It was Monday. Mrs Smith’s dog suffered from hungry, but there was not any meat in the house.

　　Considering that there was no better way．Mrs．Smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the following words on it: “Give my dog half a pound of meat．” Then she gave the paper to her dog and said gently: “Take this to the butcher, and he's going to give you your lunch today．”

　　Holding the piece of paper in its mouth, the dog ran to the butcher's．It gave the paper to the butcher．The butcher read it carefully, recognized that it was really the lady's handwriting and soon did it as he was asked to．The dog was very happy, and ate the meat up at once．

　　At noon, the dog came to the shop again．It gave the butcher a piece of paper again．After reading it, he gave it half a pound of meat once more．

　　The next day, the dog came again exactly at noon．And as usual, it brought a piece of paper in the mouth．This time, the butcher did not take a look at paper, and gave the dog its meat, for he had regarded the dog as one of his customers．

　　But, the dog came again at four o'clock．And the same thing happened once again．To the butcher's more surprise, it came for the third time at six o'clock, and brought with it a third piece of paper．The butcher felt a bit puzzled．He said to himself, “This is a small dog．Why does Mrs．Smith give it so much meat to eat today?”

　　Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were not any words on it!

1.It seemed that the dog knew well that the paper Mrs．Smith gave it_______．

　  A．might do it much harm

　  B．could do it much good

　  C．would help the butcher

　  D．was worth many pounds

2.From its experience, the dog found that ________．

　  A．only the paper with Mrs Smith's words in it could bring it meat

　  B．the butcher would give the meat to it whenever he saw it

　  C．Mrs Smith would pay for the meat it got from the butcher

　  D．a piece of paper could bring it half a pound of meat

3.The butcher did not give any meat to the dog __________．

　  A．before he felt sure that the words were really written by Mrs．Smith

　  B．when he found that the words on the paper were not clear

　  C．because he had sold out all the meat in his shop

　  D．until he was paid enough by Mrs Smith

4.At the end of the story, you'll find that _______．

　  A．the dog was clever enough to write on the paper

　  B．the dog dared not go to the butcher's any more

　  C．the butcher was told not to give any meat to the dog

　  D．the butcher found himself cheated by the clever animal

     Computer programmer David Jones earns $35,000 a year designing new computer games, yet he cannot found 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(推出) 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(抵押货款),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 is 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.”

In which 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.

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.

Why was David able to get the job in the company?

A. He had done well in all his exams.

B. He had written some computer programs.

C. He was good at playing computer games.

D. He had learnt to use computers at school.

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.

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

   He works for a small firm in Liverpool, where most young people of his age are finding jobs. David’s biggest headache is what to do with his money. Though he has high payment, he cannot drive a car, or get credit card(信用卡).

   David got his job four months ago, a year after leaving school with six O-levels（普通成绩）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(退休) is a possibility. You never know when the market might disappear.”

1.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.

2.David’s greatest problem is that______.

A. he can’t be treated as an adult by the bank.

B. he doesn’t make as many games as he wishes.

C. he doesn’t know what to buy with the money.

D. he is too young to drive a car.

3.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.

4.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.

5.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.

----You look pale and upset.

  ----Yes, my girl friend _____ an online chat with me non-stop until six o’clock this morning.  

  A. have been having   B. had had     C. was having    D. am having

We will be at 10 Baker Street at six o’clock, and we ______ seeing you there.

A. look out for    B. look for   C. look forward to    D. look down upon