages, maybe we will never have a friendly conversation. But we will think of each other as friends.

1.The writer doesn’t have any trouble in travelling around the world possibly because _______.

A. he’s very lucky

B. he speaks very good English

C. he’s good at speaking Chinese

D. he is good at communicating with others

2.How did the two families feel on the first two days?

A. Sad B. Happy. C. Worried D. Lonely.

3.Who can’t speak English in this passage?

A. Mr. King B. Mrs. King

C. The writer D. The writer’s wife

4.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A. How the King family came to Canada.

B. How old Mr. and Mrs. King’s son was.

C. Why the King family moved to Canada.

D. Why the writer feels bad when he is with Mr. King.

5.What can we infer(推断)from the passage?

A. Mr. King is not clever at all.

B. The writer has never been to China before.

C. Both the writer and Mr. King are quite young.

D. The two families live a little far away from each other now.

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