My granddaughter,10. was very happy the day before yesterday because her mother and the mother of one of her classmates took them to a park and a Pizza Hut (比薩餅屋) to celebrate Children's Day. For a whole day,the two girls played heartily―no homework,no extracurricular (課外) skills training. The happy life lasted only for one day. Yesterday,everything returned to normal ： doing homework till late at night and going over lessons learned at last weekend's English and "Olympic mathematics"(數(shù)學(xué)奧賽) courses.

Every time I went to my daughter's house in the evening,I saw my granddaughter sitting by the small desk in her room doing math exercises or writing a compositions given by her teacher. On the white wall behind the desk are some words she wrote. One sentence reads ： u Why is the exercise endless?"

Poor girl ！

Although teachers have stopped giving afterschool homework to primary school children,parents have been forcing their kids to take part in different kinds of extracurricular training courses―learning English,painting,music instrument (樂器) ，weiqg , "Olympic mathematics" and so on,every Saturday and Sunday.

Are these extracurricular courses really necessary in children's education? The answer is certainly "No". Take the socalled "Olympic mathematics" for example. These courses are very difficult for children to understand. Often,they are difficult even for adults (成年人) .

(   ) 1. The writer's granddaughter celebrated her Children's Day by         .

   A. playing all day   B. doing nothing

   C. having a party   D. going over lessons

(   ) 2. Usually at weekends the girl will      

   A. stay at home

   B. play with their classmates

   C. do whatever she likes

   D. go to different kinds of training courses

(   ) 3. The writer thinks that her granddaughter         .

   A. lives a happy life

   B. goes to bed early at weekend

   C. has too much homework

    D. likes to do more exercises

(   ) 4. Which is true according to (根據(jù)) the passage?

   A. The " Olympic Mathematics" is too difficult for kids.

   B. The grandfather thinks playing is more important than learning.

   C. Teachers often give students useless homework.

   D. The parents don't want their kids to do lots of homework.

(   ) 5. From the last paragraph (段落) we know that the writer thinks         .

   A. only school courses are useful to kids

   B. some extracurricular courses kids learn after school are not necessary

   C. some extracurricular courses are even more difficult for adults

   D. kids shouldn't learn difficult courses

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