After students come home from a tiring day at school, they tend to worry a lot about their homework.
Whether students are working on English or chemistry homework, they are simply working on the assignment in order to get it done, attempting to memorize the concepts for the time being and do not absorb any of the information afterward. Students are wasting their time on insignificant assignments rather than effectively using that time to achieve other accomplishments. According to www.dailymail.com, many parents are concerned that homework is being assigned rather than being used to integrate (整合) what teachers are covering in the classroom. In their eyes, if less homework is assigned, students would have much less stress and could focus more on their passions and hobbies.
Homework gets in the way of participating in community service events as well as opportunities for getting a job or being a part of an extra-curricular activity. These responsibilities are important for teenagers to take on because they prepare the teenagers for the "real world." Without the proper exposure to work that is not school related, students will find themselves lost after they graduate. If homework were no longer given, students would have a lot more time to mature in other fields rather than being educated only on academics.
In spite of the fact that teachers want students to do better on tests and absorb the material that they are teaching, homework is not accomplishing its purpose. Because school is becoming increasingly more competitive and challenging, homework is becoming a setback rather than extra practice. Its removal would benefit the well being of teenagers as well as encourage them to get out in the "real world" and discover themselves instead of staring at a pile of assignments.
小題1:Students are wasting their time on insignificant homework because
A．they are working on it carelessly and hurriedly
B．they attempt to get only part of the information memorized
C．they spend too much time doing it without understanding
D．they fail to take in the information after finishing it
小題2:Many parents think that teachers should ______.
A．help students integrate the homework
B．simplify what they teach in the classroom
C．reduce homework to develop students' own interests
D．a(chǎn)ssign more effective homework for students
小題3:From the third paragraph, we can infer that homework might ______.
A．leave students lack of job opportunities
B．make students lose the sense of responsibilities
C．weaken students' social adaptation ability
D．cause students to feel lost after graduation
小題4:The author insists that homework should be ______.
A．made simpler and easier
B．completely cancelled
C．connected with social activities
D．switched over to subject competitions

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:C
小題4:B

試題分析：文章闡述現(xiàn)在的學生浪費時間在無效的作業(yè)上，因為他們做完后，沒有能真正理解里面的信息，很多父母認為老師應該減少作業(yè)的數(shù)量讓孩子發(fā)展自己的興趣，作業(yè)可能會削弱孩子的社會適應能力。
小題1:細節(jié)題：從文章第二段的句子：attempting to memorize the concepts for the time being and do not absorb any of the information afterward. Students are wasting their time on insignificant assignments rather than effectively using that time to achieve other accomplishments.可知學生浪費時間在不重要的作業(yè)上，因為他們做完后，沒有能真正理解里面的信息，選D
小題2:細節(jié)題：從文章第二段的句子：many parents are concerned that homework is being assigned rather than being used to integrate (整合) what teachers are covering in the classroom. In their eyes, if less homework is assigned, students would have much less stress and could focus more on their passions and hobbies.可知很多父母認為老師應該減少作業(yè)的數(shù)量讓孩子發(fā)展自己的興趣。選C
小題3:推理題：從文章第三段的句子：Homework gets in the way of participating in community service events as well as opportunities for getting a job or being a part of an extra-curricular activity.可知作業(yè)可能會削弱孩子的社會適應能力，選C
小題4:細節(jié)題：從文章最后一段的句子：Its removal would benefit the well being of teenagers as well as encourage them to get out in the "real world" and discover themselves instead of staring at a pile of assignments.
可知作者堅持作業(yè)應該完全取消，選B
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Advertising gives useful information about which products to buy. But modern advertising does more than gives news about products and services. Today’s advertisements, or ads, try to get consumers to buy certain brands. Writers of advertising are so skillful that they can, sometimes persuade a consumer to wear a certain kind of clothing, eat a special kind of cereal, or see a movie. Consumers might never even want a product if they did not see or hear advertisements for it.
　　For example, you probab1y do not need the newest cereal in the supermarket. There are probably many cereal brands on your kitchen shelves. You may not have space on a shelf for another. But if you see ads about a new cereal that is your extra-tasty and has a free prize in the box, you may want it.
Advertising must get attention. To be effective, it must be exciting, entertaining, or provide some pleasure. The secret of writing good advertising copy is to offer a good idea as well as a product. The idea is what the ad is really selling. One example is an ad that says eating a certain cereal will make a person do well in sports. That cereal brand may sell better if consumers think it offers strength and energy.
小題1:What is discussed in this passage?
A．The content of modern advertising.　　
B．The skills of modern advertising.
C．The results of modern advertising.　　
D．The writing of modern advertising.
小題2:According to the passage, a good advertisement should     ____________.
A．be both persuasive and effective　
B．give people useful information
C．show people a product　　
D．show people a new idea of a product
小題3:From the passage, we know that ___________________ .
A．modern advertising has less effect on customers 　　
B．once customers see ads about a new cerea1, they are sure to buy it
C．cereal can make people strong
D．cereal is a kind of food which is popular among people
小題4: What can we infer from the passage?
A．Customers can easily be persuaded by advertisements.
B．Customers should be persuaded by advertisements.
C．It’s impossible for customers to buy a product without advertisements.
D．Customers buy products according to their demands rather than the advertisements.

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