After the “double reduction” policy was carried out, schools and students have felt the change in Beijing, the local government requires that primary schools generally don’t start earlier than 8:20 a.m., and middle schools no earlier than 8:00 a.m. The closing time in the afternoon has been put off to 17:30. If parents have special needs, they can turn to the school for help.
Junior middle schools in Hangzhou have abolished the morning reading. That is to say, students don’t need to read books in the morning anymore. Hangzhou Education Bureau (教育局) requires that the ending time of evening self-study in non boarding (非寄宿制) junior middle schools should not be later than 20:30, and the night lights-out time in boarding junior middle schools should not be later than 21:30.
Schools start to give children more sleep and help the parents who have difficulty in picking up their children at 3:30 p.m.
The “double reduction” changes not only the school time, but also children’s spare time. Around 4:00 p.m., when we walk into the playground of Anhui Hefei Liu’an Road Primary School, we can see field clubs, cheer leading clubs (啦啦队俱乐部), basketball clubs and so on in training. In the teaching building, with the help of teachers, students do homework, read and draw ... “My son used to have homework after school every day. Now a lot of homework has been done at school and he can go to bed earlier,” a junior high school student’s parent, Li told reporters.
The policy will effectively improve the problem of the students’ large learning burden (负担). However, some parents said that due to work reasons, the children could not pick them up home early after school. So many schools have also offered after-school services. It refers to the students who can not be picked up by their parents in time after school or their parents can not help their homework, and they can be accompanied by the homework of the school teacher before returning home. Parents were very happy with this.
36. When can the middle school students in Beijing go to school in the morning?
A.Earlier than 8:20 a.m. | B.Earlier than 8:00 a.m. |
C.Later than 8:20 a.m. | D.Later than 8:00 a.m. |
37. What does the underlined word “abolished” in Paragraph 2 mean in Chinese?
38. How does the writer express the main idea of Paragraph 5?
A.By comparing the housework. | B.By telling a story. |
C.By giving an example. | D.By showing the number. |
39. According to this post, what is an after-school service?
A.Students can finish their homework at school. |
B.Students will have extra classes after school. |
C.It will reduce students’ homework burden. |
D.It’s only for those whose parents can’t pick them up on time. |
40. Where can we read this passage?
A.An education magazine. | B.A travel guide. |
C.A learning website. | D.A science report. |