I can't believe the homework my seven-year-old son brings home! I have to sit with him every afternoon in order to see all the homework __1__．There is so much work and he is very __2__ after school．I have to give him a little time-out，so he can swim __3__ just get relaxed in front of the TV．Then we continued and it __4__ a few hours at least to finish all the homework．I don't remember having so much work when I was at this __5__ and I don't remember it being so hard!

It seems to me as if I am paying the school and they are sending my child __6__ with so much work for me to __7__ him do! Why don't they do all this work at school? I think these __8__ are doing the students great harm（伤害）! They shouldn't be __9__ to give the kids so much work to do on their __10__．

Then the sport is pushed again and again! I have always been a __11__ of sports，but I can see that my son is not as interested as I __12__ to be．I can see that he would rather read or do something __13__ like drama（戏曲）or art．1 would love him to be a sportsman，but if that isn't __14__ he wants，then I would rather he was happy．Kids should __15__ their own interests and not be made to do what other people want them to do!

1．A．compared              B．followed              C．corrected                      D．done

2．A．tired                      B．influenced            C．surprised                D．pleased

3．A．but                        B．or                        C．and                        D．then

4．A．collects                 B．affords                C．takes                     D．writes

5．A．relation                  B．time                     C．moment                 D．age

6．A．knowledge             B．experiment           C．home                     D．example

7．A．direct                    B．check                         C．encourage              D．help

8．A．schools                 B．brains                  C．choices                  D．differences

9．A．regarded                B．suggested             C．allowed                  D．managed

10．A．service                B．own                    C．energy                   D．shame

11．A．stranger               B．discoverer            C．member                 D．lover

12．A．happened             B．used                    C．agreed                   D．wished

13．A．strict                   B．nervous               C．else                       D．usual

14．A．what                   B．which                  C．who                             D．whose

15．A．receive                B．miss                    C．develop                  D．achieve

How can I get good grades at school? How can I finish so much homework every evening? What should I do if I’m not interested in my classes ? Who will teach us this term ? Maybe you have such questions in your mind before school starts.
Well, I want to give you some good advice on these problems.
First, keep calm．Don’t worry about all the question you have. Put your heart into learning，and you can find something you are interested in．Do it actively．
Second, try your best to finish your homework quickly．Don’t spend a lot of time on it．Do more reading or writing in English．Think about the problems you have and solve them at once．Don’t stay up late，or you can’t study well the next day．
Third, think of something instead of copying or repeating．If you can remember the words in your way，you can tell your teachers you don’t like the way of copying them again and again．Be sure you can pass the test．I think your teachers will agree with you．And they can give you something interesting to do．
School is really a good place for you to learn．Believe in your teachers and yourself．You are the best one and you can do everything well．
【小题1】The writer writes the passage to       

A．give students some good ways of learning．

B．ask students not to listen to their teachers．

C．ask students not to do their homework

D．tell students what a good teacher is．

【小题2】What does the writer tell students to do about their homework?

A．They should spend a lot of time on it．

B．They should stay up late doing it．

C．They should do more reading or writing in English．

D．They should have boring work to do．

【小题3】What’s the third piece of advice about?

A．How to get on with friends?

B．How to get high grades．

C．What kind of schoolwork is better for students．

D．How to finish the homework in a short time．

【小题4】According to the passage, students should believe in    ．

A．themselves and their teachers

B．themselves and their parents

C．their parents and teachers

D．themselves and their classmates