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Tired Pupils Get Longer in Bed

　　Beijing's 1.6 million primary and middle school children will be allowed to go to school half an hour later than usual, following a newly issued regulation(法令)on education timetables, according to officials from the Beijing Education commission(北京教委).

　　The new regulation urges(迫切要求)primary and middle schools across the city to shift their existing timetables by half an hour to make schoolchildren get enough sleep. Too long studying and too much homework have put a heavy burden on schoolchildren, reducing their sleep and playtime, officials with the commission said.

　　The new regulation says that primary schoolchildren should start school no earlier than 7∶50 in the morning and middle school pupils not before 7∶30. According to the new rule the amount of time that primary school pupils should study in school should be under six hours a day, while middle schools pupils should study no more than eight hours. The rule also orders schools to reduce homework.

　　The easing(减轻)of the burden on primary and middle schoolchildren has been a hot topic in local and national legislature(立法机关)and advisory bodies over the years. Speaking at a meeting of the Fourth Session of the National Committee of the Ninth People's Political Consultative Conference this week, Fang Tingyu, a delegate(代表)from Beijing said his granddaughter had to get up at 5∶30 am to go to school, and a lot of homework meant she didn't get to bed until very late at night.

　　A number of delegates from other cities across the country said that although national education departments have set 8∶00 am as the proper school opening time, many schools across the country have ordered children to come in as early as 7∶00 am in order to gain higher scores.

　　Health experts say that children and teenagers should sleep for at least 9 to 10 hours every night. A lack of sleep is harmful to children's health and has an adverse(不利的)affect on their learning ability.

1．Beijing's 1.6 million primary and middle schoolchildren will be required to go to school half an hours later than usual, so that ________.

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A．they can have enough sleep

B．they call have enough time for morning exercises

C．they don't need to spend too much time at school

D．they will have less homework to do

2．The underlined word“shift”in paragraph 2 probably means ________.

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A．make use of

B．change

C．get rid of

D．examine

3．Schoolchildren have a heavy burden, referring to ________.

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A．the existing timetable

B．the system of examination

C．too long studying and too much homework

D．not enough sleep

4．The makeup of the new regulation is based on ________.

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A．the present conditions that China is developing

B．the health of pupils of China

C．the easing of the burden on pupils

D．the investigations of students

5．Many schools in China have ordered children to come as early as 7∶00 in the morning, because ________.

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A．they want to make the students healthy

B．students always spend too much time playing at home

C．they hope that the students can have strong character

D．they are in the hope of getting higher scores

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答案：A;B;C;B;D