问答题Helen feels bored doing homework every day, so she wants to try something new.

A.repeated

B.reviewed

C.reported

D.retained

With so many people to care about her, she feels very happy.

C

My granddaughter, 10, was very happy the day before yesterday because her mother and the mother of one of her classmates took them to a park and a Pizza Hut （比萨饼屋）to celebrate Children’s Day. For a whole day, the two girls played heartily – no homework, no extra-curricular(课外) skills training. The happy life lasted only for one day. Yesterday, everything returned to normal: doing homework till late at night and going over lessons learned at last weekend’s English and “ Olympic mathematics” (数学奥赛) courses.

Every time I went to my daughter’s house in the evening, I saw my granddaughter sitting by the small desk in her room doing math exercises or writing a compositions given by her teacher. On the white wall behind the desk are some words she wrote. One sentence reads: “ Why is the exercise endless?”

Poor girl!

Although teachers have stopped giving after-school homework to primary school children, parents have been forcing their kids to take part in different kinds of extra-curricular training courses-learning English, painting, music instrument (乐器), weiqi, “ Olympic mathematics” and so on, every Saturday and Sunday.

Are these extra-curricular courses really necessary in children’s education? The answer is certainly “ No”. Take the so-called “ Olympic mathematics” for example. These courses are very difficult for the children to understand. Often, they are difficult even for adults (成年人).

( ) 61. The writer’s granddaughter celebrated her Children’s Day by _____.

A. playing all day B. doing nothing

C. having a party D. going over lessons

A

In China，more and more middle school students are getting shorter sleeping time than be-fore． Most students sleep less than nine hours every night，because they have much homework to do. Some homework is given by their teachers，and some by their parents． Also，some students don't know how to save time .They are not careful enough while they do their homework，so it takes them a Iot of time． Some students spend too much time watching TV or playing computer games．They stay up very late． Some students have to get up early every morning on weekdays to get to school on time by bus or by bike．lt can be a long way from home to school．

Schools and parents should cut down some of the homework so that our children can enjoy more than nine hours of sleep every night for their health． For children，we should make best use of our time． When we have enough time for sleeping，we will find it much better for both our study and health．

( )21． What makes most students sleep less than nine hours every night?

A． Watching TV．

B． Playing computer games．

C． Doing their homework．

D． Doing housework．

Henry is a little fatter than he wants to be． He ( 1 ) to lose some weight． So he is on diet． He tries not to eat to0 ( 2 ) and he eats very little sugar because it will make him ( 3 ) ． He also does exercise every ( 4 ) ．' He swims very often，( 5 ) he runs about two kilometers a day．Now he is ( 6 ) than before． Henry's sister，Susan，is healthier than Henry． ( 7 ) is also younger and thinner than he is． She does ( 8 ) every day，too． She doesn’t ( 9 ) much meat． But she eats a lot of fruit and vegetables because she thinks ( 10 ) are better for her health．

( )1．

A．wants

B．thinks

C．asks

D．likes

A、finish

B、finishing

C、finishes

Sally is a student of Grade Eight． She always works hard (11 ) her lessons． English is her favorite (12 )． She thinks that it is as (13 ) as Chinese， but it's more difficult (14 ) than Chinese． For example， a lot of English words and expressions are hard to remember．She often carries her walkman with her， and she spends time (15 ) English tapes every day．It (16 )her listening better and better．

Sally is (17 ) student in her class． She often helps her classmates (18 ) their lessons after (19 ) her homework． Most of her classmates like t0 (20 ) her when they have ques- tions． They think she is smart and outgoing．

( )11．

A．in

B．at

C．for

D．of

此题为判断题(对，错)。

9． Jim told me she had ________ ， homework to do and always ended up ‘Englishnew words every day．

A． too much; memorizing

B． too many; memorizing

C． much too; memorized

D． much many; to memorize

7． Every day，________has a good rest and does his homework after school．

A． Tom

B． Kate

C． Tom and Kate

D． Tom's sister