共用题干Canadian Parents Win Legal Battle against HomeworkUsually it is the children,not the parents,who are reluctant to spend their evenings practicing spelling and learning times tables,______(1)Shelli and Tom Milley,two lawyers from Calgary,Alberta,launched their highly unu-sual case after years of struggling to make their three reluctant children do school work out of classroom.After waging a long war with their eldest son,Jay,now 18,over his home-work,they decided to do things differently with their youngest two,Spencer,11,and Brittany,10.______(2)It took two years to negotiate the Milleys'Differentiated Homework Plan,which en-sures their youngest two children will never have to do homework again at their current school.______(3)In return,the pupils promise to get their work down in class,to come to school prepared,and revise for tests.They must also read daily and practice their musical instruments at home.“It was a constant homework battle every night,”Shelli told Canada 's Globe and Mail newspaper.“______(4)They shouldn't be working a second shift.”Two years ago,Shelli began collecting studies on homework,most of which suggest that,particularly for younger grades,there is no clear link between work at home and school performance.Working with the staff at St Brigid Elementary Junior School,she formed a homework committee.______(5)“We think it's a parent's right to choose what's in our children's best interests”,said Shelli.“But we're thankful the school did the right thing.”______(1)A:Homework is becoming a big burden for children.B:But a Canadian couple have just won a legal battle to free their offspring from home-work after successfully arguing there is no clear evidence it improves academic perform-ance。C:When no firm changes resulted from the committee,the couple began negotiating the legal document that decided the matter.D:It is hard to get a weeping child to take in math problems.E:And being lawyers,they decided to make it official.F:The two-page plan, signed by the children, parents and teachers, stipulates（约定） that“homework will not be used as a form of evaluation for the children”.
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Canadian Parents Win Legal Battle against Homework
Usually it is the children,not the parents,who are reluctant to spend their evenings practicing spelling and learning times tables,______(1)
Shelli and Tom Milley,two lawyers from Calgary,Alberta,launched their highly unu-sual case after years of struggling to make their three reluctant children do school work out of classroom.After waging a long war with their eldest son,Jay,now 18,over his home-work,they decided to do things differently with their youngest two,Spencer,11,and Brittany,10.______(2)
It took two years to negotiate the Milleys'Differentiated Homework Plan,which en-sures their youngest two children will never have to do homework again at their current school.______(3)In return,the pupils promise to get their work down in class,to come to school prepared,and revise for tests.They must also read daily and practice their musical instruments at home.
“It was a constant homework battle every night,”Shelli told Canada 's Globe and Mail newspaper.“______(4)They shouldn't be working a second shift.”
Two years ago,Shelli began collecting studies on homework,most of which suggest that,particularly for younger grades,there is no clear link between work at home and school performance.Working with the staff at St Brigid Elementary Junior School,she formed a homework committee.______(5)
“We think it's a parent's right to choose what's in our children's best interests”,said Shelli.“But we're thankful the school did the right thing.”
Canadian Parents Win Legal Battle against Homework
Usually it is the children,not the parents,who are reluctant to spend their evenings practicing spelling and learning times tables,______(1)
Shelli and Tom Milley,two lawyers from Calgary,Alberta,launched their highly unu-sual case after years of struggling to make their three reluctant children do school work out of classroom.After waging a long war with their eldest son,Jay,now 18,over his home-work,they decided to do things differently with their youngest two,Spencer,11,and Brittany,10.______(2)
It took two years to negotiate the Milleys'Differentiated Homework Plan,which en-sures their youngest two children will never have to do homework again at their current school.______(3)In return,the pupils promise to get their work down in class,to come to school prepared,and revise for tests.They must also read daily and practice their musical instruments at home.
“It was a constant homework battle every night,”Shelli told Canada 's Globe and Mail newspaper.“______(4)They shouldn't be working a second shift.”
Two years ago,Shelli began collecting studies on homework,most of which suggest that,particularly for younger grades,there is no clear link between work at home and school performance.Working with the staff at St Brigid Elementary Junior School,she formed a homework committee.______(5)
“We think it's a parent's right to choose what's in our children's best interests”,said Shelli.“But we're thankful the school did the right thing.”
______(1)
A:Homework is becoming a big burden for children.
B:But a Canadian couple have just won a legal battle to free their offspring from home-work after successfully arguing there is no clear evidence it improves academic perform-ance。
C:When no firm changes resulted from the committee,the couple began negotiating the legal document that decided the matter.
D:It is hard to get a weeping child to take in math problems.
E:And being lawyers,they decided to make it official.
F:The two-page plan, signed by the children, parents and teachers, stipulates（约定） that“homework will not be used as a form of evaluation for the children”.
A:Homework is becoming a big burden for children.
B:But a Canadian couple have just won a legal battle to free their offspring from home-work after successfully arguing there is no clear evidence it improves academic perform-ance。
C:When no firm changes resulted from the committee,the couple began negotiating the legal document that decided the matter.
D:It is hard to get a weeping child to take in math problems.
E:And being lawyers,they decided to make it official.
F:The two-page plan, signed by the children, parents and teachers, stipulates（约定） that“homework will not be used as a form of evaluation for the children”.
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解析：如果在解题过程中注意到了议论文中的常见写作逻辑“转折对比关系一普遍情况（usually/most people）与特例或实际情况的对比”就容易判断答案。
代词they在空格上文中有其呼应词they：空格上文中（该段第一句）中还出现了lawyers，与选项E中的lawyers呼应，因此E是答案。
选项F中的The two-page plan在空格上文中其指代对象：Milleys'Differentiated Homework Plan，而且F中的名词children, homework也在空格的上文中出现了。
选项D“你很难让一个哭泣的孩子解开数学题”在解释空格前句提出的观点 “每天晚上都要打一场作业仗”。
the committee在空格上文中有其指代对象a homework committee。
代词they在空格上文中有其呼应词they：空格上文中（该段第一句）中还出现了lawyers，与选项E中的lawyers呼应，因此E是答案。
选项F中的The two-page plan在空格上文中其指代对象：Milleys'Differentiated Homework Plan，而且F中的名词children, homework也在空格的上文中出现了。
选项D“你很难让一个哭泣的孩子解开数学题”在解释空格前句提出的观点 “每天晚上都要打一场作业仗”。
the committee在空格上文中有其指代对象a homework committee。