Part IV Cloze (15 minutes)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper, You should choose the ONE
that best fits /into/ the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
It's an annual back-to-school routine. One morning you wave goodbye, and that_71_ evening you're burning the late-night oil in sympathy. In the race to improve educational standards, _72_ are throwing the books at kids. _73_ elementary school students are complaining of homework _74_ . What's a well-meaning parent to do As hard as _75_ may be, sit back and chill, experts advise. Though you've got to get them to do it, 76 helping too much, or even examining _77_ too carefully, you may keep them _78_ doing it by themselves. "I wouldn't advise a parent to check every _79_ assignment," says psychologist John Rosemond, author Of Ending the Tough Homework. "There's a 80 of appreciation for trial and error. Let your children _81_ the grade they deserve."
Many experts believe parents should gently look over the work of younger children and ask them to rethink their _82_. But "you don't want them to feel it has to be _83_ ," she says.
That's not to say parents should _84_homework --first, they should monitor how much homework their kids _85_. Thirty minutes a day in the early elementary years and an hour in 86 four, five, and six is standard, says Rosemond. For junior-high students it should be " _87_mom than an hour and a half," and two for high-school students. If your child 88 has mom homework than this, you may want to check _89_ other parents and then talk to the teacher about _90_assignment.
71. A) very C) right
B) exact D) usual

72. A) officials C) experts
B) parents D) schools

73. A) Also C) Then
B) Even D) However

74. A) fatigue C) duty
B) confusion D) puzzle

75. A) there C) they
B) we D) it

76. A) via C) by
B) under D) for

77. A) questions C) standards
B) answers' D) rules

78. A) off C) beyond
B) without D) from

79. A) single C) page
B) piece D) other

80. A) drop C) cut
B) short D) lack

81. A) acquire C) gather
B) earn D) reach

82. A) exercises C) mistakes
B) defects D) tests

83. A) perfect C) unusual
B) better D) complete

84. A) forget C) miss
B) refuse D) ignore

85. A) have C) make
B) prepare D) perform

86. A) classes C) grades
B) groups D) terms

87. A) about C) much
B) no D) few

88. A) previously C) merely
B) rarely D) consistently

89. A) with C) out
B) in D) up

90. A) finishing C) reducing
B) lowering D) declining