Directions: In this part; there is a passage with ten blanks.For each blank there are four choices marked A.B.C and D.Choose the best answer for each blank and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.

Is homework beneficial or harmful? From dioramas to book reports,  46  research projects, the type and amount of homework given to students have been  47  for over a century.In the early 1900s, progressive education theorists criticized  48  negative impact on children' s physical and mental health,  49  California to ban homework for students under 15.Public opinion swayed again in  50  of homework in the 1950s due to concerns about keeping up with the Soviet Union’s technological advances.Today, kindergarteners to fifth graders have averaged 2.9 hours of homework per week, sixth to eighth graders have 3.2 hours per teacher, and ninth to twelfth graders have 3.5 hours per teacher,  51  a high school student with five teachers could have 17.5 hours of homework a week.Teenagers now spend about twice as much time on homework each day  52  compared to teens in the 1990.

  53  of homework believe that homework gives parents the opportunity to  54  their child's learning and see how they are progressing academically.

Opponents argue that too  55  homework may be harmful for students as it can increase stress, reduce leisure and sleep time, and lead to cheating.