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教师资格证考试《英语学科知识与教学能力》(高级中学)临考真题卷
1.【单项选择题】(江南博哥)Some parentsare justtoo protective.They wantto________________their kidsfrom everykind ofdanger,real orimagined.A.spotB.dismissC.shelterD.distinguish正确答案C参考解析本题考查动词辨析句意为“有些父母对子女保护过度,他们想处处孩子以免遭任何实际的或者假想的危险”spot“认出,玷污”,dismiss“开除,解雇,shelter“庇护,保护,distinguish“区别”只有C项符合句意
2.【单项选择题】There areseveral hatson theshelf,and you can chooseyou like.A.whereverB.whateverC.whicheverD.whenever正确答案C参考解析本题考查从句连词根据句意“架子上有几顶帽子,你可以从中选择你喜欢的任何一顶,可排除A项“任何地方”和D项“任何时候”B、C两项都可以表示“任何一个”,但有范围的选择用whichever,没有范围的选择用whatever从架子上的帽子中做选择,有范围故本题选C
3.【单项选择题】,the tallestboy isthe youngest.A.Strange thoughit mayseemB.Though strangeit mayseemC.Strange itmay seemD.It mayseem strange正确答案A参考解析本题考查倒装句though引导的让步状语从句要倒装,一般将名词、形容词、副词等置于句首句意为“尽管这可能有点奇怪,但这个最高的男孩是年纪最小的”故本题选A
4.【单项选择题】Which of the followingis nota partof teachingspeakingA.Language form.B.Language content.C.Function.D.Outline.the policyimposes aflat,across-the-board rule.At thesame time,the policy addresses none of the truly thorny questions abouthomework.If thedistrict findshomework to be unimportantto itsstudents academicachievement,it shouldmove toreduce oreliminate theassignments,not makethemcount for almost nothing.Conversely,if homeworkmatters,it shouldaccount forasignificant portionof thegrade.Meanwhile,this policydoes nothingto ensurethatthe homeworkstudents receiveis meaningfulor appropriateto theirage and thesubject,or thatteachers arenot assigningmore thanthey arewilling toreview andcorrect.The homeworkrules should be puton holdwhile the school board,which isresponsiblefor settingeducational policy,looks into the matterand conductspublichearings.It is not toolate forL.A.Unified todo homeworkright.查看材料
26.【单项选择题】It isimplied inParagraph1that nowadayshomework.A.is receivingmore criticismB.isnolonger aneducational ritualC.is notrequired foradvanced coursesD.is gainingmore preferences正确答案A参考解析推理判断题这里可以看到,选项A和D是意义相反的A是指目前家庭作业得到了更过的批评;D是指家庭作业获得了更多的好评我们根据文章首段首句,家庭作业从来就不受欢迎,而目前它更是受到了更多的批评可以很快得出,答案应该是A查看材料
27.【单项选择题】What canbe inferredfrom Paragraph
4.A.Homework mustbe eliminated.B.The importanceof thehomework isunclear at the moment.C.The policyaddressesnoneof thetrulythorny questionsabout homework.D.Students,homework isimportant forgrades.正确答案B参考解析推理判断题首先排除选项C,它与文章第四段首句完全一致其次,含有must,always,every(以及其派生词),each,all,absolutely,at all等词的选项,倾向于不选,因此也可以排除选项A;再结合文章第四段进行分析,第四段提到“如果社区学校认为家庭作业对学生的学业不重要,社区学校应该减少或者取消家庭作业,而不是布置家庭作业,又让它们占很小的分数比例;相反,如果家庭作业重要,它应该在学业中占重要的一部分”从这两句的内容中,我们可以简单归纳出,L.A.Unified所指定的这项政策到目前为止还未对家庭作业对于学生学业是否有重要作用给出确定答案,因此选项B符合题意查看材料
28.【单项选择题】According toParagraph3,one problemwith thepolicy isthatit may.A.discourage studentsfrom doinghomeworkB.result instudents*interest to their reportcardsC.undermine theauthority ofstate testsD.restrict teacherspower ineducation正确答案A参考解析细节理解题本题中选项A和B是意义相反的两个选项一个是使学生对家庭作业感到沮丧,一个是增加了学生对其的兴趣故而答案很可能就在这二者之中再结合文章看,文章第三段第二句指出,“如果家庭作业仅占分值的10%,学生很容易少做一半的家庭作业,在他们的成绩单上也不会有什么差别”“家庭作业仅占分值10犷这是L.A.Unified制定出的家庭作业政策的内容,因此,从这句话可以看出有了这项政策,既然成绩单上不会有区别,学生就会选择少做一半的家庭作业这就给学生在家庭作业这条路上设了阻碍A项符合逻辑查看材料
29.【单项选择题】LA.Unified hasmade therule about homework mainlybecause poorstudents.A.tend tohave moderateexpectations for their educationB.have askedforadifferent educationalstandardC.probably haveproblems finishingtheir homeworkD.have voicedtheir complaintsabouthomework正确答案c参考解析细节理解题文章第二段首句说到“这项政策的制定是为了解决贫困家庭的学生在完成家庭作业中可能遇到的困难”这与题干所问“制定该政策的主要原因”以及“贫困学生”就对应起来了,故C是正确选项查看材料
30.【单项选择题】Whats the passage mainlyabout.A.different interpretationsof aneducational policyB.A welcomedpolicy forpoor studentsC.thornyquestionsabout homeworkD.a newpolicy ofhomework inL.A.Unified正确答案D参考解析主旨大意题本文主要讲述了L.A.地区的一项新的家庭作业的政策,而通过文章可以发现,这项政策实际上是一种对待家庭作业错误的方法
31.【简答题】简述skimming的基本含义并举一例说明其用途(10分)写出训练该项技能时可采取的三个步骤,并用英语写出两句相关的教师指令语(10分)o我的回答参考解析
(1)略读是指以尽可能快的速度阅读,这就要求读者有选择地进行阅读,可跳过某些细节,以抓住文章的大意,从而加快阅读速度其目的是了解文章的大意略读对阅读速度要求较高,而对理解的精确度则要求较低例如在教学Will peoplehaverobots,,一课时,教师可以设置略读活动Ask students to skimthepassagewithin2minutes andsummarize the main idea of it”,让学生在2分钟内略读文章,然后总结文章大意略读活动可以帮助学生了解文章大意,提高学生的阅读速度略读是教师需要训练学生提高的阅读能力之一⑵训练该项技能时可以采取三个步骤
①通读文章的起始段和结尾段
②细读其他段落的主题句
③浏览一些与主题句相关的信息词教师指令语
①Skim thepassage to get thegist ofit andwrite itdown onyour notebook.
②Skimthe texttogetthemainideaofit anddiscuss withyour deskmates.
32.【教学情境分析题】下面是某高中课堂实录的教学片段T%rxl.I willpnn»ir Mitentrncc,and youcombinetheminto ofw*byufiingtherrlabvr pnmcnimhGroup1;Thr wonmrii»adortur.♦Sbr live*next thedoor.।Group2Weknow alotof prople.♦Thr}live inLmdon.।Cmup3The Olympic64moan*heldnrnfour♦ItwanheldinBeijingin200^.I SITbr utmianwholive*nril thrduurb adoctor.I S2Ueknow aktof people*holive tnLondon.S3The Hympiciamr*thatarr hrl|rwrry fouryran»hrhl inBeijingin
2008.豺T;MMd job*Urve familiarwithtlirof rrlitivrpmntHin.Nnt,lrf»wori tngroupslotalkaboutoneof yourfavohtr moviesarpher*.Plra*r useat ITAM24filfnccwithrrlativr pronouns.10ininulr*lalrrvMi*harrUijcrthrr.T;Urlllonr Afterclam,thr hommrki«...4根据上面所给信息,从下面两个方面作答1该片段呈现的是英语教学的什么课型它属于该课型的哪个环节?⑵分析该片段的教学目标⑶评析该教师教学活动中的一个优点我的回答参考解析
(1)课型英语语法课该教学片段属于语法课中的练习(Practice)和输出(Production)环节在练习环节,教师通过让学生合并两个句子的方式练习定语从句中关系代词who和that的用法;在输出环节,教师通过让学生描述最喜欢的电影或地方形成语篇来练习定语从句中关系代词的用法,使学生既学习了语法,又锻炼了口语交际能力⑵教学目标
①知识目标学生能够掌握定语从句中关系代词who和that的用法
②能力目标学生能运用定语从句描述或讨论事情,能通过练习提高语法运用能力及口语表达能力
③情感目标学生能够将英语课堂学习与实际生活联系起来,逐步提高对语法学习的兴趣和积极性
(3)优点在教学活动中,该教师首先组织开展机械性操练,由浅入深,帮助学生理解关系代词的用法在学生接触语法点之后,首先组织学生在句子层面进行操练,加深学生对语法点的记忆,使学生学习语法由控制性阶段达到自动化阶段,即实现内化,为学生进行灵活运用打下基础然后该教师组织开展交际性练习,创设了真实而有意义的情境,让学生在讨论中运用新学的语法,由句子层面过渡到语篇层面,达到有效交际的目的
33.【教学设计题】设计任务请阅读下面学生信息和语言素材,设计20分钟的英语写作教学方案教案没有固定格式,但须包含下列要点,Teaching objectives•Teaching contents,Key and difficult points,Major stepsand timeallocation,Activities andjustifications教学时间45分钟学生概况某城镇普通中学高中二年级学生,班级人数40人多数学生已经达到《普通高中英语课程标准》(实验)六级水平学生课堂参与积极性一般语言素材School Violencehsreport闻that then*is increasingschool violence happening recently.And theshocking newsfrom yesterdayshowedtwo high school boyswere greatlyinjured froman obsceneschool bullying.highschool students area rebelliousphase,they areprone tobe involvedin suchaccidents whichwould definitelypose a great danger toour students.In ordertooffer ahealthy environmentforall the students,school violenceshould leseriouslydealt with.First,theschool shouldstrengthen schoolsafely byemploying moreschool guards...There isan increasingnumber of school violencehappening recentlywhich haveexertedterrible influenceon ourschool life.What canwe do about itPlease writea passage of at least120words titledwith〃How toimprove schoolsafety”Key words:campus securityguard我的回答参考解析Teaching contentsHow to write an argumentation about school violence.Teaching objectiveslStudents will learnsome new words andexpressions,like bully,school violence,guards,rebellious,poseagreatdangerto…;Students will know thestructure ofargumentation writing.2Students willbe ableto givesuggestions underthe topicofschool violence;Students canwrite anargumentationwritingaboutschool violence.3Students willrecognize thatschool bullyingis horribleand noone deservestosuffer fromit;Studentswillunderstand that its importantfor themto standupagainst bulliestogether.Teaching keyanddifficultpoints lTeachingkey pointStudentswillknowhow to write anargumentation,including thebasic structure,arguments,etc.2Teaching difficultpointStudents canwrite anargumentation aboutschoolviolence.Major StepsStep1Warming up2minutesPlay a short videoreport about theschoolviolencehappeningrecently.After thevideo,invite twostudentstoshare theiropinions aboutit.Give correspondingcommentsand make,ashortconclusion thatschool bullyingis absolutelyhorribleand weshouldact togetherto fightagainst it.JustificationVideo isa powerfultool toreveal thetruth andmake studentsechoemotionally tothis phenomenon.Step2Pre-writing9minutes1Divide studentsinto groups of4to talkabout the solutions towardsthis issue.And remindthem that they cangive solutionsfrom differentaspects,such aswhat shouldschool doabout this;what shoulddo aboutparentsthis;and whatshould highschoolstudentsdoabout2Present themthethiswritten reportof thisvideo.Give1minute toread it.After they finishfor themthereport,ask themto circlesolutions recommended,as wellas somekeyout thewordsandexpressions undersuch topic.3Tell themtowriteanargumentationwriting basedon thisreport.In theirwriting,they shouldcover the following informationwhat happened,why ithappened,how todeal with them.4Lead themto figureoutthestructure about the writingfirst.Then makeaconclusion togetherthat the first paragraphis aboutthe phenomenondescribing;thesecond paragraphis aboutthe reasonsand awfuleffects aboutthis phenomenon;thethird paragraphis aboutthesolutions.Then1will givethem anoral example.JustificationThis stepshould preparethestudentsfor structureas wellas thecontentsofthe writing.Step3While-writing6minutesAsk themtowrite down anargumentation underthetopic ofschoolviolencein6minutes.While writing,I willask themto paymore attention tothe spelling,grammar,andthe logicof sentences.JustificationWith allthe preparationfrom pre-writing part,students willbeable towritedownthe argumentationfast.In thisstep,students canpractice howtoorganize theirwords,and theywill learnto expresstheir ideaslogically.Step4Post-writing3minutes Aftertheyfinishthewriting,I willask themto modifytheir draftby themselves,and thenexchange theirdraft todo thepeer editing.JustificationEditing isanimportant process of writing.正确答案D参考解析定题考查口语教学内容口语教学内容包括语言形式、语言内容、功能、文化与交际策略等D项“概要”不属于口语教学内容5【单项选择题】But theSwiss discoveredlong yearsago thatconstant warfarebroughtthem sufferingand poverty.A.anything butB.nothing butC.none otherthanD.no morethan正确答案B参考解析本题考查短语辨析句意为“但是多年以前瑞士人就发现连年不断的战争给他们带来的只有苦难和贫穷”anything but“决不,根本不,nothing but”只有,只不过,none otherthan”不是别的,正是,no morethan“不过,仅仅”根据句意可知本题选B
6.【单项选择题】A Chinesestudent makesa sentenceas follows〃He isa richmanwho liketravellingz/.The errorin thatsentence isthe resultof.A.negative transferB.positive transferC.overgeneralizationD.pragmatic failure正确答案A参考解析本题考查二语习得二语习得者在学习外语的过程中很容易受到母语的影响母语有利于外语学习叫正迁移positive transfer,也叫facilitation;母语阻碍外语的学习叫负迁移negative transfer,也叫interference题干例子便是负迁移的表现,因为汉语中谓语动词没有第三人称单数形式故本题选Ao二语习得中还有一些错误,不能用母语的影响来解释,比如He speakedEnglish.这个例子,学习者过度应用了语法规则,这种现象叫过度概括overgeneralization语用错误pragmatic failure指学习者按照本民族的文化习惯来表达,结果违反了目的语国家的文化习俗
7.【单项选择题】To developthe skillof listening,the teacherasks studentsto learnseveralnewwordsthat willappear in the listeningmaterial andpredict whatthelistening materialis about.Which stageis itat inlistening classA.Warming up.B.Pre-listening.C.While-listening.D.Post-listening.正确答案B参考解析本题考查听力教学在听文章之前,教师让学生学习可能在听力中出现的新单词并预测听力文章的内容这处于听前Pre-listening阶段
8.【单项选择题】Which ofthe followingunderlined partsis differentin pronunciationfromothersA.New.B.Flew.C.Brew.D.Jewelry.正祷案A参考解析本题考查字母组合的发音A项中ew的发音为/ju:/,其他三项中ew的发音均为/u:/,故本题选A
9.【单项选择题】Bill isvery;youcantrust himand turnto himfor helpwhen youarein trouble.A.reliableB.proudC.dependentD.confident正确答案A参考解析本题考查形容词辨析reliable“可靠的,proud骄傲的,自豪的,dependent“依靠的,confident“自信的”句意为“比尔非常可靠,你可以信任他并且在有麻烦的时候向他求助”故本题选A
10.【单项选择题】When youpick upa newspaper,you readthrough theheadlines,titlesand subtitlesquickly toget ageneral ideaabout whatis writtenon thepage andfindout ifthere isanything interesting.This skillis called.A.scanningB.skimmingC.inferringD.predicting正确答案B参考解析本题考查阅读技巧读报时通过快速浏览标题、副标题,抓住文章要点并找到有趣的内容,这种阅读技巧叫作略读故本题选瓦
11.【单项选择题】Wed betterdiscuss everythingbefore wework outtheplan.A.in detailB.in generalC.on purposeD.on time正确答案A参考解析本题考查介词短语辨析句意为“我们最好先讨论好一切,然后再制订计划in detail详细地”,in general”一般而言,总的来说”,On purpose“故意地”,On time“准时”根据句意可知,应该是先详细讨论再制订计划,故本题选A
12.【单项选择题】Ais avariety oflanguage thatserves asa mediumofcommunication amonggroupsofpeople withdiverse linguisticbackgrounds.A.lingua francaB.registerC.creoleD.dialect正确答案A参考解析本题考查社会语言学中的基本概念通用语lingua franca是一种语言变体,是使用不同语言的人之间的交流语言洋泾浜语pidgin通常是由两种或两种以上不同的自然语言成分因为特定原因混杂而成的语言当洋泾浜语作为第一语言或母语被儿童习得,便成为克里奥尔语creole语言的语域看体register variety是一种交际情景方言situational dialect,以交际时说话者所用语体或文体的得体性为主要特征
13.【单项选择题】Parents inChina spendit takesto givetheirkids anedge,but sometimesthey justblindly followa trendand over-schedule theirchildren.A.whateverB.whicheverC.howeverD.whenever正确答案A参考解析句意在中国,父母不惜一切代价给孩子提供优势,但有时他们只是盲目地跟随潮流,过多地安排孩子的时间whatever引导宾语从句且在从句中作宾语,符合题意,故选A
14.【单项选择题】cold it is,the youngman refused to puton awarm coat.A.HoweverB.No matterC.AsD.Though正确答案A参考解析句意不管天多冷,这个年轻人都不愿穿上暖和的外套however引导让步状语从句,其结构为however+形容词+主语+系动词,意为“不管怎样……,无论如何”,相当于nomatter how;no matter“无论,不管”,引导让步状语从句时要与疑问词连用;as/though也可引导让步状语从句,表示“虽然,尽管”,但要用部分倒装结构,即形容词+as+主语+系动词故选A
15.【单项选择题】It was not shetook offher darkglasses Irealizedshe wasa famousactressA.when;thatB.until;thatC.until;whenD.when;then正确答案B参考解析not until的强调结构为It is/wasnotuntil+时间状语+that…故选B
16.【单项选择题】Which ofthe letter〃u〃in thefollowing wordshas adifferentpronunciation fromothersA.abuseB.useC.excuseD.lure正确答案D参考解析考查语音学知识根据开音节规则可知,单个元音字母后面加个辅音字母,再加一个不发音的字母e构成的重读音节为开音节单词而在开音节中元音字母发本音,但要注意的是,由元音字母加re字母结尾的重读音节并不构成开音节,所以lure中u字母的发音与其他三个不同,故选D
17.【单项选择题】When hecame in,he foundthat paperclips,drawing pinsandsafety-pins wereall overthefloor.A.scatteredB.sprayedC.dispersedD.separated正确答案A参考解析考查动词辨析scatter“分散,散开;spray“喷,喷射;disperse“分散,扩散;separate“分离,分开scatter指人或物向四处散开,或把物随意撒开;disperse多指把一群人或物等彻底驱散句意当他进来的时候,他发现回形针、图钉和安全针散得地上到处都是故选A
18.【单项选择题】A:Do youknow whereMr.Brown isB:Somewhere in the southernsuburbs ofthe city.Speaker Bviolates themaxim of.A.qualityB.quantityC.mannerD.relation正确答案B参考解析考查合作原则的违反说话者B的话语没有提供足够的信息,没能说明布朗先生的具体住所故选B
19.【单项选择题】In Englishteaching,teachers shouldNOT payattentionto.A.correcting thestudent,s mistakesand errorsintheprocessoflearning immediatelyB.providing theindependent learningand communicativeopportunities forstudentsC.encouraging studentsto explorethe wayto masterEnglishD.cultivating students*interest正确答案A参考解析在英语教学中,教师应该给学生提供独立学习和交流的机会,鼓励学生探索掌握英语的方法,并培养他们的兴趣而不应该立即纠正学生的错误,打击学生的积极性
20.【单项选择题】What doesthefollowingpracticePeer andI wentto theschool yesterday.Peer andI wentto theschool yesterday.Peer andI wenttotheschool yesterday.Peer andI wenttotheschool yesterday.A.Stress.B.Articulation.C.Intonation.D.Liaison.正确答案A参考解析由题干可以看出这些句子在不同的单词前边标记,主要是为了考查句子的重读情况故选A材料题请阅读Passage1,完成21-25小题Passage1Australia,s frogsare havingtrouble findinglove.Traffic noiseand othersoundsof city life,such asair conditioners and construction noise,are drowningout thematingcalls ofmale frogsin urbanareas,leading toa sharpdrop infrog populations.But,inthefirst studyof itskind,Parris,a scientistattheUniversity ofMelbourne,has foundthat some frogs havefigured outa wayto compensatefor humaninterferencein theirlove lives.A malesouthern brown tree frogsends outa matingcall whenheslooking fora date.It ismusic tothe earsof a female southernbrowntreefrog.But,add thesounds ofnearby trafficand themessage justis notgoing out.Parrisspent sevenyears studyingfrogs aroundMelbourne.She sayssome frogshave comeupwith aninteresting strategyfor makingthemselves heard.〃We foundthatitschanging thepitch ofits call,so goinghigher up,up the frequencyspectrum,being higherand squeakier,further awayfrom thetraffic noiseand thisincreasesthe distanceover whichit canbefor heard,“Parris said.The oldcall islower inpitch.The newone ishigher inpitch.Now,that maysound likea prettysimple solution.But,changing theircalls tocopewith anoisy environmentis actuallyquite extraordinaryfor frogs.And whilethemales havefigured outhow tomake themselvesheard abovethe noise,Parris saysitmay notbe whatthe femalesare looking for.,zWhcn femaleshave achoice betweentwomales calling,they tend to selectthe onethat callsat alower frequencybecause,in frogs,thefrequency of acall isrelated tobody size.So,the biggerfrogs tendto call lower,z,she explained.And sothey alsotendtobe the older frogs,theguys perhapswith moreexperience,they knowwhat they,re doingandthewomen areattractedto those.〃Frog populationsin Melbournehave droppedconsiderably sinceParris beganherresearch,but it is notjust becauseof noise.Much ofAustralia has been lockedina10-year drought,leaving frogsfewer andfewer pondsto golookingforthat specialsomeone.查看材料
21.【单项选择题】Parris isthefirstperson whomade studyfor.A.frogs populationB.frog,s lovelivesC.frog,s matingcalls andliving environmentD.the effectsof humannoises onfrog正确答案C参考解析推理判断题本文主要讲由于人类噪音干扰,青蛙改变叫声来求偶全文围绕“matingcalls”展开,最后一段又指出青蛙数量下降是由于干旱噪音和干旱都属于环境因素故C项正确查看材料
22.【单项选择题】Why dosomefrogschange thepitch ofits callsA.To bedifferent fromothers.B.To attractafemalefrog.C.To sendout messages.D.To goagainst traffic noises.正确答案D参考解析细节理解题由第三段“…further awayfrom thetrafficnoiseand thisincreasesthe distanceover whichit canbe forheard,“可知,青蛙改变音高是为了避免噪音干扰查看材料
24.【单项选择题】What doesthe wordconsiderably inthe lastparagraph meanA.immediatelyB.directlyC.carefullyD.much正确答案D参考解析词义推测题“considerably”位于最后段句首,作为副词修饰drop该句意思是自从Parris开始她的研究后,墨尔本的青蛙数量下降B项“直接地”,C项“认真地”明显不符合题意最后一段最后一句提到,十年干旱期间,池塘的数量越来越少,由此可知青蛙数量下降有一个过程,不是突然的,因此A项错误故选D查看材料
25.【单项选择题[According toParris,what arethe reasonsforthedropping ofthefrog,s populationin MelbourneA.Air conditionersand constructionnoise.B.The urbannoises andthe lackof rainfall.C.The changeofthefrequencyofthe matingcall.D.Fewer ponds.正确答案B参考解析细节理解题第一段提到“Traffic noiseand othersounds ofcitylife,suchas airconditionersandconstructionnoise,“可知A项是各种噪音中的两种,因此A不全面D项“池塘数量的减少是由于干旱”不是根本原因C项“求偶叫声频率的改变是青蛙面对噪音干扰的反应”,不是其数量减少的原因B项正确材料题请阅读Passage2,完成26-30小题Passage2Homework hasnever beenterribly popularwith studentsand evenmany parents,butin recentlyyears ithasbeenparticularly scorned.School districtsacross thecountry,most recentlyLos AngelesUnified,are revisingtheir thinkingon thiseducationalritual.Unfortunately,L.A.Unified hasproduced aninflexible policywhichmandates thatwiththeexception ofsome advancedcourses,homework mayno longercountfor morethan10%ofastudents academicgrade.This ruleis meantto addressthe difficultythat studentsfrom impoverishedor chaotichomesmight havein completing their homework.But thepolicy isunclear andcontradictory.Certainly,no homeworkshouldbeassigned thatstudents cannotcompleteon theirown orthat theycannot dowithout expensiveequipment.But ifthedistrict isessentially givingapassto students who donot dotheir homeworkbecauseof complicatedfamily lives,itisgoing riskilyclose tothe implicationthatstandards needtobelowered forpoor children.District administratorssay thathomework willstill bea partof schooling;teachersare allowedto assignasmuch ofit asthey want.But withhomework countingfor nomorethan10%of theirgrades,students caneasily skiphalf their homework andseevery littledifference ontheir reportcards.Some studentsmight dowell onstatetests withoutcompletingtheirhomework,but whataboutthestudentswhoperformedwell onthe testsand didtheirhomeworkIt isquite possiblethatthehomework helped.Yet ratherthan empoweringteachers tofind whatworks bestfor theirstudents,。