单选题Directions:There are 20 blanks in the following passage.
For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should choose
the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on
the with a single line through the center.
It's an annual back-to-school routine. One morning you wave goodbye, and that
{{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}evening you're burning the late-night
oil in sympathy. In the race to improve educational standards, {{U}}
{{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}are throwing the books at kids. {{U}}
{{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}elementary school students are complaining of
homework {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}What's a well-meaning parent
to do? As hard as {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}}
{{/U}}may be, sit back and chill, experts advise. Though you've got to get them to
do it, {{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}helping too much, or even
examining {{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}too carefully, you may keep
them {{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}doing it by themselves. "I
wouldn't advise a parent to check every {{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}}
{{/U}}assignment," says psychologist John Rosemond, author of Ending the Tough
Homework. "There's a {{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}of
appreciation for trial and error. Let your children {{U}} {{U}} 11
{{/U}} {{/U}}the grade they deserve. " Many experts believe
parents should gently look over the work of younger children and ask them to
rethink their {{U}} {{U}} 12 {{/U}} {{/U}}. But "you don't want
them to feel it has to be {{U}} {{U}} 13 {{/U}} {{/U}}," she
says. That's not to say parents should {{U}} {{U}}
14 {{/U}} {{/U}}homework—first, they should monitor how much homework
their kids {{U}} {{U}} 15 {{/U}} {{/U}}. Thirty minutes a day in
the early elementary years and an hour in {{U}} {{U}} 16
{{/U}} {{/U}}four, five, and six is standard, says Rosemond. For junior-high
students it should be " {{U}} {{U}} 17 {{/U}} {{/U}}more than an
hour and a half," and two for high-school students. If your child {{U}}
{{U}} 18 {{/U}} {{/U}}has more homework than this, you may want to
check {{U}} {{U}} 19 {{/U}} {{/U}}other parents and then talk to
the teacher about {{U}} {{U}} 20 {{/U}} {{/U}}assignment.