What do you usually do after school? Most of you may have to finish homework. After that, some of you may take after-school classes. Do you feel like there’s too much work to do? Some of you may not have enough time to sleep. But there is some good news on the way that may cheer you up.
On March 5, during the first session (会议) of the 13th National People’s Congress (全国人民代表大会), Premier Li Keqiang delivered this year’s Government Work Report. Education was one of the highlights.
“We will give attention to [solving] the problem of heavy extracurricular burdens (课外负担) on primary secondary school students,” Li said during his speech.
Chinese parents often put a lot of effort money into their children’s education. Many send their children to after-school classes. In 2016, China had about 180 million school-aged students, according to a report by the Chinese Society of Education. More than 137 million of them were taking part in extracurricular classes or off-campus (在校园外的) training.
To work out this problem, the Ministry of Education (MOE, 教育部) three other ministries put out guidelines on Feb 26 that call for more action to be taken to reduce extracurricular burdens. Their targets are private training schools that create excess workloads (过度的作业量) pressure for students.
The guidelines are aimed at training schools which have no professional qualifications (资格) or pose (造成) safety risks, said Lü Yugang, an official from the MOE. He also said that reducing workloads for students should be a priority (优先考虑的事).
（ ）1. From the first two paragraphs, we know that _____.
A. some students take after-school classes
B. many adults don’t get enough sleep nowadays
C. students now have more homework than before
D. this year’s Government Work Report didn’t mention education
（ ）2. _____ students took part in off-campus training in 2016, according to a report by
the Chinese Society of Education.
A. 137 million B. 137 billion C. 180 million D. 180 billion
（ ）3 What is the story mainly about?
A. Guidelines created by the 13th National People’s Congress.
B. Risks of off-campus training classes.
C. The 2018 Government Work Report.
D. Reducing students’ workloads.
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1-3：AAD
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