According to a recent report, kids in primary school spend about six hours every week doing their homework.. So kids hate homework. However, their parents hate homework, too.
Is it good for kids to do homework? Of course, a great number of researches do show that kids can remember what they have learnt in class better by finishing their homework on time and homework itself plays an important role in developing their learning shills, such as independent thinking and creativity.
But for parents, the result is not the same. After a day of hard work, most of them feel like they’re going through school a second time when they sit down with their children each night to help with their homework. And a recent survey found that 46 percent of parents feel like they don’t spend enough quality time with their children, because they spend too much time doing the housework or helping with homework. And another 29 percent of parents have arguments with their kids often when they have different answers to the same question.
Now several education scientists strongly advise parents to stop helping. They say it will give their kids more independence and give parents back their free time. At the same time, the number of homework – connected arguments will be less at home. Katy Smith, an education scientist, says, “ You don’t have to know everything. Children need to put their hands up for help and so do parents. Use your resources – online teachers, or even your neighborhood – just ask.”How long do the kids spend doing homework?
| A．About six hours a day. |
| B．About six hours a week. |
| C．About six hours a month |
| D．About six hours a year |
What do we know from the researches mentioned in Paragraph 2 ?
| A．Homework improves learning skills. |
| B．Both parents and kids hate homework. |
| C．Kids love doing homework by themselves. |
| D．Parents enjoy sitting down helping their kids, most parents feel ___________. |
When they are helping their kids, most parents feel ___________ .
| A．they are at work again |
| B．they are school students again |
| C．they are teachers of their kids. |
| D．they are not as good as their kids. |
Why do some parents argue with their kids?
| A．Their kids don’t finish homework on time. |
| B．Their kids don’t like to do their homework. |
| C．Their kids don’t work out the correct answers. |
| D．Their kids don’t agree with them on the answers. |
What’s Katy Smith’s advice for the parents?
| A．Ask kids to finish everything at school. |
| B．Review everything they learn at school. |
| C．Look for professional help for their kids. |
| D．Leave the kids alone with their homework.. |
阅读回答问题（每题2分共10分）
This is a happy family. There are three members(成员)in it.
Hi! My name is DaMing. I have a big head and two small hands. I have two big eyes. I am wearing a yellow T-shirt. I have no brothers or sisters. My parents love me very much.
This is my father. He is also my good friend. He has a small head and two big hands. He wears a pair of glasses. He is a reporter(记者), so he knows a lot. He often plays games with me.
This is my mother. She is a little fat. She often wears an apron(围裙). She is good at cooking. She works in a shop near our house. My mother is a kind woman.Do Daming’s parents love him ?
What is Dming’s father’s job?
Where does Daming’s mother work ?
What does his mother look like(长什么样)？
What’s the best title (最好题目)of the passage（短文）?
Ann is my classmate. She comes from New York, and she lives in Shanghai with her parents now. Every morning, she goes to KFC to have breakfast. Sometimes she buys a hamburger for me. She can’t speak Chinese well. In the evening, her father often helps her with it. He’s a teacher in our school. He can speak Chinese very well.
Ann thinks the school life(生活)in China is very interesting. Ann likes reading Chinese books because she wants to know more about China. She tries(努力)to talk with her Chinese friends in Chinese. She hopes to speak Chinese well. She is very happy to live in China. She loves people here.Ann is innow.
| A．Beijing | B．Shanghai |
| C．New York | D．Hong Kong |
Sometimes Ann buysfor the writer(作者).
| A．chocolate | B．a hamburger |
| C．an ice cream | D．coffee |
What is Ann’s father’s job?
| A．A teacher. | B．A driver. |
| C．A manager. | D．A doctor. |
How is Ann’s school life?
| A．Boring(枯燥的). | B．Busy. |
| C．Bad. | D．Interesting. |
What is Ann’s hope(希望)?
| A．To get fat. | B．To have more friends. |
| C．To speak Chinese well. | D．To live in New York. |
Dear friends,
My name is Tony. I am English. I am twelve years old this year. I am tall, and I am good at playing football. I am in Grade Seven. There are thirty boys and twenty girls in my class. We are learning Chinese in our school. Our Chinese teacher is Mr. Wu. He is a little short, but he is very strong. He is very nice to us. I have some good friends in my class. Tom is a tall boy and has short black hair. He is good at playing football, too. Alice is short and she loves wearing red dresses. She is good at English. Shelly has long hair. She can speak Japanese and she likes swimming. We all study hard.
What about your school and your friend? Please write soon.
Yours,
TonyWhich country is Tony from?
| A．America. | B．England. |
| C．China. | D．Japan. |
Who is Mr. Wu?
| A．He is Tony’s English teacher. |
| B．He is Tony’s father. |
| C．He is Tony’s friend. |
| D．He is Tony’s Chinese teacher. |
How many students are there in Tony’s class?
| A．50. | B．30. | C．20. | D．52. |
Who likes swimming?
| A．Tom. | B．Alice |
| C．Shelly. | D．Mr. Wu. |
Who writes this letter?
| A．Tony | B．Tom. |
| C．Shelly. | D．We don’t know. |
My name is Zhang Min. I’m a girl and I’m Chinese. I like blue. My favorite food is noodles and fish. I like dancing and swimming. Do you like playing the piano? I like it. I can play and I can write Chinese. I can ride a bike but I can’t drive a car.
根据以上信息，选择最佳选项。What is the girl’s given name? .
| A．Zhang | B．Min |
| C．Zhang Min | D．I don’t know. |
Where is the girl from? .
| A．American | B．England |
| C．China | D．\ |
Zhang Min likes .
| A．green | B．red |
| C．blue | D．black |
Can she drive a car? .
| A．Yes, she can. | B．No, she can’t. |
| C．I don’t know. | D．No, she can. |
Her favorite food is and .
| A．noodles, meat | B．fish, meat |
| C．fish , apples | D．noodles, fish |
Helen and Linda are good friends. They are in the same class. They go to school five days a week. And they have seven classes a day. After school they play volleyball.
The two girls' mothers are friends, too. They like sports. So they can play sports with the two girls on the weekend（在周末）．Linda's mother likes tennis and Helen's mother likes tennis, too. Can the two girls play tennis? Sure, they play it well. .
The four friends always play tennis in the morning, and watch TV in the afternoon. It's relaxing! The two girls like eating fruits. They like apples, strawberries and oranges. They think fruits are good and healthy. After playing tennis, their mothers always make (做) some fruit salad first. What good friends they are!Who are in the same class ? _____________________________
What do Helen and Linda do after school? _____________________________
Do the two girls’ mothers like sports? _______________________________
When do they watch TV? _______________________________
Why do the two girls like eating fruits? Because_________________________.