NowadaystheyaregivinghomeworkevenduringtheholidaysandIhatethatverymuch.ButIthinkthereisareasonforit.Homeworkisgivensothatwecanrememberwhateverwehavelearnt.Regulardrillingandrepetitionmakeperfect.Butt

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Nowadays they are giving homework even during the holidays and I hate that very much. But I think there is a reason for it. Homework is given so that we can remember whatever we have learnt. Regular drilling and repetition make perfect. But teachers have started to give too much homework. Anything in excess (过度) is bad.

Jane

What’s the use of just homework without allowing children to get an insight (洞察) into the subject? It just makes them bookworms but nothing else. Homework such as writing some things 5 times at home will just make them memorize things but not put them into use. I regret to say that teachers find it easy to bundle (归拢) the children with homework rather than making them get interested to understand what they learn. The same trend continues even in college. I find that most of the so-called high scorers are unable to answer simple things in an interview.

Sally

It is OK to give homework. But it should be given less. We are spending most of our time in school and at least we must be free in our home. If you give homework we will be very tired and we wouldn’t be able to pay attention to extra-curricular activities which in turn may affect our physical and mental health. So please give less homework to us.

Johnson

It is part of our work to give students homework. There will be some punishments if we won’t do our work. So I have to do that though I know such a teacher is not liked by students.

1.Who thinks that too much homework may do harm to students’ physical and mental health?

A. Sunny. B. Jane.

C. Sally. D. Johnson.

2.Who thinks homework should help students learn something practical?

A. Sunny. B. Jane.

C. Sally. D. Johnson.

3.What problem do the speakers talk about?

A. Whether students should be punished without doing homework.

B. What kind of homework should be given to students.

C. What role homework plays in helping students to learn.

D. Whether teachers should give homework to students.

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.D

分 析：
本文作者借几个人对“老师是否应该布置家庭作业”来陈述他们的一些观点和看法，以此来表明作者写作本文的目的。

1. you give homework we will be very tired and we wouldn’t be able to pay attention to extra-curricular activities which in turn may affect our physical and mental health.”如果老师布置了家庭作业，我们将会很累，然后不会太注意去参加一些额外的课程活动，这就会影响我们身体和精神上的健康。因此可知，“太多的家庭作业会对学生身体和精神上的健康有害”这个观点是Sally提出的。故选C。

2. regret to say that teachers find it easy to bundle (归拢) the children with homework rather than making them get interested to understand what they learn.”我很遗憾地说，老师觉得用家庭作业区归拢学生很容易，而不是让他们去理解所学的知识。因此可知“家庭作业应该帮助学生学一些实践性的东西。”这个观点是Jane提出的。故选B。

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