A primary school in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, has announced (宣布) it no longer requires parents to sign their children’s homework. China Youth Daily _____:

Putting an end to the _____ that parents sign off the homework of their children _____ the burden on many parents, as otherwise they would have to look through primary school homework after a hard day’s work. But there are _____ that if parents stop having to sign off their children’s homework, the children will not get _____ grades.

_____, the most efficient way for children to study is to develop their _____ to learn and do their own homework.

When doing homework, students practice and _____ apply what they have learned. Truly, teachers are _____ to check students’ homework and ______ their mistakes. But some parents correct their children’s mistakes by themselves when signing off it.

It is the ______ of students to do their homework, be responsible ______ their studies and correct their mistakes. Parents’ supervising (监督) their homework, checking their answers and ______ the harder problems will only make children ______ aware of their mistakes and encourage them to ______ their parents’ help when they face any problems.

Children have to manage their own learning and ______ the ability to study by themselves, as competency (能力) will not be achieved ______ a student simply repeats fixed ______ in which he is helped in school by teachers and at home by parents.

An experiment ______ by Walter Mischel in the 1960s proved that children with better self-discipline performed better in their studies and interpersonal relationships.

There is little doubt that parents’ supervision can make children’s homework better. But it does not give children the ______ to practice their ability to solve problems independently.

   In our modern world, when something wears out, we throw it away and buy a new one. The ___ is that countries around the world have growing mountains of ___ because people are throwing out more rubbish than ever before.

How did we ___ a throwaway society? First of all, it is now easier to ___ an object than to spend time and money to repair it. ___ modern manufacturing(制造业)and technology, companies are able to produce products quickly and inexpensively. Products are plentiful and ___.

Another cause is our ___of disposable(一次性的)products. As ___ people, we are always looking for ___ to save time and make our lives easier. Companies ____ thousands of different kinds of disposable products:paper plates, plastic cups, and cameras, to name a few.

Our appetite for new products also ____ to the problem. We are ____ buying new things. Advertisements persuade us that ____ is better and that we will be happier with the latest products. The result is that we ____ useful possessions to make room for new ones.

All around the world, we can see the ____ of this throwaway lifestyle. Mountains of rubbish just keep getting bigger. To ____ the amount of rubbish and to protect the ____, more governments are requiring people to recycle materials. ____, this is not enough to solve(解决)our problem.

Maybe there is another way out. We need to repair our possessions ____ throwing them away. We also need to rethink our attitudes about ____. Repairing our possessions and changing our spending habits may be the best way to reduce the amount of rubbish and take care of our environment.

Amsterdam 【小题1】 (call) the “City of Bicycles” because of the convenience of riding bicycles there. In the 1960s, a group of cycling fans had 【小题2】 idea that it would be better for everybody if cars weren't allowed in the city centre and only bicycles were. They were 【小题3】 (hope) that this would help to save energy, reduce 【小题4】 (pollute) and provide free public transport. The group painted hundreds of bicycles white and placed them in lots of neighbourhoods around Amsterdam for people to use.

【小题5】 (fortunate), it didn't work because 【小题6】 (thief) took all the bicycles within weeks! However, more than thirty years later, the “white bike” is back in town — this time with a computer chip to record its every move!【小题7】 (take) a bicycle, you have to insert a special card. People who want to use the bikes 【小题8】 (park) at special parking places have to take them to another special parking place 【小题9】 has enough room. Thanks to the good ideas of lots of people, many people around the world have been enjoying city center streets 【小题10】 cars for many years.