A young girl sits at her desk, reviewing her homework for the evening. English: Read three chapters and write a report. Math: Complete 30 problems. Science: Do a worksheet, front and back. French: (A) Study new words for tomorrow’s test. It’s going to be a long night.
This happens to students in America. Now it’s time to start a homework revolution(变革).
Do students in the United States receive too much homework? According to the National Education Association, a student should be assigned (布置) no more than 10 minutes per grade level per night. For example, a first grader should only have 10 minutes of homework, a (B)  grader, 20 minutes, and so on. This means that a student in my grade—seventh—should have no more than 70 minutes of work (C) each night. Yet this is often doubled, sometimes even worse!
It’s no good giving students too much homework. According to research, kids are developing more illness at school, such as stomachaches, headaches and sleep problems than before.
Everybody (D)  that teachers are the ones who assign homework, but they are not the only ones to blame (受责备). “Many teachers are under greater pressure (压力) than ever before,” says Kylene Beers, President of the National Council for teachers of English, “Some of  (E) it comes from parents, some from the wish for high scores on tests.” Teachers who are under pressure feel the need to assign more homework.
Some people have different ideas, saying that homework prepares kids for doing better in high school, better in college, and (F) 今后找到更好的工作. But too much homework is sapping students’ strength, curiosity（削弱学生的个性和好奇心), and most importantly, their love of learning, is that really what teachers and parents want?
【小题1】写出文中划线部分（A）和（C）的同义词或近义词:                         
【小题2】在文中（B）和（D）的空白处分别填入适当单词:                         
【小题3】文中划线部分（E）指代的是:               
【小题4】将文中划线部分（F）译成汉语:             
【小题5】从文中找出能说明本文主旨大意的中心词:           

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A young girl sits at her desk, reviewing her homework for the evening. English: Read three chapters and write a report. Math: Complete 30 problems. Science: Do a worksheet, front and back. French: (A) Study new words for tomorrow’s test. It’s going to be a long night.

This happens to students in America. Now it’s time to start a homework revolution(变革).

Do students in the United States receive too much homework? According to the National Education Association, a student should be assigned (布置) no more than 10 minutes per grade level per night. For example, a first grader should only have 10 minutes of homework, a (B)  grader, 20 minutes, and so on. This means that a student in my grade—seventh—should have no more than 70 minutes of work (C) each night. Yet this is often doubled, sometimes even worse!

It’s no good giving students too much homework. According to research, kids are developing more illness at school, such as stomachaches, headaches and sleep problems than before.

Everybody (D)  that teachers are the ones who assign homework, but they are not the only ones to blame (受责备). “Many teachers are under greater pressure (压力) than ever before,” says Kylene Beers, President of the National Council for teachers of English, “Some of  (E) it comes from parents, some from the wish for high scores on tests.” Teachers who are under pressure feel the need to assign more homework.

Some people have different ideas, saying that homework prepares kids for doing better in high school, better in college, and (F) 今后找到更好的工作. But too much homework is sapping students’ strength, curiosity（削弱学生的个性和好奇心), and most importantly, their love of learning, is that really what teachers and parents want?

1.写出文中划线部分（A）和（C）的同义词或近义词:                          

2.在文中（B）和（D）的空白处分别填入适当单词:                          

3.文中划线部分（E）指代的是:               

4.将文中划线部分（F）译成汉语:             

5.从文中找出能说明本文主旨大意的中心词:            

A) 根据短文内容和所给汉语提示，写出空白处各单词的正确形式。（每空一词）
It’s no surprise that Laura Fagan is smiling—she has the sweetest job in the   1  (世界). Her job is to taste chocolate, desserts and cakes.
Laura works in the    2  (有名的)supermarket, Tesco. Her job is to try different kinds of desserts. She needs to try to travel to different    3  (城市)to try different desserts.
Although the job seems to be great, it is hard. Usually, Laura begins trying desserts as   4  (早地) as 8 am, and still trying new desserts at 6 pm    5   (在…之前)she goes back home. Fortunately, the job hasn’t made her too fat. She   6   (仅仅，只) worries about her teeth.
“Of course I was afraid of becoming fat when I   7  (开始) the job, so I try to do   8  (更多的) exercise. The main    9  (事情) is my teeth. I don’t think my dentist would be happy if I told them what I do, so I try to brush my teeth as often as    10  (可能的).”

Eating is important to everyone.  1 

“Fast food is easy,” says Sarah Hudson, a 14-year-old high school student from the U.S.A. she is enjoying her lunch at McDonald’s. “It’s quick and delicious.” She eats fast food about twice a week.

Now each American eats about three hamburgers and four bags of French fries(or potato chips) every week. That is 2 520 calories(卡路里).  2 

Most Americans know that fast food isn’t good for them. But it seems that they can’t give it up.  3 and fast food restaurants are part of American life,96﹪ of American school children know McDonald’s   4  In America,33﹪ of them are overweight (or too heavy).That makes it hard for them to move around, go upstairs and even breathe.

   5 Of course it’s not just young people who are getting heavier. It’s all Americans.