A public primary school in the USA has stopped giving its students’ homework.

Principal Jane Hsu wrote a letter to parents last month, explaining that after more than a year

of analyzing (分析) studies, the school had decided that students’ after-school time would be better spent on activities like reading at their own pace (步伐) and playing instead of working on homework.

Hsu’s letter says that many studies show that there is no connection between homework and academic (学业的) success. Some other studies also show that the connection between homework and success is dubious at the primary school level.

Harris Cooper, a social psychologist who researches education, found that doing homework makes students perform better in school as they grew older. In later grades, students who did homework performed increasingly better than students who did not. In 2006, Cooper published a study that analyzed 15 years’ worth of data on the influence of homework. He found that homework had a good influence on students as they aged.

Some parents are not happy with the decision to give up homework. “I think they should have homework. I want my daughter to have fun, but I also want her to be working towards a goal,” Daniel Tasman, the father of a second-grader at the school, said to the reporter.

“Students have to do homework in order to gain. Students have to do homework because they may not be able to understand everything in school,” Sharon Blake, a student’s grandmother told ABC news.

1.Jane Hsu wrote a letter to parents to explain .

A. how students should read at their own pace

B. why the school gave up homework recently

C. what activities students could take at home

D. how important the homework is for students

2.The word “dubious” in Paragraph 3 probably means “not ”.

A. real B. public C. clear D. special

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Cooper found homework had a bad effect on students as they aged.

B. Some parents are worried about their children if there is no homework.

C. Some students are not happy with the decision to give up school homework.

D. Daniel Tasman wanted his daughter to have fun instead of working to a goal.

完形填空.

When I was a junior high school student in 1980,God gave me a gift, it was happiness.

One weekend, I went to visit my grandparents in the countryside. On my way home a car ran over me and cut off my____because of its high speed. Several days later when I woke up at the hospital, I realized I had to spend the rest of my life____arms. How sad I felt at that time! Even I was full of fears____slowly I knew I had to face the fact and got over it. I couldn’t get my arms back even though I_____every day.

However, it’s easier____than done. It took me nearly half a year to get out of the sadness____I got so much from my past story.

From then on, I could treat my life with a____mind. But in our daily life, I often see my classmates____about little things: They get a bad grade on a test; their bus comes____; they don’t have a mobile phone, but____have, and so on. But I only____life. I was lucky to realize from an accident.

It is a waste of our life to focus on what you have____We should always think of what we have. So why are so many people unhappy? Someone may say, “My whole life would improve____I have a new car.” But when you get the car and what____? For a whole week you are walking on air. Then you go right back to being unhappy.

Happiness depends on what we have! It’s in our heart. It’s a state of mind, even though you own the whole world, you may still feel____Happiness comes from mastering the art of appreciating(感激) and taking pleasure in what you really have.

1.A. feet B. legs C. arms D. ears

2.A. with B. without C. for D. on

3.A. Or B. But C. So D. Once

4.A. cried B. laughed C. sat D. stood

5.A. dreamed B. acted C. called D. said

6.A. strongly B. especially C. completely D. similarly

7.A. crazy B. normal C. full D. special

8.A. get excited B. get nervous C. get serious D. get worried

9.A. early B. first C. fast D. late

10.A. the other B. one another C. other D. others

11.A. hate B. dislike C. enjoy D. save

12.A. lost B. had C. found D. spent

13.A. because B. as C. if D. whether

14.A. happens B. takes place C. used D. uses

15.A. funny B. happy C. excited D. unhappy

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