When you have a problem with your homework, what do you do? Many students used to upload (上传) a picture of the homework to find answers in the apps, which could help them to solve some difficult problems.

Some parents also used the apps to help children with their homework. “It is already challenging for me to solve fifth-grade math questions,” a parent surnamed Lu told online newspaper Sixth Tone. “The Apps can help me to check his homework.” However, not anymore.

On Dec 13, the Ministry of Education said that homework help apps, which allow students to get answers by taking photos and uploading them online, will be removed temporarily (暂时). These apps may make students lazy, affect (影响) their independent thinking and go against the law of education and teaching, the ministry said.

Some online tutoring (辅导) apps may be affected, and they have many users. For example, the Zuoyebang app had more than 100 million users in 2020, according to a report by Xueyan Thinktank. Meanwhile, at the end of 2019, about 8.6 billion searches had been made in the Xiaoyuan Souti app. It solved at least 23.47 million questions each day, reported Global Times.

How badly these apps have influenced younger users! These homework help apps have spoiled (毁掉) many students and they depend on these apps too much. They can’t control themselves to copy the answers in the Apps. As a result, they seem to finish their homework efficiently (有效率地) but actually score poorly in exams.

What is your idea about removing the Apps?

【小题1】Many people use homework help apps mainly to ________.

A．upload a picture of the homework	B．get the answers to the homework
C．help finish housework efficiently	D．solve lots of parents’ job trouble

【小题2】Which of the following might be the possible reason that homework help apps will be removed temporarily?

A．Hundreds of thousands of users in the Zuoycbang app caused a network jam.

B．Quite a few students were spoiled but they finished their homework efficiently.

C．Such apps provide parents with a way to solve math problems for their kids.

D．These apps may affect students’ independent thinking and are against the law.

【小题3】Why does the winter use some numbers in the fourth paragraph?

A．To show there are so many online tutoring apps.

B．To show there are so many users of online tutoring apps.

C．To show there are so many questions students have.

D．To show there are so many tutors teaching online.

【小题4】What’s the author’s attitude (态度) towards the removal (删除) of some homework help apps?

A．Supportive.

B．Uncaring (不予关注的).

C．Negative (否定的).

D．Doubtful.