热点10 家庭作业引发的讨论等(原卷版)-备战2021年中考英语考前时事热点话题阅读题型专练

备战 2021 年中考英语考前时事热点话题阅读 +题型专练热点 10 家庭作业引发的讨论等一、阅读理解As we all know, there are many kinds of clubs in the US middle schools, such as the music club, sports club,chess club, swimming club, etc. But do you know the homework club? Its a popular club in many US middle schools.More and more students spend their afternoons at homework clubs. The US middle school students need aquiet place to study in. But games, computers and TVs are all around kids at home. So the homework club is justfor them to do their homework. The club is quiet and its good for students to study. Some teachers are there, too. They can answer the students questions and help the students with their homework.After the students finish their homework, they can go home. Then they can play games or watch TV happily. So many students like the homework club.1. The students in the US middle schools can go to the homework club_.A. in the morningC. in the afternoonB. at noonD. at night2. What can the students do in the homework club?A. Learn to swim.C. Watch TV.B. Play the guitar.D. Do their homework.3. What is NOT true about the homework club?A. The homework club is popular in the US middle schools.B. Its good for students to study in the homework club.C. The teachers in the homework club can help the students with their study. D. All the US middle school students like the homework club.4. What is the best title of the passage?A. Clubs in the US Middle SchoolsB. Students and HomeworkC. Homework ClubD. Study and Hobbies2For many years, the school students have to finish some homework during their winter and summer holidays.But with the fast development of the Internet, some students have found a new way to deal with their homework recently. Instead of finishing their homework by themselves, they ask the Internet for help.Since most of the holiday homework is the same from school to school, this makes it possible for some peopleto sell the homework answers on the Internet. Usually one must pay about 50 to 100 yuan for the answers for onesubject of the homework. A survey shows that 90% of the students complain their homework is too much and they dont want to do it by themselves.To solve the problem, some schools have stopped using the standard homework and turned to other forms ofhomework. As for students, they must remember “No pains, no gains”. If today they pay for their homework answers, perhaps one day they will pay more for their laziness（懒惰）.5. Some students deal with their holiday homework by _.A. copying their classmates homeworkB. doing their homework by themselves every dayC. doing nothing at allD. buying homework answers through the Internet6. The price of the answers for one subject is _.A. 90 yuanC. about 50 yuanB. about 100 yuanD. about 50 to 100 yuan7. From the passage We can know _.A. the students cant finish their homeworkB. Internet is very useful but has some disadvantageC. we can buy anything we want through the InternetD. all the students are very lazy3Homework is a problem for students all over the world. As a student, you have a lot of homework to do everyday. Its a major part of a students school day. Its the best way to review what you have learned in class. And ithelps you understand important concepts（概念）. Luckily, there are several things you can do to make homeworkless difficult.Be sure you understand the homeworkWrite your homework down in your notebook if you need to. Dont be afraid of asking questions about it. Its much easier to ask the teacher during or after class than to try to remember later that night!Use your time at schoolMany schools have study halls. They are designed to allow students to study there. Its more interesting to play with your friends. But the more homework you finish at school, the less youll have to do that night.Take a breakIts difficult to hold your attention for too long. So take some breaks while doing your homework. Siting fortoo long without relaxing will make you feel very tired. Taking a 15-minute break every hour is a good idea for most people.Make a planIf you dont finish your homework at school, think about how much you have left, so you canbudget yourtime. Most students have between 1 and 3 hours of homework a night. If its a heavy homework day, youll need tospend more time on it. Its a good idea to make a homework timetable, especially when you want to enjoy sports or other activities.8. The first paragraph is mainly about _.A. why homework is hard to doC. how much homework students should doB. why students should do homeworkD. when students should do homework9. You should do the following things EXCEPT _.A. write your homework down in your notebook B. try to finish your homework at school C. do homework without taking a break D. make a plan for your homework10. The underlined word “budget” in the passage means “_”.A. plan B. save C. waste D. kill11. The writer advises students to _ if the homework is heavy.A. do less homework at nightC. take a break and do some choresB. do other activities firstD. make a homework timetable12. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A. Too Much Homework Means Too Much Pressure B. Students Should Learn to RelaxC. Ways to Make Homework Easier D. Problems Students Meet When Doing Homework4Oxford University, said that time spent on homework showed the influence of the schoolif children wereexpected to do homework and if they enjoy their subjects. “Thats one of the reasons Indian and Chinese childr en do better. They put more time in it.” he added.Its also reported that students who enjoyed school got better results. It is suggested that children aged 5 to 7should be given one-hour homework a week, half an hour a night for 7 to 11-year-olds, two hours a night for 14 to 16-year-olds.“Headteachers should make their own homework policy (规定),” the government says.13. Idian and Chinese children do better in their lessons. Why?A. Because they put more time in it.B. Because they live in school all day.C. Because they have little homework.D. Because they like school better than homework.14. It is suggested that 5 to 7-year-old children should be given _.A. one-hour homework a nightC. Two- hour homework a weekB. half an hour homework a nightD. one-hour homework a week15. From the passage, we can know that _.A. Students should become interested in their results.B. Headteachers should make their own homework policy.C. Parents should encourage their children to do more homework.D. Students should do homework as much as possible.5A public primary school in the USA has stopped giving its students homework.Principal Jane Hsu wrote a letter to parents last month, explaining that after more than a yearof analyzing (分析) studies, the scho ol had decided that students after -school time would be better spent on activities like reading at their own pace (步伐) and playing instead of working on homework.Hsus letter says that many studies show that there is no connection between homework and academic (学业的)success. Some other studies also show that the connection between homework and success is dubious at the primary school level.Harris Cooper, a social psychologist who researches education, found that doing homework makes studentsperform better in school as they grew older. In later grades, students who did homework performed increasinglybetter than students who did not. In 2006, Cooper published a study that analyzed 15 years worth of data on the influence of homework. He found that homework had a good influence on students as they aged.Some parents are not happy with the decision to give up homework. “I think they should have homework. Iwant my daughter to have fun, but I also want her to be working towards a goal,” Daniel Tasman, the fat second-grader at the school, said to the reporter.her of a“Students have to do homework in order to gain. Students have to do homework because they may not be able to understand everything in school,” Sharon Blake, a students grandmother told ABC news.16. Jane Hsu wrote a letter to parents to explain .A. how students should read at their own paceB. why the school gave up homework recentlyC. what activities students could take at homeD. how important the homework is for students17. The word “dubious” in Paragraph 3 probably means “not ”.A. real B. public C. clear D. special18. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. Cooper found homework had a bad effect on students as they aged.B. Some parents are worried about their children if there is no homework.C. Some students are not happy with the decision to give up school homework.D. Daniel Tasman wanted his daughter to have fun instead of working to a goal.6For most kids, homework is just part of their daily lives, but have you ever imagined that one day you wont need to do any homework at all? Such a thing has just happened in a school in the UK.Nottingham East Academy, a school in the UK, has established a non-homework policy (政策) recently. Theschool plans to give an extra lesson and provide more activities for students to do at school. So the students nolonger need to do homework after class. When the school announced this policy ， students ，parents and teachers were all shocked.The school ， Nottingham East Academy ， is the countrys largest school. It has a total of 3，570 students.Barry Day, the president of the school, thinks that homework is unnecessary and can easily cause argument both athome and at school. He once told the local newspaper ， People give home-work for children to do simply because they think it should be given. Actually, homework doesnt help with education at all.Letting kids leave their homework at school is becoming popular in the UK. Several other schools arewelcoming the policy and are taking similar measures (措施).Tiffin Boys school has started giving students lesshomework. Students now spend less time on homework. The time has dropped from two or three hours to just fortyminutes a night. Nottingham East Academy is asking students to read for pleasure with their parents at home instead.19. The underlined word established in the second paragraph probable means .A. 制定B. 抱怨C. 发表D. 取消20. How much time does it take students to finish their homework at Tiffin Boys school now?A. None.C. Three hours.B. Two hours.D. Forty minutes.21. According to the passage, which statement is WRONG?A. Nottingham East Academy is larger than any other school in the UK.B. In the UK, no school has announced a non-homework policy so far. C. Letting kids do their homework at school is popular in the UK.D. Reading after school is good for students.22. Barry Day thinks homework unnecessary because .A. most people dont think homework should be givenB. he doesnt think homework is helpful to educationC. homework taken students too much timeD. some schools welcome the policy23. The best title for the passage is .A. Homework Is NecessaryC. Non-Homework PolicyB. Reading after SchoolD. Amazing Advertisement7Its late evening. Sun Run is using her smart phone to do her homework. The 14-year-old from Zhejiang usesan app to read English articles according to her teachers instructions(要求). These days, its not unusual forteachers to give homework on apps. For example, students are asked to practice English or do math exercises. Some teachers also use WeChat chat groups to give homework.But now, Zhejiang province is moving to ban(禁止) teachers from assigning homework on mobile apps due toconcerns about students eyesight. In 2018, more than 70 percent of middle school students in China were found tobe nearsighted, according to the World Health Organization. Using mobile phones for long periods of time is very common for Chinese students. But it is bad for our eyes.Do students like to do their homework on their phones? Zhang Keqi, a 14-year-old from Fujian, said hedoesnt. “Sometimes the apps cant get what Im reading in English. I have to work on them for a long time to get ahigh score,” he said. He said his eyesight has gotten worse since he started using apps to do his homework.However, Wang Yidi, from Anhui, 15, enjoys doing homework on apps. “The apps have a large number ofmath exercises! And I can revise( 修改) my answers easily,” she said. “But the bad part is that I cant help playing with other apps while doing my homework.”Zhou Tianyi, 12, from Sichuan, also thinks its fun to do homework with apps. Her teachers ask their studentsto dub(配音) English videos and make their own short videos. “But if I have too much other homework to do, I feel like its too much for me to finish,” she said.24. Which is not the reason of stopping using apps to do homework according to the passage?A. Using mobile phones for too long is bad for students eyes.B. Students always copy others homework on the apps.C. Students cant help playing with other apps when they do homework.D. Sometimes it takes students a lot of time to get good scores on the apps.25. What does Zhou Tianyi think of doing homework on the apps?A. She cant help playing with other apps while doing her homework.B. She thinks the apps cant get what she is reading in English.C. She can dub English videos and make short videos for herself.D. She thinks doing homework on the apps is bad for students eyes.26. What does the underlined word “it” mean in Paragraph Two?A. Using mobile phones for a long time.C. Watching short videos on the apps.B. Assigning homework on mobile apps.D. Revising the answer on mobile apps.27. What is the main idea of the passage?A. Different people have different opinions about doing homework on the apps.B. There arent any advantages about doing homework on the apps.C. Some teachers also use WeChat chat groups to give homework.D. Most students prefer doing homework on the mobile apps to in their books.8According 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 （研究）do show that kids canremember what they have learned in class better by finishing their homework on time and homework itself plays an important role in developing their learning skills, 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 theyre goingthrough school a second time when they sit down with their children each night to help with their homework. And arecent survey found that 46 percent of parents feel like they dont spend enough time with their children, becausethey 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 moreindependence and give parents back their free time. At the same time, the number of homework-connectedarguments will be less at home. Kate Smith, an education scientist, says, “You dont have to know everything.Children need to put their hands up for help and so do parents. Use your resource online teachers, or even your neighborhood classmates.”28. How long do the kids spend doing homework？A. About six hours a day.C. About six hours a month.B. About six hours a week.D. About six hours a year.29. 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.30. When they are helping their kids, most parents feel _.A. they are at work againB. they are school students againC. they are teachers of their kidsD. they are not as good as their kids31. Whats Kate Smiths advice for 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.二、完型填空A primary school in Canada has made some of its students very 32 by banning（禁止）homework.Teachers will still be able to ask students to 33 and read at home, but they cannot give themhomework like pages of math problems. The school will 34 the way students spend time in class to make sure they dont fall behind in their work.Some 35think its a bad idea. They say homework is a way for them to know how their children aredoing in school, and to help them if they are having problems.The school says it will send home an exercise book 36 parents can see how their children are doing.Several schools in Canada and the United States have been discussing 37 homework is a good idea or not.In 2009, a study 38 that students with more homework may get higher marks. But this was only true for students in the seventh grade and higher, not in primary school.Many people believe that homework is important because it 39 children to manage their time better. They say it also reinforces（巩固）what the students are learning in school.But other people think homework causes stress for students and makes them less interested 40learning . They say childrens lives are too families, or just playing.41 , and they need to be able to spend more free time with their32. A. sad33. A. play34. A. change35. A. students36. A. so37. A. why38. A. told39. A. tells40. A. at41. A. freeB. happyB. singB. stopB. parentsB. butB. whetherB. guessedB. forcesB. inB. interestingC. angryC. studyC. studyC. teachersC. orC. howC. testedC. teachesC. onC. relaxingD. afraidD. danceD. continueD. expertsD. ifD. whatD. foundD. advicesD. forD. busy三、语法填空Never try to work when you are very hungry at home. If you decide 42. (do) your homework right after school,you may get something to eat before getting to work. Always do your homework before you get too tired. Dont wait until very late in the evening, or your homework will seem much 43. (hard) than it really is.If you have more than an 44.(hour) homework, give yourself a break after an hour. On the other hand, dontbreak it up so much, or you cant finish without stopping.45. (something). You should be able to work 46. least a half at a timeDont put it off until 47. last minute. If you put off doing your homework, you will have it in your mind, andyou will not enjoy your free time so much. If you put it off until the end of the week or until right before a test, youwill have too much homework to do, 48. there is no time for you to finish all of it. A little bit each night, enought