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 The singer,Mick J agger,of The Rolling Stones sings a song that tells people they can't always get what they want but if they try some?times they can get what they need. For the past years in my life my par?ents have told me this saying many times. I've always complained about the quote (引语) ,although over time I have told myself to learn from it.

  This year my girlfriend flew off to college in West Palm Beach,Florida. That has been a killer for me because I haven't been able to see her and she is having a rough time in school.The last two months have been hard but we are working through it. I have been trying to get my dad to buy me a plane ticket to go there. My dad tolcl me if I brought him some money he would help me pay for the ticket. I started to complain to him because I had no way of getting any money to give him. I spent several days and nights thinking of ways to earn money to go to see my girl?friend. I finally came to the conclusion that I would get a job and work hard to earn some money to give to my dad. I applied to Safeway and I ended up getting the job.

  I have been working at Safeway for about a month now and I work hard to earn money to go to see my girlfriend. The other day my mum had surprised me and told me that she asked her boss if she could use their business miles to buy me a ticket down to Florida for two weeks,I was very thankful and told her I would help pay for anything that I had to. The thought of my working hard and getting a job showed my mum that I really cared and was trying my best to be a successful per?son. I believe that you can't always get what you want but if you try sometimes you can get what you need.

1 The author's parents often told him the saying quoted from the song because      

   A. he liked to complain to them about his life

   B. they expected him to learn from the singer

   C. he always wanted to get everything he wanted

   D. they tried to educate him to do things by himself

2. What does the underlined word "killer" in the second paragraph refer to?

   A. Something that is quite troublesome.

   B. Something that is very difficult.

   C. A person who kills others purposely.

   D. A person who treats women very badly.

3. What can we infer from the passage?

   A. The author was lazy and unwilling to work hard.

   B. The author's father was too mean to give him money.

   C. The author's actual action won support from his mother.

 D .The author was unable to tear himself away from his girlfriend.

4. By writing the passage,the author tries to show that       .

   A. we can do nothing without money

   B. fathers are strict while mothers are kind

   C. it's hard for parents to bring up their children

   D. we should try to rely on ourselves for everything

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As a kid I loved everything about school.  I loved books,1      ,tests and homework. Most of all I longed to someday march down the aisle (通道) to receive my 2       . That seemed more appealing even than getting married. But at 15 ,I had to 3        because my parents 4        afford tuition. My hope of getting a diploma was dead.

  Pretty soon,I married.  I had three children,and I thought, "There 5       my diploma."

  Even so,I wanted my children to be educated. But Linda,our youngest child,had juvenile arthritis (幼年型关节炎) in her 6        and knees,which made it 7        for her to function (活动) in a normal classroom.

  One day,I saw an ad in the newspaper for evening courses.

  "That's the answer," I said to myself. Linda always felt8      in the evening,so I would just sign her up for night school.

  Linda was busy9      out enrolment (人学) forms when the secretary said: "Mrs Schantz,why don't you come back to10       ?”

  I 11       ,"There's no way!I'm55!"

  12      he insisted,and before I knew what I had done,1 was enrolled for classes in English and crafts."This is only an experiment,"I13      him,but he just smiled. To my surprise,both Linda and I thrived (苗壮成长) in evening school. I went back again the next semester,and my grades 14      improved.

  It was15      going to school again,but it was no game. Sitting in a class full of kids was awkward,16      most of them were respectful and encouraging. Dur?ing the day,I still had loads of housework to do. But when I was down,Linda en?couraged me, "Mum,you can't 17       now!" And when she was down,I18       her. Together we saw it through. At last,I got my diploma.19      ,my classmates voted unanimously (—致地) for me to be class speaker,and I got a $ 3,000 college scholarship.

 Yes,Mum,I was late for school,but I got there 20       .

1. A. parents   B. teachers   C. trees   D. flowers

2. A. job   B. present   C. certification   D. diploma

3. A. drop out   B. watch out   C. keep out   D. find out

4. A. wouldn't   B. couldn't   C. shouldn't   D. needn't

5. A. goes   B. comes   C. exists   D. breaks

6. A. hands   B. head   C. eyes   D. stomach

7. A. likely   B. frequent   C. easy   D. impossible

8. A. worse   B. excited   C. better   D. annoyed

9. A. giving   B. taking   C. filling   D. sending

10. A. work   B. school   C. home   D. office

11. A. laughed   B. told   C. argued   D. shouted

12. A. And   B. But   C. Although   D. So

13. A. informed   B. asked   C. warned   D. convinced

14. A. regularly   B. happily   C. steadily   D. naturally

15. A. interesting   B. disappointing   C. concerned   D. exciting

16. A. as if   B. even if   C. in case   D. if only

17. A. continue   B. rest   C. quit   D. hesitate

18. A. raised   B. discouraged   C. cheered   D. defeated

19. A. To my surprise   B. To my satisfaction   C. To my relief   D. To my credit

20. A. naturally B. frequently   C. constantly   D. eventually

仔细阅读,尽可能使用本单元学过的词汇补全下面的短文

Last night I watched a play,an adaptation of a classic novel by George Bernard Shaw. The play's plot is very simple,but 1.        (就. 而言) its meaning,it is great. It shows us that the language we speak determines our life.

2.       (一般说来) ,our spoken language 3.        (显露出) our

4.        (身份) .In this play,the idea is fully proved. If a person from a lowclass is trained 5.        (适当地) in language,he or she will be 6.       (改变或胃充成) a highclass one. Professor Green,an expert in language,can 7.        (把分类) people by their own speech.  He makes his 8.        (相识) with a girl wearing dark garments and a woollen .scarf on the street.  He thinks her terrible English will 9.        (使.. 注定) her to the gutter to the end of her days. He asks her to attend his experiment. The girl 10.        (犹豫) for a moment and agrees. Professor Green doesn't treat her like dirt. When the girl opens her mouth,he finds that her grammar and pronunciation are 11.        (需要) being trained,so he decides to train her by beginning with the alphabet. After six months,his experiment gets an 12.        (显著的) outcome and the girl is employed as a shop assistant because of her authentic English. When the voices of the characters 13.        (渐渐模糊) ,the audience burst out applause. On the way home,when I recalled the play 14.        (再一次) ,I was determined to improve my spoken English and never make a 15.        (妥协) to any difficulties.

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