9.Passage 14 (46)
“Mom, can I have some money?” those are the words my mother used to hear all the time. In return, I heard, “why don’t you get a job? Not to make the happy, but so that you have your own money and gain a bit more responsibility.” So last year I got a job working about 25 hours a week. For $5 an hour, working as a salesman in a photo studio.After I got this __21__, I had to do football, homework and job at the same time. It was really hard for me. I was burning out, falling asleep at school and failing __22__ many courses. My teachers were mad at me and yelled at me: why have a job? I missed a lot practice in football team and could only __23__back down at the match. My coach was cold at me with an unasked question: why have a job? I told them is was for the things I need, when actually it was or the things I wanted. Needing and wanting are different. Needing something is like your only shoes have holes in them. But wanting us have every new brand sneaker just because you __24__ it. I start to think about if I did a wrong thing. Slowly, I learnt to manage my money better so that I could have more time for school and football. I learnt t make a wide __25__ on what I need and what I want.
选项:
A: decision
B: like
C: sit
D: in
E: Job