48. A. do                    B. watch                C. study                D. stop

47. A. What                B. When                C. Where               D. Because

46. A. But                   B. So                    C. And                  D. However

45. A. Another            B. Other                C. The other          D. Others

44. A. at                     B. in                     C. of                     D. for

43. A. joins                B. gets to               C. takes part in       D. leaves for

42. A. weekday           B. afternoon          C. morning            D. weekend

41. A. question            B. lesson               C. story                 D. problem

Can you help me now, my dear friends? I have a   41   for you to help me to solve now. My 14-year-old daughter, Kate, is in Grade 7. Every   42   we get into homework battles（争执）. Three afternoons a week, she   43   activities after school and gets home late. She always does her homework   44   the end of a weekday.   45   two days, she gets home early.   46   she thinks she should have some time to watch TV and play.   47   Kate at last sits down to do her homework, she just wants me there to help her all the time. I like to   48   that, but I think she should do it by herself. And what’s more, I have many other things to do. I just feel that children these days have much   49   homework than we did when we were young.

I’m really worried about Kate and I don’t know   50   I should do. Do you have any ideas?

40. ―         .

―I don’t agree with you. I think both of them are important. 

A. Math is as important as English           B. Math is not as important as English

C. Math is not important                         D. English is more important