13.How important is homework?According to the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD),it's not that important!The district has made a big change for the 2013-2014 academic school year.Starting July 1,homework will count for only 10% of a student's academic grade.
The district hopes the limit on homework will allow students to spend less time struggling with large am ounts of work and more time on hobbies and with their families.Besides,the policy states,"by limiting the weight of homework toward a student's grade,a truer picture of the student's knowledge will be reflected in the achievement grade."
The new policy doesn't remove homework.It states that homework is an opportunity for students to practice their skills and a tool for students to prepare for upcoming lessons.Still,L.A.Unified is joining a growing list of school districts that have set limits on the amount of homework that students receive.
Exactly how much time kids should spend on homework is a topic for debate.Harris Cooper,a professor at Duke University,says that the right amount of homework time is ten minutes per day multiplied by the student's grade.This means a third grader should spend 30 minutes per day on homework.And a sixth grader would spend 60 minutes.Five years ago,Cooper wrote about his views in TFK."Good homework assignments in the proper amount will have positive effects,"he wrote."Bad homework assignments,or too much homework,will have negative effects."
Critics of the new L.A.district policy say that homework is an important part of learning.They say many kids just won't put in the effort if homework doesn't count toward their grade.Pro-homeworkteachers argue that students who do their homework perform better on tests and in school than those who do not.They fear that the new policy will enc ourage students to neglect homework assignments.
26.In the 2013-2014 academic school year the students in LAUSD willB.
A.work harder on their lessons
B.have much less homework to do
C.be able to do whatever they like
D.spend more time on homework
27.We can learn from Paragraph 3 thatD.
A.homework is of no use at all
B.studnets should do more homework
C.students all are happy to do homework
D.more school districts limit homework
28.If you are a student of fifth grade,the proper amount of homework isAminutes.
A.50 B.30 C.60 D.10
29.Pro-homework teachers probably refer to thoseB.
A.that suggest reducing the amount of homework
B.that think homework is helpful to the students
C.that insist increasing the students'homework
D.that are good at encouraging the students
30.What does this passage mainly talk about?D
A.Culture.B.Science.C.Politics.D.Education.
分析 本文是一篇科教类阅读,主要讲的是美国洛杉矶统一学校针对学生家庭作业方面制定的新政策及其出发点以及政策具体内容,还有批评家就此的看法.
解答 26-30.BDABD
26题答案:B 考查细节推理,根据文章第二段的"The district hopes the limit on homework will allow students to spend less time struggling with large am ounts of work and more time on hobbies and with their families"(该区希望家庭作业的限制能够使学生花更少的时间在大量的家庭作业上挣扎,有更多的时间花在爱好和家人方面)可知本题答案为B选项"有更少的家庭作业要做".
27题答案:D 考查细节推理,根据最后一句的"Still,L.A.Unified is joining a growing list of school districts that have set limits on the amount of homework that students receive"(而且洛杉矶统一学校加入了一个不断扩大的校区清单上--这些校区设置了学生接收家庭作业量的限制)可知本题答案为D选项"更多的学校限制了家庭作业".
28题答案:A 考查细节推理,根据文章第四段的"…that the right amount of homework time is ten minutes per day multiplied by the student's grade"(每天合适的家庭作业量是以年级数乘以10分钟)可知5年级的孩子合适的家庭作业量是50(5x10)分钟,故本题答案为A选项.
29题答案:B 考查细节推理,根据Pro-homeworkteachers argue that students who do their homework perform better on tests and in school than those who do not.(Pro-homework老师辩称做家庭作业的学生比那些不做家庭的学生在考试方面表现要好)可知本题答案为B选项"认为家庭作业对学习是有用的".
30题答案:D 考查大意把握,本文主要讲的是学生家庭作业方面的一些新政策,这属于"教育"的范畴;故本题答案为D选项.
点评 本文是一篇科教类阅读,题目涉及多道细节理解题,做题时结合原文和题目有针对 性找出相关语句进行仔细分析,结合选项选出正确答案.推理判断也是要在抓住关键句子的基础上合理的分析才能得出正确的答案.