One important thing during the pre-Christmas rush at our house was the arrival of my daughter's kindergarten report card. She got 01 praise for her reading, vocabulary and overall enthusiasm. On the other hand, we 02 that she has work to do on her numbers and facility with the computer, though the detailed 03 report her teachers prepared is absent of any words that might be interpreted as negative in describing her 04 . A number system indicates how she's measuring up in each area 05 any mention of passing or failing.All of 06 seems to make my daughter’s school neither fish nor fowl when 07 comes to the debate over the merits of giving formal grades to kids. At one 08 , the advantages and disadvantages are obvious. A grade system provides a straightforward 09 by which to measure how your child is progressing at school —— and how he or she is getting 10 compared to other children.But as writer Sue Ferguson notes, “Grades can deceive,” The aim should be "to measure learning, not 11 what a student can recall on a test. ” The two aren’t the same — and if you doubt that as an adult, ask yourself whether you could sit down 12 any preparation and still pass those high-school-level examinations.If you're old 13 , you've lived through this debate before. At one time, it was considered unfair to put children in direct competition with one another if it could be avoided. The intention 14 that may have been good, but it ignored the fact that competition, and the 15 to come out on top, are essential components of the human condition.This time around, educators working with a no-grades approach are emphasizing different reasons. The thing is, that approach is much more 16 in the adult workplace than is the traditional pass-fail system we place on our children. Many workplaces 17 regular employee evaluations. There are usually fairly strict limits to what an employer can tell an employee in those evaluations — and even then, negative evaluations can be 18 by the employee. No matter 19 you sit in the debate over the grade system, then, the real question is this: if it's so good for kids, why isn't that also true for 20 ?(1)AhigherBhighlyChighestDhigh(2)AstudyBlearnClearntDstudied(3)AhandwrittenBhandwriteChandwroteDhandwriting(4)AeffectsBaffectsCeffortsDaffords(5)AwideBwithoutCwithDwidth(6)AwhenBwhereCwhichDhow(7)AheBsheCtheyDit(8)AstageBextentClevelDfloor(9)AtraditionBregularCuniquenessDstandard(10)AinBtoCupDon(11)AhumblyBsimplyCeasilyDreally(12)AwithoutBnearCwithDnearly(13)AenoughBdecentCsufficientDnearly(14)AbehindBbeforeCbesideDbesides(15)AshouldBwillCwouldDshall(16)AcommonplaceBshouldCmarketplaceDdisplace(17)AdropBleaveCabandonDconduct(18)AacceptedBsupportedCchallengedDexplained(19)AwhyBwhereCwhoDwhat(20)AfathersBmothersCkidsDadults。