A primary school in Canada has made some of its students very（1）　　by banning（禁止） homework．

Teachers will still be able to ask students to（2）　　and read at home，but they cannot give them homework like pages of math problems．The school will（3）　　the way students spend time in class to make sure they don't fall behind in their work．

Some（4）　　think it's a bad idea．They say homework is a way for them to know how their children are doing in school．And to help them if they are having problems．

The school says it will send home an exercise book（5）　　parents can see their children are doing．

Several school in Canada and United States have been discussing（6）　　homework is a good idea or not．

In 2009，a study（7）　　that student with more homework may get higher marks．But this was only true for students in the seventh grade and higher，not in primary school．

Many people believe that homework is important because it（8）　　children to manage their time better．They say it also reinforces（巩固） what the students are learning in school．

But other people think homework causes stress for students and makes them less interested （9）　__　learning．They say children's lives are too（10）　　，and they need to be able to spend more free time with their families，or just playing．

1．A．sad	B．happy	C．angry	D．afraid
2．A．play	B．sing	C．study	D．dance
3．A．change	B．stop	C．study	D．continue
4．A．students	B．parents	C．teachers	D．experts
5．A．so	B．but	C．or	D．if
6．A．why	B．whether	C．how	D．what
7．A．told	B．guessed	C．tested	D．found
8．A．tells	B．forces	C．teaches	D．advices
9．A．at	B．in	C．on	D．for
10．A．free	B．interesting	C． relaxing	D．busy．