Directions:-|||-Read the following four texts.Answer the questions after each text by choosing A,-|||-B,C or D.-|||-Homework has never been terribly popular with students and even many-|||-parents,but in recent years it has been particularly scorned.School districts across the-|||-country,most recently Los Angeles Unified,are revising their thinking on this-|||-educational ritual.Unfort L.A.Unified has produced an inflexible policy-|||-which mandates that with the exception of some advanced courses, homework-|||-may no longer count for more than 10% of a student`s academic grade.-|||-This rule is meant to address the difficulty that students from impoverishe-|||-or chaotic homes might have in completing their homework But the policy is-|||-unclear and contradictory Certainly, no homework should be assigned that-|||-students cannot complete on their own or that they cannot do without expensive-|||-equipment.But if the district is cssentially giving a pass to students who do not do-|||-their homework because of complicated family lives,it is going riskily close to-|||-the implication that standards need to be lowered for poor children.-|||-District administrators s that homework will still be a part of schooling;-|||-teachers are allowed to assign as much of it as they want.But with homework-|||-counting for no more than 10%of their grades,students can easily skip half their-|||-homework and see very little di lifference on their report cards.Some students-|||-might do well on state tests without completing their homework,but what about-|||-the students who performed well on the tests and did their homework?It is quite-|||-possible that the homework helped.Yet rather than empowering teachers to find-|||-what works best for their students,the policy imposes a flat,across-t -the-board rule.-|||-At the same time,the policy addresses none of the truly thorny questions-|||-about homework.If the district finds homework to be unimportant to its students`-|||-academic achievement,it should move to reduce or eliminate the assignments,not-|||-make them count for almost nothing.Conversely, if homework matters, it should-|||-account for a significant portion of the grade.Meanwhile,this policy does nothing-|||-to ensure that the homework students receive is mearingf gful or appropriate to their-|||-age and the subject,or that teachers are not assigning more than they are w willing-|||-to review and correct.-|||-The homework rules should be put on hold while the school board,which is-|||-responsible for sctting cducational policy,looks into the matter and conducts-|||-public hearings. It is not too late for L.A.Unified to do homework right.-|||-21.It is implied in Paragraph I that nowadays homework __-|||-[A] is receiving more criticism-|||-[B] is gaining more preferences-|||-[C]is no longer an educational ritual-|||-[D] is not required for ad vanced courses-|||-22.L.A.Unified has made the rule about homework mainly because poor students-|||-[A]tend to have moderate cxpectation for their education-|||-[B] have asked for a different cducarional standard-|||-[C]may have problems finishing their homework-|||-[D] have voiced their complaints about homework-|||-23.According to Paragraph 3,one problem with the policy is that it may __-|||-___-|||-[A]result in students` indifference to their report cards-|||-[B] undermine the authority of state tests-|||-[C]restrict teachers`power in education-|||-[D] discourage students from doing homework-|||-24.As mentioned in Paragraph 4,a key quostion unanswered about homework is-|||-whether __-|||-[A]it should be climinated-|||-[B] it counts much in schooling-|||-[C] it places extra burdens on teachers-|||-[D] it is important for grades-|||-25.A suitable title for this text could be __-|||-[A]AF Faulty Approach to Homework-|||-[B]A Welcomed Policy for Poor Students-|||-[C] Thomy Qucstions about Homework-|||-[D] Wrong Interpretations of an Educational Policy