减负工作在全市各中、小学如火如荼开展，为此，上星期学校就学生作业量问题要求各班召开家长会进行讨论。以下是你班家长的观点：多数家长认为作业多有好处，而部分家长则认为作业过多对孩子的成长不利。请你根据方框中的提示，用英语作一简单介绍并表明你自己的观点。

注意：（1）可以适当增加细节，要求意思连贯，语句通顺；（2）词数80左右，短文的开头已给出（不计入总词数）。

Last week our class had a parents’ meeting. At the meeting, all the parents talked about whether doing a lot of homework was useful or not. Many parents thought that doing much homework was useful.

Success is waiting for you if you look over this paper carefully again. Good luck!

“Can you work outdoors in any weather?” “How would you like a job working with children?” Before this year, US public school students rarely（极少的）had to answer such questions about their possible future careers （职业）.

   But now, public schools in 24 states are developing new learning plans for each student, according to the US Education Commission （教育部）. The learning plans will help students discover their own strengths and weaknesses. （A） They will also give parents and teachers a more complete（完整的）report besides grades.

   Linwood Middle School, in North Brunswick, New Jersey, is one of these schools. Students there take an online test （B） called Matchmaker to make learning plans for their future careers. This online test uses some information about students’ （C） learning styles, personal interests, skills and career goals.

   （D） “If you don’t know yourself and want to be scientist, you may realize in college you don’t like science,” said Mercedes Arias, a Linwood language arts teacher. “The learning plans can （E）________ ________ better prepare students for college _______ _______ encourage students to work harder.”

   Daniella Martins, 14, a Linwood ninth grader, dreams of （F） _________ （be） a singer or an actress. （G）“Nobody likes to take tests,” she said before the career test. But she was pleased with the results, which listed her top career as the arts, followed by education and human services.
   “The results show that I have a great possibility to be a singer,” said Martins. “But I know I’ll still have to work hard to （H） make it.”

任务一：根据短文内容，回答下面两个问题。

1. What do students in Linwood Middle School take an online test for? __________

2. According to Daniella’s test result, what is she most likely to become? _________

任务二：将（A）、（D）、（G）处划线句子翻译成汉语。

（A）3. ____________________________________________________

（D）4. ____________________________________________________

（G）5. ____________________________________________________

任务三：写出（C）处划线短语的汉语意思：

  （C）6. ______________________

任务四：写出（B）处和（H）处划线单词和短语的同义词：

7. （B）__________   （H）___________

任务五：在 （E） 处句子中的空白处填入合适的单词：

8. ________________________________

任务六：在（F）处用所给单词的适当形式填空：

9. ___________________

任务七：在文中找出能概括主题的句子。

10. _____________________________________________

阅读排序。阅读下列各句，根据首句提示，请将选项A-J按其内容重新排列顺序，使其构成意思完整正确、逻辑顺序合理的语篇。（共10 小题，每小题0.5分, 计5分）

A monkey named Monty lived on an island(岛) with his friends. A flood was coming. Every monkey decided to build a house on the highest part of the island.

A. But Monty didn't care because his house needed very big stones.

B. When Monty finished his house, he invited all the monkeys to have a party at his new home.

C. All the monkeys built their houses quickly, and then they spent time playing.

D. On the day of the party, the flood came! All the monkeys were scared.

E. The big flood destroyed（摧毁） all the other houses except Monty’ s.

F. They all laughed at Monty because he built his house very slowly.

G. So he went on building his house stone by stone.

H. Monty shouted, "I have prepared for this flood. This house would keep us safe."

I. He believed that his house could keep any flood away.

J. It took him a long time to build the stone house.

Then the monkeys understood that Monty was very clever and kind-hearted, for he wanted to save them without expecting anything in return.