The Guidance Department (教导处) at Burrville High School has a staff (职员) of eleven. Most of their work is done with the students. But the staff sees a lot of parents, too.

“Parent meetings form a clear monthly pattern,” says Mildred Foreman, Guidance Director. “This pattern stays much the same from year to year. The busy months are October, March and May.”

September starts rather slowly. Few parents come in. Most of them want to discuss the schedules. October brings many behaviour problems. Some parents are called in. Others come by themselves. Things quiet down in November. December is a quiet month. “It’s the holiday,” Ms. Foreman says. “People want to come in, I know, but they decide to wait until after New Year’s Day.”

Report cards go home just before Christmas holidays. Bad marks bring parents in as school reopens. This happens again in March, another report card month. May is always the year’s busiest month. That’s when parents realize that their children might be held back (留级). They come in to see if anything can be done before things are decided in June.

41. “Most of their work is done with the students” means ______.

A. most of their work is dealing with the students
B. most of their work is getting rid of their students

C. they have most of their work done by the students

D. their work is mostly done together with the students

42. In the sentence “The staff sees a lot of parents too.” the word “see” can be replaced with “_____”.

A. notice             B. understand            C.    meet      D. arrange

43. December is a quiet month because ________.

A. Parents don’t want to see the staff       

B. Parents are always busy in December      

C.    Nothing can be done in December

D. Parents decide to go after the holiday

44. May is always the busiest month because the parents want to ______.

A. discuss schedules with the staff

B. do something good for the school or the staff

C. know how their children are getting on with their lessons

D. have something done to help their children’s promotion(升级)