It's all annual back-to-school routine. One morning you wave goodbye, and that 【C1】______e

It's all annual back-to-school routine. One morning you wave goodbye, and that 【C1】______ evening you're burning the late-night oil in sympathy. In the race to improve educational standards, 【C2】______ are throwing the books at kids. 【C3】______ elementary school students are complaining of homework 【C4】______ What's a well-meaning parent to do？

As hard as 【C5】______ may be, sit back and chill, experts advise. Though you've got to get them to do it, 【C6】______ helping too much, or even examining 【C7】______ too carefully, you may keep them 【C8】______ doing it by themselves. "I wouldn't advise a parent to check every 【C9】______ assignment," says psychologist John Rosemnd, author of Ending the Tough Homework. "There's a 【C10】______ of appreciation for trial and error. Let your children 【C11】______ the grade they deserve. "Many experts believe parents should gently look over the work of younger children and ask them to rethink their 【C12】______ . But "you don't want them to feel it has to be 【C13】______ ," she says.

That's not to say parents should 【C14】______ homework-first, they should monitor how much homework their kids 【C15】______ . Thirty minutes a day in the early elementary years and an hour in 【C16】______ four, five, and six is standard, says Rosemond. For junior-high students it should be" 【C17】______ more than an hour and a half," and two for high school students. If your child 【C18】______ has more homework than this, you may want to check 【C19】______ other parents and then talk to the teacher about 【C20】______ assignments.

【C1】______

A．very

B．exact

C．right

D．usual