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【题目】 Schools are now running remote (远程) lessons for more than 90 per cent of NSW students because of COVID-19 (冠状病毒) crisis, a situation likely to l【1】 for months. The NSW Department of Education says the lessons are designed to be done without parents' too much caring.

But parents are still under the pressure of trying to support their students' learning, saying they have been given an i【2】 task.

One parent said she spent the week working at her job, then the weekend catching up on all the work her children had missed, doing housework at night. Another single mother wakes at 3 a.m. to do her paid work so she can supervise (监督) her children d【3】 the day.

"Do they understand that parents are fighting for our lives, our jobs, and our companies as well?" another parent said. "I' m a working mum. If I don't do my job, I may l【4】 it. I know things had to be done in a hurry. But parents have been thrown in the deep end.

Yvette McDonald, from the inner west, has two young children at a public primary school, which issues (发布) written lessons and requires typed, o【5】 communication, such as being present for roll call (点名) at the b【6】 and the end of each day. She has asked the NSW Department of Education to relax those rules, saying they were difficult to carry out.

"Parents are already at breaking point and we haven't even gone into formal lockdown, "she said. "Many of us are managing crisis at work, but then on top of that we're schooling our children as well. We feel as though we're failing, but we're not failing-we've been a【7】 to do very difficult things. We want to know what's essential and what's not."

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】last

【2】important

【3】during

【4】lose

【5】online

【6】beginning

【7】asked

【解析】

本文主要介绍了冠状病毒期间，家长对于孩子进行网上授课所产生的压力和困扰。

【1】句意：由于冠状病毒危机，学校现在为90%以上的新南威尔士州学生开设远程课程，这种情况可能持续数月。

根据语境可知，此处指上文提到的情况可能会持续数月。last for持续，固定短语，其中空前likely to do sth可能做某事，故此处应用其原形。故答案为last。

【2】句意：但家长们仍然面临着支持学生学习的压力，他们说他们被赋予了一项重要的的任务。

根据语境可知，许多家长承受着支持孩子学习的压力，所以他们认为这是一项重要的的任务。important重要的的，形容词，作定语修饰task。故答案为important。

【3】句意：另一位单身母亲凌晨3点起床做带薪工作，这样她就可以在白天照看孩子。

根据语境可知，这位单身母亲凌晨工作，白天照看孩子，during the day在白天期间。故答案为during。

【4】句意：如果我不做我的工作，我可能会失去它。

根据语境可知，如果我不工作，我的工作就可能会丢掉。lose丢失，动词，其中may为情态动词，其后应接动词原形。故答案为lose。

【5】句意：来自美国中西部的伊维特·麦克唐纳，在一所公立小学里有两个孩子，这所学校开设书法课程，并需要打字、在线交流，比如每天开始和结束时都要点名。

根据语境可知，这所学校要求在课程中进行打字、在线交流，online communication在线交流。故答案为online。

【6】句意：来自美国中西部的伊维特·麦克唐纳，在一所公立小学里有两个孩子，这所学校开设书法课程，并需要打字、在线交流，比如每天开始和结束时都要点名。

根据语境可知，这所学校要求每天开始和结束时点名。at the beginning of在……开始时，固定短语。故答案为beginning。

【7】句意：我们被要求做非常困难的事情。

根据语境可知，家长认为他们被要求做非常困难的事。ask要求，动词，本句为现在完成时的被动语态have been done，故此处应用其过去分词形式。故答案为asked。