44．A．difficult               B．easy                    C．difficulty                      D．easily

A

My nine-year-old daughter，Maria，is in Grade Two．Every evening we get into homework battles（争执）．Three afternoons a week，she has sports after school．When we get home，homework is the last thing she likes to do．The other two days，she gets home early．I think she should do her homework just after school．But she thinks she should have some time to rest and play first．When Maria finally sits down to do her homework，she wants me to help her．I do want to help，but I'm sure she needs to do it by herself（全靠她自己）．And most of the time，I have to do other things．

Children these days have much more homework than we did，and some of it is really difficult for them．As you can see，I'm really worried about homework and I really don't know what I should do．

Any ideas? Help me!

43．A．carrying              B．carries                 C．carry                   D．to carry

42．A．glad                    B．afraid                         C．pleased                  D．frighten（恐惧）

41．A．after                    B．before                 C．because                  D．as

40．A．the same              B．the different          C．a                           D．as

39．A．Mother                B．Father                 C．Teacher                  D．Jim