Computer programmer David Jones earns £35, 000 a year designing new computer games,yet he cannot find a bank which is prepared to let him have a credit card. Instead, he has been told to wait another two years,until he is 18.

  He works for a small firm in Liverpool,where the problem of most young people of his age is finding jobs. David's biggest headache is what to do with his money. Though he has a high payment,he cannot drive a car,or get credit cards.

  David got his job four months ago,a year after leaving school with six O levels(普通等级考试) 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 £35, 000 sounds a lot but 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 as he lives with his parents. 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,anyway. I would like to earn a million and I suppose early retirement is a possibility. You never know when the market might disappear.”

6.Why is David so different from other young people of his age?

   A.He earns an extremely high payment.

   B.He has got a job.

   C.He lives at home with his parents.

   D.He does not go out much.

7.He was employed by the company because     .

   A.he had worked in a computer shop

   B.he had written some computer programs

   C.he is clever and works hard at his lessons

   D.he had learnt to use computers at school

8.He left school after taking six O-levels because     .

   A.he was afraid of getting too old to start computing 

   B.he did not enjoy school 

   C.he wanted to work with computers 

   D.he wanted to earn a lot of money

9.Why does David think he might retire early?

   A.He thinks computer games might not always sell so well.

   B.He wants to stop working when he is a millionaire.

   C.One has to be young to write computer programs.

   D.He thinks his firm might close down.

  After twenty years of working full-time,I found myself with an opportu?nity to quit my job and be a stay-at-home mum. As I faced this 1 ,I felt the stirrings of longing to be more of a mother than a(n)woman. My seven-year-old daughter and four-year-old son had 3 in the day care sys?tem since they were both six weeks old. At the time,I never felt any  4  in handing my children over to them each morning. I had a 5 job that I loved and had 6  my way up to being the assistant to the vice-president of sales at an Internet company.

  I decided to  7   and begin my new job as a full-time mum,but it felt strange to lose this part of my___8__. The first time I needed to fill out a(n) for online banking, I came to the line that asked my__10___.I stared at it, not wanting to write "N/A”.11,I threw the application away,rather than  12  myself as a "non-worker".

   13 ,after months of waiting at the bus stop or making dinners,I began to 14 the whole idea. My daughter was in school,but my son Gobi was with me all day. We rollkked(嬉戏) ,took walks,and played 15 He enjoyed the  16 with me and I began to see what I had 17

  One day as we 18the ball in the park,Cobi looked up at me and said, "Mommy, do you know what I want to be when I grow up?"

  "A professional soccer player?" I asked.

  "No," he 19 at me. "I want to be a stay-at-home mum.” My 20 melted. I've never regretted since.

1.A. alternative   B. decision

 C. reality   D. opportunity

2.A. career   B.house

 C. business   D. occupation

3.A. brought up   B. waken up   C. cheered up   D. grown up

4.A. happiness   B. honour   C. regret   D. pleasure

5.A. terrible   B. busy   C. small   D. great

6.A. worked   B. found   C. picked   D. chanced

7.A. escape   B. resign   C. continue   D. delay

8.A. identity   B. interest   C. courage   D. patience

9.A. blank   B. form

 C. application   D. account

10.A. gender   B. occupation   C. salary   D. hobbies

11.A. Unwillingly   B. Certainly   C. Fortunately D. Eventually

12.A. name   B. call   C. label   D. judge

13.A. However   B. Otherwise   C. Therefore   D. Instead

14.A. get through   B. take over   C. appeal to   D. get into

15.A. basketball   B. music   C. soccer   D. chess

16.A. interest   B. time

 C. day   D. activity

17.A. accumulated   B. felt

 C. missed   D. wondered

18.A. kicked   B. made   C. played   D. handed

19.A. ran   B. pointed   C. shouted   D. smiled

20.A. voice   B. heart   C. mind   D. idea

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