Section II Cloze ( 10 points )

Directions: Read the following passage. For each numbered blank there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET 1.

  It's an annual back-to-school routine. One morning you wave goodbye, and that 21 evening you're burning the late-night oil in sympathy. In the race to improve educational standards, 22 are throwing the books at kids. 23 elementary school students are complaining of homework 24 . What's a well-meaning parent to do? As hard as 25 may be, sit back and chill, experts advise. Though you've got to get them to do it, 26 helping too much, or even examining 27 too carefully, you may keep them 28 doing it by themselves. "I wouldn't advise a parent to check every 29 assignment," says psychologist John Rosemond, author Of Ending the Tough
Homework. "There's a 30 of appreciation for trial and error. Let your children 31 the
grade they deserve."
  Many experts believe parents should gently look over the work of younger children and ask
them to rethink their 32 . But "you don't want them to feel it has to be 33 ," she says. That's not to say parents should 34 homework -- first, they should monitor how much homework their kids 35 . Thirty minutes a day in the early elementary years and an hour in 36 four, five, and six is standard, says Rosemond. For junior-high students it should be  37 mom than an hour and a half," and two for high-school students. If your child 88 has mom homework than this, you may want to check 39 other parents and then talk to the teacher about 40 assignment ( 252 words )

21 A. very B exact . C. right D. usual
22 A. officials B. parents C. experts D. schools
23 A. Also B. Even C. Then D. However
24 A. fatigue B. confusion C. duty D. puzzle
25 A. there B. we C. they D. it
26 A. via B. under C. by D. for
27 A. questions B. answers C. standards D. rules
28 A. off B. without C. beyond D. from
29 A. single B. piece C. page D. other
30 A. drop B. short C. cut D. lack
31 A. acquire B. earn C. gather D. reach
32 A. exercises B. defects C. mistakes D. tests
33 A. perfect B. better C. unusual D. complete
34 A. forget B. refuse C. miss D. ignore
35 A. have B. prepare C. make D. perform
36 A. classes B. groups C. grades D. terms
37 A. about B. no C. much D. few
38 A. previously B. rarely C. merely D. consistently
39 A. with B. in C. out D. up
40 A. finishing B. lowering C. reducing D. declining

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