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2 Read the two texts and find the right
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place for the italicised phrases.
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(18 marks, 3 for each correct answer)
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to everyone's surprise should not be given
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have been discussed no proof
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1 How many hours of homework do you do
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every day? Do you like homework? Does it
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help you at school? Or is homework a waste
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of time?
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These questions are at the heart of a debate
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in a town called Half Moon Bay in Califor-
nia. A member of the school council Herbert
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Redmond said he thought that schoolchil-
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dren (1) homework. He said that there is
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(2) that homework leads to better academic
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achievement. But (3) many students at the
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Half Moon Bay school said they liked home-
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work and thought homework was important
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for their education. One student, Jeanne
Cory, said, "Homework is a way to practice at
home what we learn in school".
2 Traffic Rules', Who Can Drive a Car?
Advice About Cars'. These are a few topics
which (4) in the school club recently. Teachers
were surprised to learn that so many teenag-
ers are interested in driving and would like
to have driving lessons at school. Teenagers
are sure such lessons will prepare them (5).
They think that driving is (6). However not all
teachers agree that it is necessary to have
driving lessons at school. A member of the
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