单选题
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Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.
It's all annual back-to-school routine. One morning you wave goodbye, and that{{U}} (1) {{/U}}evening you're burning the late-night oil in sympathy. In the race to improve educational standards,{{U}} (2) {{/U}}are throwing the books at kids.{{U}} (3) {{/U}}elementary school students are complaining of homework{{U}} (4) {{/U}}What's a well-meaning parent to do?
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That's not to say parents should{{U}} (14) {{/U}}homework-first, they should monitor how much homework their kids{{U}} (15) {{/U}}. Thirty minutes a day in the early elementary years and an hour in{{U}} (16) {{/U}}four, five, and six is standard, says Rosemond. For junior-high students it should be "{{U}} (17) {{/U}}more than an hour and a half," and two for high school students. If your child{{U}} (18) {{/U}}has more homework than this, you may want to check{{U}} (19) {{/U}}other parents and then talk to the teacher about{{U}} (20) {{/U}}assignments.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】句中指的是同一天的傍晚，所以用very表示“恰恰是，正好是”。exact，right正确的，准确的；usual经常的。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】为了提高教育水平，学校给学生很重的负担，所以选D。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】接上一句话的意思，甚至小学生也在抱怨作业太多，选B。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】作业太多引起疲劳，选A。confusion混乱，混淆；duty义务，责任；puzzle难题，迷。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】专家建议家长不要介入孩子的家庭作业，虽然这对家长来说很难，用it来指代sit back and chill。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】从整句话的意思来看，选C表示虽然家长不得不让孩子做作业，但足，如果家长通过“帮忙太多或者检查太仔细”的方式，将阻碍孩子自己完成作业。by通过……方式，via经由，途径；under在……之下；for由于，因为。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】结合整句话的意思，检查作业中的问题，选B。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】keep…from…阻止，妨碍。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】single单一的；piece块，件，片；page页；other其他的，另外的。every single assignment每一项作业。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】a lack of缺乏，缺少。drop丝毫，一点痕迹；short短浅的；cut削减，删节，伤口。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】acquire取得，获得通过自我努力获得；earn应得，赢得，获得由于某种效果或行动而所得的或应该得到；gather搜集，聚集；reach达到，到达。这句话的意思是让孩子得到他们依照自己水平、通过自己努力应该得到的成绩。所以选B。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】exercise练习，习题；defect缺陷，过失；mistake错误；test测试，测验。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】结合上下文，家长应该让孩子重新考虑以下他们作业中的错误，但是不要让他们感到他们不能犯错误，也就是不要让孩子感到他们的作业必须是完美的，所以选A。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】承接上文，让家长不要对孩子的作业管的太多，也不要不管，所以选D。ignore忽视；forget忘记；refuse拒绝；miss错过。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】从后文可知，是说家长要监督一下孩子每天有多少作业，所以选A。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】class班级；group小组；grade年级；term学期。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】no more than不多于，不超过。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】previously先前，以前；rarely很少地，罕有地；merely仅仅，只不过；consistently一贯地，一向。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】check with验证，核实，与……协商。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】finish完成；lower放下，降下；reduce减少，缩小；decline下降。