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Usually it is the children, not the parents, who are unwilling to spend their evenings practising spelling and learning times ta
Usually it is the children, not the parents, who are unwilling to spend their evenings practising spelling and learning times ta
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2013-11-10
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问题
Usually it is the children, not the parents, who are unwilling to spend their evenings practising spelling and learning times tables. But a Canadian couple have just won a legal battle to(1)_____ their offspring from homework after(2)_____ arguing there is no clear evidence it(3)_____ academic performance.
Shelli and Tom Milley, two lawyers from Calgary, Alberta, launched their highly(4)_____ case after years of struggling to make their three (5)_____ children do school work out of the classroom.
After waging a long(6)_____ with their eldest son over his homework, they decided to do things (7)_____ with their youngest two. And being lawyers, they decided to make it official.
It took two years to(8)_____ the Milleys’ Differentiated Homework Plan, which(9)_____ their youngest two children will never have to do homework again at their(10)_____ school. The two-page plan, signed by the children, parents and teachers, states that "homework will not be used as a(11)_____ of evaluation for the children".(12)_____, the pupils promise to get their work done in class, to come to school prepared, and to(13)_____ for tests.
Two years ago, Shelli began collecting studies (14)_____ homework, most of which suggest that, (15)_____ for younger grades, there is no clear (16)_____ between work at home and school performance. Working with the staff at St Brigid Elementary/Junior High School, she formed a homework committee. When no firm changes(17)_____ from the committee, the couple began negotiating the(18)_____ document that decided the matter.
"We think it’s a parent’s(19)_____ to choose what’s in our children’s best(20)_____," said Shelli. "But we’re thankful the school did the right thing."
(18)
选项
A、formal
B、changeable
C、reliable
D、legal
答案
D
解析
第三段最后一句提到,他们决定让孩子免做作业这件事得到法律认可,因此推断此处表示这对夫妻开始磋商法律文件,故选legal“法律的”。formal“正式的”;changeable“易变的”;reliable“可靠的”。
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