15．The singer，Mick Jagger，of the Rolling Stones sings a song that tells people they can't always get what they want but if we try sometimes we can get what we need．The past years in my life my parents have told me this saying many times．I've always complained about the quote（引語）．Although over time I have told myself to learn from it．
This year my girlfriend flew off to college in West Palm，F(xiàn)lorida．This 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 down there．My dad told 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 see my girlfriend．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 work hard to earn money to go see my girlfriend．The other day my mom had surprised me and told me that she asked her boss if she could use their business miles（旅費） 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 have to．The thought of me working hard and getting a job showed my mom that I really cared and was trying my best to be a successful person．I believe that you can't always get what you want but if you try sometimes，you get what you need．

41．The author's parents often told him the saying quoted from the song becauseD．
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 for himself
42．What does the world"killer"underlined in the second paragraph refer to？A
A．Something that is quite troublesome．
B．Something that is very difficult．
C．A person who kills purposely．
D．A person who treats women very badly．
43．What can we infer from the passage？C
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 girl friend．
44．By writing the passage，the author tries to showD．
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．

分析 作者的父親總是引用歌詞教育作者，凡事要靠自己的努力，作者就只憑借自己的努力滿足了打動父母，如愿以償?shù)哪玫搅巳タ磁笥训钠保?/p>

解答 1．D 推理判斷題．由作者在第一段最后的"I've always complained about the quote（引語）．Although over time I have told myself to learn from it．"盡管作者總是抱怨，但自己也承認學(xué)從中學(xué)到了東西，這正是父母引用的目的所在．
2．A 考查詞義猜測．由下文的解釋"because I haven't been able to see her and she is having a rough time in school．"可以看出，女朋友離開去上大學(xué)了，自己感覺很孤獨，再加上女友在學(xué)校"having a rough time"，由此可以看出，這正是上文所說的killer，一些使人煩惱的事情．
3．C 推理判斷題．當(dāng)作者提出讓父母出錢買票去看女友的時候，父親的答復(fù)是：作者得出錢，即："if I brought him some money he would help me pay for the ticket．"后來作者找了份工作（ended up getting the job），并努力賺錢買票（work hard to earn money to go see my girlfriend．），正是作者的實際行動感動了作者的媽媽，從而"asked her boss if she could use their business miles（旅費） to buy me a ticket down to Florida for two weeks．"
4．D 主旨大意題．作者用開篇用一句歌詞引出了主題，只要：只要努力就能得到自己所需要的．中間用自己的一次經(jīng)歷進行了論證，最后一段在回扣：…trying my best to be a successful person．，I believe that you can't always get what you want but if you try sometimes，you get what you need．，也就是：we should try to rely on ourselves for everything．

點評 閱讀理解題測試考生在閱讀基礎(chǔ)上的邏輯推理能力，要求考生根據(jù)文章所述事件的邏輯關(guān)系，對未說明的趨勢或結(jié)局作出合理的推斷；或根據(jù)作者所闡述的觀點理論，對文章未涉及的現(xiàn)象、事例給以解釋．考生首先要仔細閱讀短文，完整了解信息，準(zhǔn)確把握作者觀點．

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