Question

A lady has a problem with her daughter:
My nine-year-old daughter, Maria, is in Year Four. Every evening we get into homework battles(爭執). Three afternoons a week, she has activities(netball, singing) after school and by the time we get home early, we argue(爭論) about whether she should do her homework right after school, or if she should have some time to rest and play first. When Maria at last sits down to do her homework, she seems to want me there helping all the time, I do want to help her, but I’m sure that she is going to need to be able to do it on her own. And in fact, most of the time, I have other things I need to be doing. It seems that children these days have much more homework than we did, and some of it is really beyond(超越) their abilities(能力). As you can see, I’m really worried about homework and I really don’t know what I should do. Any ideas?
【小題1】The woman’s daughter is          .

A．four years old

B．six years old

C．eight years old

D．nine years old

【小題2】Maria doesn’t have any activities after school for           afternoons.

A．two

B．three

C．five

D．seven

【小題3】Maria want to           first when she gets home early.

A．do her homework	B．play netball and sing
C．have supper	D．have a rest and play

【小題4】Can you guess where this passage is from?

A．A diary.

B．A newspaper.

C．A novel(小說).

D．A story.

Answer 1

【小題1】D
【小題2】A
【小題3】D
【小題4】B

解析試題分析：這篇短文描述了小學生瑪利亞作業很多，她的母親也是為此煩惱不已，最后瑪利亞的母親向讀者征求他們的建議。
【小題1】根據My nine-year-old daughter, Maria,可知她的女兒九歲，故選D。
【小題2】根據Every evening we get into homework battles(爭執). Three afternoons a week,可知她有兩個下午沒有活動。故選A。
【小題3】根據When Maria at last sits down to do her homework,及上文描述可知瑪利亞想先休息玩一會。故選D。
【小題4】這篇短文描述了一位小學生的業余活動，最有可能來自一篇報道。故選B。
考點：關于學生作業問題的一則報道
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