2 . Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. viral       B. tailor       C. overwhelming       D. conventional        E. lifeline        F. shut        G. distance          H. crediting          I. frustrated        J. restrictive        K. satisfaction

Many parents have toyed with home schooling. The idea conjures up idyllic(田园诗般的) images of bright-eyed children and earnest parents clustered at the kitchen table, unravelling the mysteries of maths, science and languages free of the dogma and structures of     1     education.

This week, parents have confronted a more chaotic reality－not home schooling in the usual sense, but enforced schooling, from home. Kitchen tables strewn(布满) with books and cereal bowls;     2     parents trying to remember how to do improper fractions while taking part in a Google Hangout(一款群聊视频软件) with work colleagues; fights over laptops as children insist they need to log on to online lessons—such scenes will have been repeated in households across the world.

A video that went     3     this week depicted the feelings of parents around the world.It showed a mother who broke after just two days of trying to marshal(安排) the schedules of her children as well as dozens of messages on WhatsApp:“If we don't die of corona, we'll die of     4     learning,”she ranted.

Some will have taken instantly to schooling from home, pleasantly surprised at the     5     to be gained from teaching young minds and at their own aptitude as teachers. For others who find the whole thing a Sisyphean(不可能完成的) task, the idea that schools may be     6     for months to come is daunting.

Home learning, as more usually understood, is not a new idea. The modern homeschool movement emerged in the 1970s, promoted by the likes of John Holt, an American teacher and education writer. He advised parents to     7     the curriculum to fit the child's interests, not the other way around.

The most recent estimates suggest that close to 60,000 children are home schooled in England, for reasons including mental health issues and special educational needs. Some parents have given up on what they see as a     8     “one-size fits all” education system.

Many technology entrepreneurs, including Google founder Larry Page, have talked about their formative years attending Montessori schools,     9     them with helping to promote a sense of questioning and self-motivation.

For parents settling in for the long haul during today's health crisis, technology is proving a     10    . School by Google Hangouts, Microsoft Teams or Zoom has been hugely popular to keep children focused as well as connected as a class.

How best to make it work? Experts say children should rise, breakfast and work according to a clear timetable in line with normal schooling and parents should take a deep breath and keep calm.