八、（10.96~100,5分）任务型阅读

（10.96~100,5分）根据短文内容，用适当的单词补全短文后面的五个句子。每空不超过4个单词。

（10.96~100,5分）Kyoko works hard in school all day．And she does homework for two hours at night．How old is kyoko?She is only eight years old．Kyoko goes to school in Tokyo，Japan．In Japan，children ofter have a lot of homework after school．They also have homework on weekends．That is not unusual．In fact，children have a lot of homework in many countries in the world．But in the USA，children have almost no homework．

Michael is student in an elementary school in Piscataway，New Jersey．He is eight years old，like Kyoko．He used to have quite a lot of homework，but now he only has a little bit of homework each night：about half an hour．He does not have any homework on weekends．

Why?His parents don’t want him to have a lot of homework．Many parents in Michael’s school agree．They work hard all day at their jobs．When they come home，they want to enioy family time with their children．The parents want time to talk with their children．They want time to eat dinner with their children，too．But homework takes a lot of time．

The parents talked about this homework problem with the teachers，and the teachers agreed．Now the students in Michael’s school only have a little bit of homework every night．

96．Kyoko is a _________ girl and Michael is an American boy．

97．It is usual that children in Japan have a lot of _________ to do after school．

98．As for their ages，Kyoko is _________ Michael．

99．Many parents in Michael’s school have _________ idea as Michael’s parents．

100．The parents talked with Michael’s teachers because they wanted their children to have _________ homework than before．