D．They tried to educate him to do things for himself

　　【解析】　推理判断题。由作者在第一段最后的"I've always complained about the quote(引语)，although over time I have told myself to learn from it."尽管作者总是抱怨，但自己也承认从中学到了东西，这正是父母引用的目的所在。

　　【答案】　D

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

　　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.

　　【解析】　词义猜测题。由下文的解释"because I haven't been able to see her and she is having a rough time in school."可以看出，女朋友离开去上大学了，自己感觉很孤独，再加上女友在学校"having a rough time"，由 此可以看出，这正是上文所说的 killer，一些使人烦恼的事情。

　　【答案】　A

　　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.

【解析】　推理判断题。当作者提出让父母出钱买机票去看女友的时候，父亲的答复是：作者得出钱，"if I brought him some money he would help me pay for the ticket."后来作者找了份工作(ended up getting the job) 并努力赚钱买票(work hard to earn money to go see my girlfriend.)，正是作者的实际行动感动了作者的妈妈，从而 "asked her boss if she could use their business miles(旅费) to buy me a ticket down to Florida for two weeks."