The conflict(争执) over what or how much homework should be comes partly from the fact that people can't seem to agree on the purpose of homework.
What teachers think?
Some teachers think that homework is necessary to reinforce(巩固)what is learned in school. And so they ask their students to memorize what was discussed in class through homework..
Some teachers think the point of homework is to cover material that the class didn't have time to get to, so their homework is to let students learn additional things.
Other teachers like homework simply because they want students to form work habits and still others believe homework is necessary because it is the best way for parents to learn what their children do in school.
Parents' ideas.
But many parents seem to have different ideas.
Elissa Cohen,who has twins at Lafayette Elementary School, doesn't like the fact that third-grade students in DC elementary schools are asked to write about 25 book summaries a year. “They do the same thing over and over without really getting into alternate(交替) ways of thinking about books and thinking about reading and writing. ”
Experts' opinions.
Some education reformers (改革者), such as Howard Gardner, a Harvard University, professor well-known for his theory on multiple intelligence(智力), think that Cohen is on the right track. But it is often hard to persuade overworked teachers to give much thought to homework tasks.
1.How many opinions do the teachers have on "homework"?
A. 3. B. 4. C. 5 D.6
2.According to the experts' opinions,
A. teachers should give necessary work to the students
B. teachers should not work too hard or too long
C. teachers should let the students repeat what they didn't have time to get in class
D. what Cohen's thinking about is correct
3.What's the problem with Elissa Cohen's twins in writing about their book report?
A. They find homework really hard.
B. They simply copy one repeatedly.
C. They aren't given much thinking about what they read.
D. They get different ways of thinking about their work.
Football--called soccer in the United States--is probably the most popular sport in the world today, It has been popular for a long time. But many years ago each country had different rules for its own football game.
In 1863 a group of people met in England to change this. They wrote a set of rules for all countries to follow. They also planned for soccer teams from different countries to play against each other. The idea worked. These rules are the same today, more than 100 years later. Now teams from all the world compete in the famous World Cup. The cup is a series of games which is held every four years. Team from many countries plays to see which is the best. Soccer is so popular today that it is not unusual for 600 million people to watch a World Cup match on television.
How did the World Cup start? The soccer team from Uruguay won the Olympic championship in soccer in 1924 and 1928. That country decided to have the first World Cup games in Montevideo in 1930, These first games were not very successful. Only thirteen teams arrived to play and eight of them were from South America.
It didn't seem like a world championship. The team from Uruguay won the Cup that first year.
1.In 1863 a group of people met in England______.
A. to play for football teams from different countries
B. to learn the rules for football
C. to write a set of rules for football
D. to have matches between teams from different countries
2.The rules written in 1863 are _____.
A. the same as today's B. different from today's
C. changed a lot D. changed a little
3.When did the first World Cup take place?
A. In 1930. B. In 1924. C. in 1928 D. In 1934
4.The first World Cup was not successful because
A. the Olympic champion didn't take place
B. some of the teams arrived too late
C. all teams were from South America
D. it did not seem like a world championship
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
When children are very young, they learn from their grandparents and parents what is proper and good behavior.
A two-year-old child always 1of himself or herself first. Sometimes, he or she tells people “This is 2.” Of course, the 3of sharing has to be 4so that the child learns to 5along with another child.
It is 6for a family member to train the child so that he or she can 7how to serve others and become a useful person in 8. Discipline(纪律) should always be given with 9.
Once a young child is taught to 10, the child begins to realize that 11is not a punishment but a valuable 12in life. The idea of discipline becomes more important 13the child is a student in elementary school..
If a person is 14, he or she will not have 15in life. If a person is trained, it doesn’t 16what job he or she accepts, and there will be a 17result. Parents and grandparents are very 18that young children learn discipline early in their life, for happiness and pride will be the 19of their achievements.
Usually, it is in middle school that children decide whether they will accept discipline as the road to success. For those who do, the 20is very bright leading to a happy life.
1.A. cares B. says C. speaks D. thinks
2.A. mine B. ours C. theirs D. yours
3.A. fact B. idea C. reason D. mind
4.A. exchanged B. introduced C. brought D. known
5.A. come B. go C. do D. get
6.A. necessary B. easy C. hard D. clear
7.A. learn B. study C. guess D. remember
8.A. country B. family C. society D. public
9.A. dislike B. excitement C. love D. anger
10.A. live B. share C. play D. work
11.A. homework B. order C. exam D. discipline
12.A. lesson B. text C. class D. work
13.A. though B. because C. since D. when
14.A. taught B. unknown C. popular D. untrained
15.A. help B. business C. success D. purpose
16.A. matter B. like C. seem D. appear
17.A. bad B. good C. final D. natural
18.A. careful B. worried C. surprised D. hopeful
19.A. example B. reason C. result D. point
20.A. future B. sun C. day D. sky
--- Mum, I wonder if I can be a good manager.
---- Don’t worry. Girls can be ____ they want to be just like boys.
A. whoever B. which C. whatever D. no matter what
___ he will come or not is_____ worries us.
A. Whether, why B. Whether, what C. If, that D. If, which
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注意：1．词数：100左右。
2．要包括所有要点，但不要逐条翻译；注意使用连词等，以使上下文连贯；还要注意格式。
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