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Homework will not be a concern for pupils attending a pioneering new secondary school in Norfolk. Instead , the l , 100 children will stay longer at school, doing extra study at school as part of the extended (延长的) school day, which could last until about 5 pm.
Rather than setting homework that pupils could struggle with at home, where there may be limited access to computers, they will do that as independent study in the day. When they go home they should enjoy quality family time. That has been really well received by parents who respect the fact that family time will be family time. But the school would still expect youngsters to study at home ahead of important exams.
Independent learning at school would ensure equality because kids who get help with homework from parents might rely on others too much.
Peter Devonish . a teacher at the school, said, "Having the children at school a bit longer to strengthen their learning is a really good idea, because they can have their time with the family." But he warned. "A disadvantage is that our school is in the countryside, which means it' s not so perfect to get children home at that time."
Mr. Devonish said they also set pupils project-based homework, such as looking at an energy- efficient house, which allowed them to combine independent study with working with their parents.
Craig Morrison, another teacher, said, "A large problem with homework has been that not enough is done with it. With homework. a lot of effort can go into it, so it ' s about celebrating what children do rather than processing it in terms of marking it and handing it back."
56. How will students spend their longer days at school?
A. They will prepare their lessons for exams.
B. They will do homework with their teachers.
C. They will study all by themselves.
D. They will do homework on computers.
57. Why is the new idea well accepted by some parents?
A. Because it helps kids with their homework.
B. Because kids will enjoy quality family time.
C. Because kids will be educated equally at school.
D. Because it can make houses more energy-efficient.
58. What is Mr. Devonish worried about?
A. The students may dislike the idea.
B. No staff will agree to stay until 5:30 p.m.
C. More teachers will be needed.
D. The students may get home late. -
59. According to Mr. Morrison, the' problem with homework is ______ .
A. what effort children make to do it
B. how teachers mark it and return it
C. how much homework should be set
D. that parents may object to the plan
60. The passage is mainly about .
A. teachers who are asked to stay at school longer
B. a school where children stay longer for homework
C. homework which students have to deal with
D. students who like quality school time with teachers
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Many adults enjoy a cup of coffee to have extra energy on a sleepy morning, and astronauts are no exception. But having a drink in space isn't as easy as it is on the earth. You have to come up with a whole new way to drink, and that' s what scientists are trying to do.
"The coffee would be very hard to control in a normal cup," said physics professor Mark Weislogel. "You' d have to shake the cup toward your face and hope that some of the hot liquid floats toward your mouth. When it comes to guessing what liquids will do in new systems, we are often in the dark. "
Weislogel believes that creating a big zero - gravity cup would help improve the lives of astronauts in space, so he and other researchers per formed a series of experiments with liquids on the International Space Station (ISS) to see how they move upwards on surfaces in zero gravity.
In one of the tests, they placed two surfaces very close together to create a very narrow tunnel. They wanted to see if liquid would easily flow up the tunnel. In another test , the researchers tried to figure out the best angle to place the narrow tunnel at so that the liquids would travel along the corners.
The end result is a cup that doesn't look like a normal coffee cup at all. One side of the cup has a very sharp angle and, in zero gravity, the liquid naturally "flows" up that angled side of the cup, right up to the drinker' s lips.
The zero-gravity coffee cup is currently being tested on the ISS by astronaut Don Pettit, who worked with the researchers and helped them invent it. " As you sip (啜饮) , more liquid keeps coming , and you can enjoy your coffee in a weightless environment - clear down to the last drop, " said Pettit, who thinks that future humans on Mars will be using this kind of cup to drink during celebrations !
61. We can learn from Paragraph l that .
A. astronauts have difficulty drinking Coffee in space
B. coffee drinks in the morning can make astronauts sleepy
C. astronauts drink coffee in the same way as on the earth
D. scientists have made coffee in zero gravity successfully
62. The underlined sentence in Para. 2 may mean "______ "
A. rooms in the Space Station lack light
B. scientists can ' t see anything in the dark
C. scientists know little about it
D. coffee can be drunk in the dark
63. What do we know about Weislogel's cup?
A. It looks like a very narrow tunnel.
B. Each of its sides has a sharp angle.
C. It is the same as the normal cup we are using.
D. The liquid in it will flow to the drinkers itself.
64. According to Pettit, we can learn the coffee cup is ______.
A. practical B. weightless
C. shapeless D. awkward
65. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. When humans will drink coffee on Mars.
