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Computer programmer David Jones earns $35.000 a year designing new computer games, yet he cannot find a bank ready to let him have a credit card. Instead he has been told to wait another two years until he is 18. The 16-year-old works for a small firm in Liverpool where the problem of most young people of his age is finding a job. David’s firm releases two new games for the fast growing computer market each month.

But David’s biggest headache is what to do with his money. Even though he earns a lot he cannot drive a car, take out a mortgage（抵押贷款）, or get credit cards. David got his job with the Liverpool-based company four months ago, 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. David spends some of his money on records and clothes and gives his mother 50 pounds 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, anyway.” David added, “I would like to earn a million and I suppose early retirement is a possibility. You never know when the market might disappear.”

1.In what way is David different from people of his age?

A. He often goes out with friends

B. He lives with his mother

C. He has a handsome income

D. He graduated with six O-levels

2.What is one of the problems that David is facing now?

A. He is too young to get a credit card

B. He has no time to learn driving

C. He has very little spare time

D. He will soon lose his job

3.Why did David decide to leave school and start working?

A. He received lots of job offers

B. He was eager to help his mother

C. He lost interest in school studies

D. He wanted to earn his own living

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16.A. collected B. published C. prepared D. translated

17.A. them B. that C. it D. which

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● 2.

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1.支持者85％，理由…….

2.反对者15％理由…….

3.你的看法…….

注意：1.参考词汇 military training军训

2. 词数100左右;

Dear editor,

I’m writing to tell you something about the discussion on whether it is necessary for senior one students to take the one-week military training.

There was a strange father, John Blake, from Michigan, who named his children after a computer software term. He told the local newspaper the US traditional way of adding “Junior” or “II” after a boy's name was too common. So, when his son was born last week, he decided on the name John Blake 2.0, as if he were a software programmer.

Mr. Blake admitted that it took months to persuade his wife, Jamie, to accept the idea. Mrs. Blake said she asked several friends whether they could accept this name or not. “All the men,” she said, “felt the name was cool.” However，her women friends did not think so. “I think the women end up like it，”she said.

Mr. Blake told the local newspaper he got the idea from a film called The Legend of 1900，in which an abandoned baby is given the name 1900 to remember the year of its birth. “I thought that if they can do it , why can't we?” he said. After little John version 2.0 was born, Mr. Blake even sent a celebratory e-mail to the family and friends, which was designed to look as if he and his wife had created a new software. “I wrote things like there are a lot of new features from Version 1.0 with additional features from Jamie,” he said. And he has already planned for his son's future. “If he has a child, he could name it 3.0,” he said.

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A. is also the name of a computer

B. shows the traditional way of American baby naming

C. has the same meaning as “John Blake Junior”

D. tells something about the hope the father places on his baby

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B. They are both untraditional.

C. They both tell about the births.

D. They are to be equally popular.

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增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

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