Question

Many people now think that teachers give pupils too much homework .They say that

it is _51 for children to work at home in their free time. _52 ,they argue that most teachers do not_ 53 plan the homework tasks they give to pupils. The result is that pupils have to_54 tasks which they have already done at school.

Recently in Greece many parents_ 55_ about the difficult homework which teachers gave to their children. The parents said that most of the homework was a waste of time ,and they wanted to_56__it. Spain and Turkey are two countries which stopped homework recently .In Denmark ,Germany and several other countries in Europe, teachers cannot set homework at weekends .In Holland, teachers allow pupils to stay at school to do their homework .The children are free to help one another.Similar_57 _also exists in some British schools.

Most people agree that homework is not___58 .A pupil who can do his homework in a quiet and_ 59  room is in a much better position than a pupil who does his homework in a small,noisy room with the television on.Some parents help their children with their homework.Other parents take no_ 60  at all in their children's homework.

51.A.unnecessary      B. uninteresting      C. unfortunate     D. unimportant

52.A.Nevertheless     B. However           C. Therefore        D. Moreover

53.A.considerably     B. favourably        C. properly         D. pleasantly

54.A.finish           B. repeat            C. attend           D. accomplish

55.A.quarrelled       B. puzzled           C. explored         D. complained

56.A.delay             B. stop             C. block          D. prove

57.A.schedule          B. operation        C. arrangement    D. behaviour

58.A.fair              B. average          C. balanced       D. comparative

59.A.furnished         B. expensive        C. comfortable    D. suitable

60.A.interest          B. curiosity        C. notice         D. Attention

Answer 1

51--60    ADCBD   BCACA  

解析:

51.unnecessary没有必要的。他们说没有必要让孩子在业余时间做作业。Many people now think that teacher give pupils too much homework. 表明了家长对学生做家庭作业的态度，他们认为老师布置的家庭作业太多了。B项uninteresting“没有兴趣的”；C项unfortunate“不幸的”；D项unimportant“不重要的”，均与题意不符。答案为A。 

52.moreover“此外，而且”。进一步阐明家长对教师布置家庭作业的观点。nevertheless“不过”；therefore“因此”，表示结果；however“然而”，表示转折，均不合语意。答案为D。 

53.properly适当地。而且，家长认为很多教师对学生的家庭作业没有适当的计划。一些考生把considerably(相当地)误解为“考虑”，发生了错误。B项favourably“赞同的，有利的”；D项pleasantly“愉快的”，均不符合题意。答案为C。

54.根据下文所提供的语境which they already done at school可判断出学生所做的家庭作业重复了在学校所做的事。而accomplish=finish successfully完成，实现；attend参加，照顾，均不合语意。答案为B。

55.complain about对……抱怨。由于教师布置的作业太难，引起了家长的抱怨。选项A有一定的干扰性，quarrel about为……争吵。一般说来，家长不会因此和教师争吵。puzzle about伤脑筋。explore探险，一般不与about连用，而且也与短文意思不符。答案为D。

56.下文Spain and Turkey are two countries which stopped homework recently．对做出正确选择作了提示，由于家长们认为学生的家庭作业是浪费时间，他们希望能使学生不做家庭作业。答案为B。

57.上文中的allow pupils to stay at school to do their homework和The children are free to help one another．属于一种安排(arrangement)，而不属于schedule“课程表”、operation“操作”和behaviour“行为”的范畴。答案为C。 

58.fair相当好。下文的内容对做出正确选择作了提示：学生应该在安静的地方做作业，而家庭的条件不利于做作业，所以家庭作业不是相当好的。由于fair在教科书中的注释为“公平”，影响了考生做出正确选择。答案为A。

59.comfortable舒适的。根据上文中的quiet可确定答案。学生应该在安静舒适的房间里做作业。选项D有很大的干扰性，suitable合适的，与quiet不相搭配。答案为C。

60.根据下文中的介词in可确定答案，take no interest in sth．对……不感兴趣。另外一些家长对他们孩子的家庭作业不感兴趣。干扰项是选项C，take notice of对……不理睬，要与介词of连用。B项curiosity“好奇”；D项attention“注意”，与题意不符。答案为A。