Craft and StructureEasy–MediumLimiting rather than abolishing
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
A parent argues that homework should be abolished in primary schools because it causes children stress.
Text 2
A teacher agrees that long homework assignments cause stress, but says that ten minutes of reading each night builds a habit and causes none. She proposes limiting homework rather than ending it.
Based on the texts, how would the teacher in Text 2 most likely respond to the parent's argument?
- A. By accepting the concern about stress while proposing a limit on homework instead of abolishing it.Correct
- B. By denying that homework ever causes stress.
- C. By calling for more homework in primary schools.
- D. By agreeing that homework should be abolished.
Answer: A. By accepting the concern about stress while proposing a limit on homework instead of abolishing it.
Text 2 'agrees that long homework assignments cause stress' and proposes a limit — a middle course.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. By denying that homework ever causes stress.
- Text 2 accepts that long assignments cause stress.
- C. By calling for more homework in primary schools.
- Text 2 wants less homework, not more.
- D. By agreeing that homework should be abolished.
- Text 2 explicitly prefers limiting to ending.
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