Question

My 10-year-old granddaughter was happy the day before yesterday because her mother took her and her friend to a park to celebrate Children’s Day. For a whole day, the two girls played heartily---no homework, no extra-curricular (課外) 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 maths” courses.

Every time I went to my daughter’s house in the evening, I saw her sitting by the small desk in the room doing her homework. On the 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 attend different courses-learning English, painting, “Olympic maths” 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 maths” for example. These courses are very difficult for the children to understand. Often, they are difficult even for adults.

1.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

2.Usually at weekends the girl will ________.

A. stay at home B. play with their classmates

C. do whatever she likes D. go to different kinds of training courses

3.The writer thinks that her granddaughter ________.

A. lives a happy life B. goes to bed early at weekend

C. has too much homework D. likes to do more exercises

4.Which is true according to the passage?

A. The “Olympic Maths” is too difficult for kids.

B. The grandfather thinks playing is more important than learning.

C. Teachers often give students useless homework.

D. The parents don’t want their kids to do lots of homework.

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