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（信用卡）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（退休）is a possibility You never know when the market might disappear."
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In what way is David different from people of his age?（）
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What is one of the problems that David is facing now?（）
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Why was David able to get the job in the company?（）
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Why did David decide to leave school and start working?（）
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People in different countries greet each other in different ways. Here are some.
a. a handshake
b. a bow
c. a kiss on the cheek
d. a hug
e. a pat on the back
| The United States |
People shake hands when they meet for the first time. Friends and family members often hug or kiss on the cheek when they see each other. |
| Korea 韩国 |
Men bow and shake hands to greet each other. Women do not usually shake hands. If you address (称呼) someone, you use his or her full name. The family name comes first, then the first name. |
| Finland 芬兰 |
Finns greet each other with a handshake. Hugs and kisses are only for close friends and family members. |
| The Philippines 菲律宾 |
The everyday greeting for friends is a handshake for both men and women. Men sometimes pat each other on the back. |
| A．The Philippines. | B． Finland. |
| C． Korea. | D．The United States. |
| A．People shake hands whenever they meet in the United States. |
| B．In Philippines, friends shake hands as the everyday greeting. |
| C．Finns greet each other with a bow. |
| D．In Korea, the first name comes before the family name. |
| A．d | B．c | C． b | D． A |
We each have a memory（记忆）. That's why we can remember things after a long time. Some people have a very good memory and they can easily learn many things by heart, but some people can only remember things when they say or do them again and again.
A good memory helps one learn a language well. Everybody learns his own language when he is a small child. He hears the sounds, remembers them and then he learns to speak. Some children are living with their parents in foreign countries. They can learn two languages easily because they hear, remember and speak the two languages every day. In school it is not easy to learn a foreign language because the students have little time for it and they have to learn other subjects, too.
Our memory can get better and better if we do more and more exercises. Do you want to learn a foreign language well? If so, you must do a lot of listening and speaking.Why can we remember things after a long time?
Why can some people easily learn many things by heart?
Which conditions（条件） can make a child learn two languages easily?
Is it easy for the students to learn a foreign language well? Why?
What must you do if you want to learn a foreign language well?
Every year thousands of young people in England finish school and then take a year off before they start work or go to university. Some young people go to other countries and work as volunteers .Volunteers give their time to help people. For example, they work in schools or hospitals, or they do something helpful for the environment.
Pauline Jones, 18, lives in Cardiff, Wales. Next year she wants to go to university to study Chinese, but now she’s living in Belize. Pauline says, “I’ m working with other people here to save the coral reefs (珊瑚礁) in the sea near Belize. The reefs here are beautiful, but if the sea water is very polluted (污染), the coral dies. I’m helping to do research on the coral and the fish that live around the reefs. All over the world, coral reefs are dying. We need to do something about the problem before it’s too late.”
“I’m staying with a family here and I help do some housework. I don’t get any money, but that’s OK. I love my work here, and I’m learning a lot about the people of Belize—and myself!
When I finish my work, I want to stay here for another three months. I want to travel around Belize and Central America.”Some young people from England _______ after they finish school.
| A．go to university abroad |
| B．spend one year abroad as volunteers |
| C．go to work for money |
| D．start work in schools or hospitals |
Pauline Jones, an eighteen-year-old girl, is living in _______ now.
| A．England | B．China |
| C．Belize | D．Cardiff |
Pauline Jones is _______ with other people.
| A．studying Chinese in a university |
| B．working to save the coral reefs |
| C．helping do some housework |
| D．doing some research in Wales |
From the passage, we know that the coral reefs ______.
| A．will die because of the pollution |
| B．are not as beautiful as before |
| C．cannot live without fish in the sea |
| D．will probably be sold for money |
Pauline Jones wants to after she finishes her work as a volunteer.
| A．stay there for another year |
| B．go back home to start work |
| C．learn about the people home |
| D．travel around Central America |
The farmer and his cow
A farmer had a cow. He took very good care of his cow. One day it was ill, the farmer was very worried. He telephoned the vet.
“What’s the problem?” the vet asked the farmer when he arrived. “My cow is ill,” said the farmer.” I don’t know what’s the matter with her. She’s lying down and doesn’t eat. She’s making a strange noise.”
The vet looked at the cow. “She’s certainly ill,” he said, “ and she needs to take some strong medicine.”
He took a bottle out of his box, put two pills into his hand and said, “ Give her these. The pills should make her better.”
“How should I give them to her? The farmer asked.
The vet gave him a tube(管子) and said, “Put this tube in her mouth, then put the pills in the tube and blow. That’ll make it.”
The next day the vet came to the farm again. The farmer was sitting outside his house and looked worried.
“How’s your cow?” asked the vet.
“No change,” the farmer said, “ and I’m feeling very strange myself.”
“Oh?” the vet said, “Why?”
“I did what you said,” the farmer answered. “I put the tube in the cow’s mouth and then put the two pills down it.”
“And?” the vet asked.
“The cow blew first,” the farmer said. From the story, we know that a vet is ________.
| A．the farmer’s friend |
| B．a milk factory |
| C．a hospital for cows |
| D．a doctor for animals |
The farmer asked the vet for help when his cow _______.
| A．couldn’t lie down |
| B．didn’t eat pills |
| C．couldn’t make any noise |
| D．was not well. |
What medicine did the vet give the farmer?
| A．A bottle of pills. | B．A long tube. |
| C．Two pills. | D．A small box. |
The vet taught the farmer how to _______.
| A．blow the tube |
| B．make the cow take the pills |
| C．take the medicine |
| D．put the tube in his mouth |
Which of the following is true?
| A．The farmer ate the pills. |
| B．The cow got better after taking the medicine. |
| C．The vet came and gave the farmer another cow the next day. |
| D．The farmer waited outside the vet’s house the next day. |
Hello, I'm Kate. I like different kinds of food. I like hamburgers, salad and orange juice. For breakfast, I often have some milk and hamburgers. I don't like dessert(甜品). My favorite football star, Tony Brown, eats lots of healthy food. He likes eggs and vegetables for breakfast. For lunch, he eats hamburgers, tomatoes, chicken, oranges and apple juice. For dinner, he likes meat and French fries. He doesn't have dessert. “I like football better than dessert.” he says.Kate eats ______ for breakfast.
| A．milk and hamburgers | B．salad |
| C．vegetables | D．chicken |
Kate doesn't like ______.
| A．orange juice | B．salad |
| C．breakfast | D．dessert |
Tony Brown is_______.
| A．a student | B．a football star |
| C．a basketball star | D．a runner |
Tony Brown likes ______ for dinner.
| A．meat and French fries | B．milk and hamburgers |
| C．lots of healthy food | D．oranges and apple juice |
Tony Brown likes ______ better.
| A．dessert | B．basketball |
| C．football | D．running |
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