For most kids, homework is just part of their daily lives, but have you ever imagined that one day you won't need to do any homework at all? Such a thing has just happened in a school in the UK.

Nottingham East Academy, a school in the UK, has established a non-homework policy (政策) recently. The school plans to give an extra lesson and provide more activities for students to do at school. So the students no longer need to do homework after class. When the school announced this policy , students , parents and teachers were all shocked.

The school , Nottingham East Academy , is the country's largest school. It has a total of 3,570 students. Barry Day, the president of the school, thinks that homework is unnecessary and can easily cause argument both at home and at school. He once told the local newspaper ," People give home?work for children to do simply because they think it should be given. Actually, homework doesn't help with education at all."

Letting kids leave their homework at school is becoming popular in the UK. Several other schools are welcoming the policy and are taking similar measures (措施).Tiffin Boy's school has started giving students less homework. Students now spend less time on homework. The time has dropped from two or three hours to just forty minutes a night. Nottingham East Academy is asking students to read for pleasure with their parents at home instead.

1.The underlined word" established" in the second paragraph probable means .

A. 制定 B. 抱怨 C. 发表 D. 取消

2.How much time does it take students to finish their homework at Tiffin Boy's school now?

A. None. B. Two hours.

C. Three hours. D. Forty minutes.

3.According to the passage, which statement is WRONG?

A. Nottingham East Academy is larger than any other school in the UK.

B. In the UK, no school has announced a non-homework policy so far.

C. Letting kids do their homework at school is popular in the UK.

D. Reading after school is good for students.

4.Barry Day thinks homework unnecessary because .

A. most people don't think homework should be given

B. he doesn't think homework is helpful to education

C. homework taken students too much time

D. some schools welcome the policy

5.The best title for the passage is .

A. Homework Is Necessary B. Reading after School

C. Non-Homework Policy D. Amazing Advertisement

If anyone can be called a scientific giant after Albert Einstein, that person must be Stephen Hawking. He was born in Oxford, England on Jan. 8th, 1942. What a pity On March 14th, 2018, the world-famous British scientist_______ in Cambridge, UK.

After leaving high school Hawking went first to Oxford University _______he studied physics and then went to Cambridge University where he studied cosmology(宇宙学). As he himself admited, he didn’t work hard. And he did _______work. However, he always enjoyed thinking everything around him, especially the universe. Today, he is called the King of the Universe.

It was at the age of 21 that Hawking first_________something was wrong with him. He started to bump into some things. When he visited his family at Christmas time, his mother was so worried that she _______ him see a doctor. Hawking was sent to hospital for tests. Finally, the result came back. He_________to have motor neuron disease(运动神经元病), an incurable illness which would make him unable to speak, breathe or move _______the help of a machine. Doctors said they had no ways to help him. He might die before 23.

_______, Hawking became very depressed. After a while, though, he began to see his life in a different way. As he later wrote, “After my illness was diagnosed(诊断), I was very_______with life. There had not seemed to be anything worth doing. But shortly after I came out of hospital, I suddenly realized that there were a lot of worthwhile(值得做的) things I could do." Then Hawking got married and found a job at Cambridge University as a professor. We strongly believe that his story shows that ________, how had their situation is, should lose hope. “Life is not fair.” He once said, “You just have to do the best you can in your own situation.”

1.A. has been dead B. died C. has died D. was died

2.A. which B. when C. that D. where

3.A. much B. lots of C. little D. few

4.A. noticed B. saw C. feels D. watches

5.A. advised B. made C. told D. wanted

6.A. found B. was founded C. was found D. founded

7.A. without B. with C. under D. by

8.A. At last B. At first C. However D. Firstly of all

9.A. boring B. excited C. interested D. bored

10.A. nobody B. somebody C. anybody D. everybody

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