4. What’s the author’s purpose in writing this article?

  A. the public should give more support to organ transplant.

  B. Transplant patients are thankful for the help they receive.

  C. Transplant can change a patient’s life greatly.

  D. It is not easy to get organs for transplant.

                  B

I needed to get some money, so, after Christmas, I took a job in the clothes department at Graham’s for the first fortnight of the January sale. I can’t say that I enjoyed it, but it was an experience I’ll never forget.

I could never understand why there were so many things in the sales; where did they  all come from? Now I know the secret! Firstly , there is the special winter stock(货物) and the stock that people buy all the year round; some of these things are slightly reduced. Secondly, there are the summer clothes they couldn’t sell last year; these are heavily reduced to clear them. Thirdly, there are cheap clothes bought in specially for the sales; these are put out at high prices ten days before the sale begins and then are reduced by 60% in the sale. Clever! Lastly, they buy in “seconds”(clothes not in perfect condition)for the sale and they are sold very cheaply.

When I arrived half an hour before opening the first day of the sale, there was already a queue around three sides of the building. This made me very nervous.

When the big moment arrived to open the doors, the security guards, looking less confident than usual, came up to them, keys in hand. The moment they had unlocked the doors, they hid behind the doors for protection as the noisy crowd charged in. I couldn’t believe my eyes; this wasn’t shopping. It was battlefield! One poor lady couldn’t keep her feet and was knocked over by people pushing from behind.

Clothes were flying in all directions as people searched for the sizes, colors and styles they wanted. Quarrels broke out. Mothers were using their small children to crawl through people’s legs and get hold of things they couldn’t get neat themselves.

Within minutes I had half a dozen people pushing clothes under my nose, each wanting to be the first served. Where had the famous English queue gone? The whole day continued like that, but I kept my temper! I was taking my money hand over fist and began to realize why, twice a year, Graham’s were happy to turn their expensive store into a battlefield like this.

In the sale fever, people were spending money like water without thinking they needed what they were buying. As long as it was a bargain, it was OK.

You won’t believe this, but as soon as I got home I crashed out for four hours. Then I had dinner and went back to bed, fearing the sound of the alarm which would tell me to get ready for the second day of the sale.

30. - How much should I pay ____________ all the ______________, please?

-   Altogether 130 dollars.

  A. /;  shoppings     B. for; products    C. for; purchases   D. on; goods

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Don’t Take the Fun Out of Youth Sports

   When I joined a private football league a few years ago, the sport meant everything to me. My coach (教练)said that I had lots of potential (潜力), and I became captain of my  36  . That was before all the fun was taken out of   37   .

   At first, everyone on the team got  38  playing time. Then the team moved up to the top division after winning all its games, and the   39  started. Some parents, who had paid the coach extra so their daughters could have   40  one-on-one training, got angry when she didn’t give them more playing time in our  41  . The coach was replaced.

   The new coach, however, took all the fun out of the game: All we did during practice was  42  . I always wished to God that it would rain so we would not have the  43  . Of course, all teams run drills; they are   44  . But we ran so much that, afterwards, we had trouble   45  . Younger people shouldn’t be doing exercises  46  for 18-year-olds.

   I was very thin   47  I started football, but as a member of this team I wouldn’t eat much, because I was afraid of being too   48  to run. I feared making mistakes, and the added pressure caused me to make more than my usual   49  .

   Is all this pressure necessary ? I   50  up leaving the football team. Four other girls did the same, and two of them stopped playing football completely. That’s   51  , because they had so much potential. They were just burned-out with all the pressure they   52  from the coach or their parents.

   I continued playing football at school and   53  my love for it. I joined a private team coached by my school coach. When I started playing   54  him, he told me I needed to relax because I looked nervous. After I  55  down, I played better. When you enjoy something, it’s a lot easier to do it well.

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