题目内容
find a bank prepared to let him have a check card. Instead, he has been told to wait another two years, until he is
18.
The 16-year-old works for a small firm (分公司) in Liverpool, where the problem of most young people
of his age is finding a job. David's firm puts two new games on the home market each month.
But David's biggest headache is what to do with his money. In spite of his salary, made by inventing new
programs within quite a short period of time, with bonus payments and profitsharing, (奖金和分红) he cannot
drive a car, get some money from a bank to buy a house, or get credit cards (信用卡).
He lives with his parents in their house in Liverpool, where his father is a bus driver. His firm has to pay
£ 150 a month in taxi fares to get him the five miles to work and back every day because David cannot drive.
David got his job with the firm a year after leaving school with six O-levels and working for a time in a
computer shop."I got the job because the people who run the firm knew I had already written some programs."
he said.
"I suppose £ 35000 sounds a lot but actually that's not good enough I hope it will come to more than
that this year." He spends some of his money on records and clothes, and gives his mother £20 a week. But
most of his spare time is spent working.
"Unfortunately, computing was not part of our studies at school," he said. "But I had been studying it in
books and magazines for four years in my spare time. I knew what I wanted to do and never considered staying
on at school. Most people in this business are fairly young, any-way."
David added,"I would like to earn a million and I suppose early retirement (退休) is a possibility. You
never know when the market might disappear."
B: He has no job
C: He does not go out much
D: He lives at home with his parents
B: inventing computer games
C: spending his salary
D: learning to drive
B: he had written some computer programs
C: he works very hard
D: he had learnt to use computers at school
B: he wanted to work with computers and staying at school did not help him
C: he was afraid of getting too old to start computing
D: he wanted to earn a lot of money
B: He wants to stop working when he is a millionaire
C: He thinks computer games might not always sell so well
D: He thinks his firm might go bad
阅读理解
Wherever travelers go, cameras are sure to follow. It’s great fun to take photos, and even more fun to show slides of the trip to friends and relatives when they come back home.
There’s Aunt Sarah, smiling in front of Buckingham Palace; Aunt Sarah, smiling under the Eiffel Tower; and Aunt Sarah, smiling in a Venetian Canal. Everyone knows what Aunt Sarah looks like; they also know what Europe’s great landmarks (显著地面景观) look like.
But a young man named David, just back from a trip to Greece, asked a few friends over to see his slides. The young man had an artist’s eye. His pictures were not of familiar Greek architectures. Instead he took pictures of farmers at work in the field, fishermen repairing their nets, and bearded priests (牧师) bending over their Bibles. He captured (抓住) the color and character of the country. His friends were so interested that they asked for more.
Any amateur (外行) can do the same. All he needs is a simple camera and a little sensitivity. When he learns that a nation lives in its people as well as in its landmarks, he moves from an amateur to an artist.
1.What does the underlined word “slide” mean?
A.故事 |
B.幻灯片 |
C.风景 |
D.路线 |
2. People who watch Aunt Sarah’s slides would be _______.
A.frightened |
B.excited |
C.bored |
D.sad |
3. David’s pictures were about _______.
A.landmarks |
B.architectures |
C.people |
D.history |
4.David is _______.
A.foolish |
B.the same as Aunt Sarah |
C.strange |
D.original (有创意的) |
5. A traveler can become an artist if he _______.
A.takes a camera with him |
B.knows the history of a place |
C.is interested in not only the landmarks but also the people of a place |
D.learns how to draw and paint pictures of a place |
阅读理解
A company began to make a new kind of dog food. A party was held to show the new dog food to everyone. People from the newspapers and TV stations were there.
There was a dog at the party. He was supposed to eat the dog food and have his picture taken. The plan was to show everybody how much the dog would like the new dog food.
When the time came, a plate of the dog food was set in front of the dog. Everyone looked at the dog. But there was one problem. He didn’t eat any of it. The dog didn’t like the dog food!
The boss of the company had to do something fast. All of the people were watching. All of them were laughing. So he ate the dog food himself!
1.The company in the story ___.
A.takes a picture |
B.has more than on boss |
C.makes dog food |
D.makes a new machine |
2. A party was held to ___.
A.to feed a new animal |
B.to serve a large lunch |
C.for someone’s birthday |
D.to show a new kind of dog food |
3. “To show something” means “___”.
A.to wash it with water |
B.to let people look at it |
C.to turn on the television |
D.to feed it to the dogs |
4. The dog in the story ___.
A.wanted all the food |
B.ate all the food |
C.wanted to go to sleep |
D.didn’t eat the food |
5.The story shows that ___.
A.dogs don’t like to eat |
B.people like dog food |
C.some plans don’t work |
D.dogs will eat anything |
阅读理解
A Trap
Mr. Smith left his car outside his apartment one night as usual, but when he came down the next morning to go to his office, he discovered that the car wasn’t there. He called the police and told them what had happened, and they said that they would try to find the car.
When Mr. Smith came home from his office that evening, the car was back again in its usual place in front of his house. He examined it carefully to see whether it had been damaged, and found two theater tickets on one of the seats and a letter which said, “We’re very sorry. We took your car because of an emergency.”
Mr. and Mrs. Smith went to the theater with the two tickets the next night and enjoyed themselves very much.
When they got home, they found that thieves had taken almost everything they had had in their apartment.
1.What did Mr. Smith find one morning?
A.His car was missing. |
B.The door of the car was open. |
C.His car was in the garage. |
D.His car was outside of the garage. |
2. What did he do then?
A.He got in and drove it. |
B.He closed the door of his car. |
C.He called the police. |
D.He looked everywhere for it. |
3. What happened when he came home from his office that evening?
A.The police was waiting for him. |
B.His car was back. |
C.His car was damaged. |
D.His car was stolen. |
4. What did Mr. Smith find on one of the seats in his car?
A.Some books. |
B.Some tickets. |
C.Some money. |
D.Some food. |
5. What did Mr. and Mrs. Smith do with the thing(s) they found in their car?
A.They sold them. |
B.They gave them to their friends. |
C.They threw them away. |
D.They went to the theater with them. |