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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."
B. He lives with his mother
C. He has a handsome income
D. He graduated with six O-levels
B. He has no time to learn driving
C. He has very little spare time
D. He will soon lose his job
B. He had written some computer programs
C. He was good at playing computer games
D. He had learnt to use computers at school
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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her daughter too, two cousins and, of course, my wife, my son and me. We ate at one of those restaurants
where the menu is written on a blackboard held by a friendly waiter and had a wonderful time. With dinner
concluded, the waiter set the check down in the middle of the table. That"s when it happened. My father did
not reach for the check.
In fact, my father did nothing. Conversation continued. Finally it dawned on me. Me! I was supposed to
pick up the check. After all these years, after hundreds of restaurant meals with my parents, after a lifetime
of thinking of my father as the one with the dollars, it had all changed. I reached for the check and pulled out
my American Express card. My view of myself was suddenly changed. With a stroke of the pen, I was
suddenly an adult.
Some people mark off their life in years, others in events. I am one of the latter, and I think of some events
as rites of passage. I did not become a young man at a particular year like 13, but when a kid strolled into the
store where I worked and called me "mister", I turned around to see whom he was calling. He repeated it
several times-"mister, mister"-looking straight at me. The realization hit like a punch: Me! He was talking to me.
I was suddenly a mister.
B. I was no longer a child
C. he had no money with him
D. he did not notice the check
B. it was my turn
C. it surprised me
D. I felt sorry
B. I was not willing to pay the check.
C. We were happy on Cape Cod.
D. We didn"t enjoy our meal.
B. my mother
C. my parents
D. my father
the job. I also think my work is important. There was a time when I thought I would never have that sort of
career (职业).
I wasn"t an excellent student because I didn"t do much schoolwork. In my final term I started thinking
what I might do and found I didn"t have much to offer. I just accepted that l wasn"t the type to have a career.
I then found myself a job, looking after two little girls. It wasn"t too bad at first. But the problems began
when I agreed to live in, so that I would be there if my boss had to go out for business in the evening. We
agreed that if I had to work extra hours one week, she"d give me time off the next. But unfortunately, it didn"t
often work out. I was getting extremely tired and fed up, because I had too many late nights and early mornings
with the children.
One Sunday, I was in the park with the children, and met Megan who used to go to school with me. I told
her about my situation. She suggested me that I should do a course and meet a qualification if I wanted to
work with children I didn"t think I would be accepted because I didn"t take many exams in school.
She persuaded me to phone the local college and they were really helpful. My experience counted for a lot
and I got on a part-time course. I had to leave my job with the family and got work helping out at a kindergarten.
Now I"ve got a full-time job there. I shall always be thankful to Megan. I wish I had known earlier that you
could have a career, even if you aren"t top of the class at school.
B Taking care of children for a family.
C. Helping children with their schoolwork.
D. Looking after children at a kindergarten.
B. often worked long hours
C. got much help from her boss
D. took a day off every other week
B. Because she was fed up with children.
C. Because she decided to attend a part-time course.
D. Because she needed a rest after working extra hours.
B. Qualifications are necessary for a career.
C. Hard work makes an excellent student.
D. One must choose the job she likes.
very hard when the professor asked everyone to introduce themselves. I was very anxious and did not hear
anyone else"s introduction. I buried myself in what I was going to say.
Classes went on and I noticed my American classmates were very active in class. My unwillingness to speak
during class started to worry me when I realized that I was ignored in class. But I did not give up. One simple
way I broke down this fear of speaking was to arrive 10 to 15 minutes earlier at the classroom. It gave me time
to _____ class discussions.
The person whom I feared most was the professor. So I found every chance to speak with him before and
after class. When I did not have the chance to talk with the professor in class, I wrote an e-mail or made a date
with him outside the class with questions I had. These were very effective ways to help me speak freely in
class! Since the chance of expressing myself in class was limited, I finished all of my reading and written tasks
before class. One time, the professor asked a question about the reading homework. The whole class was silent
and I suddenly raised my hand and answered it perfectly! That moment I set the world on fire.
Once I started participating in class, I realized how valuable it was. Class discussion was the best way to
learn and memorize things. It also made class a living and enjoyable experience. Participating in class is also like
climbing a ladder. I often prepared very simple questions to use at the beginning of class. Once I started to
speak, it was easier to speak up more. Classroom is the place to learn, so no one would consider you as a fool
even if you put forward simple questions in class.
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2. Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one? I was busy in preparing what I was
going to say.
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3. Which word or phrase can be replaced by the underlined word "participating"? (Please answer within 5
words.)
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4. Please fill in the blank with proper words or phrases to complete the passage. (Please answer within 5 words.)
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5. Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.
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at that time.
Last Friday, after 1 all family shopping in town, I wanted a rest 2 catching the train, so I bought a piece
of newspaper and some chocolate and went into the 3 coffee shop-that cheap, self-service place with long
tables to 4 . I put my heavy bag down on the floor, put the newspaper and chocolate on the table to keep 5 ,
and went to get a cup of coffee.
When I came back with the coffee, there was someone in 6 . It was one of those wild-looking youngsters, 7 dark glasses and torn 8 , and hair colored bright red at the front. Not so unusual these days. What 9
surprise me was that he had started to eat my chocolate.
Naturally, I was annoyed. 10 , to avoid trouble-and really I was rather 11 about him, I just looked down at
the front page of the newspaper, tasted my coffee, and took a bit of chocolate. The boy looked at me closely.
Then he took 12 piece of my chocolate. I could 13 believe it. Still I didn"t dare to 14 an argument. When he
took a third piece, I felt more 15 than uneasy. I thought, "Well, I shall have the last piece." And I got it.
The boy 16 me a strange look, then stood up. As he left he shouted out, "This 17 is crazy." Everyone
stared. That was embarrassing (令人难堪的) enough, but it was 18 when I finished my coffee and got ready
to leave. My face went red-as red as 19 -when I realized I"d made a mistake. It wasn"t my chocolate that he had
been taking. There was mine, unopened, just 20 my newspaper.
| ( )1. A. buying ( )2. A. after ( )3. A. airport ( )4. A. sit on ( )5. A. a place ( )6. A. the next seat ( )7. A. having ( )8. A. clothes ( )9. A. could ( )10. A. Whenever ( )11. A. difficult ( )12. A. a big ( )13. A. seldom ( )14. A. stop ( )15. A. satisfied ( )16. A. took ( )17. A. woman ( )18. A. better ( )19. A. his hair ( )20. A. in | B. making B. on B. park B. seat at B. an eye B. my seat B. wearing B. cloths B. would B. Whatever B. anxious B. a second B. nearly B. hold B. happy B. had B. man B. worse B. my bag B. on | C. doing C. before C. station C. sit at C. a space C. the opposite seat C. dressing C. clothing C. did C. However C. uneasy C. a half C .almost C. get C. glad C. gave C. boy C. all right C. his clothes C. under | D. taking D. while D. hotel D. seat by D. a family D. that very seat D. putting on D. cloth D. should D. In order that D. worried D. a full D. hardly D. make D. angry D. brought D. youngster D. not matter D. his glasses D. by |
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| Mr. and Mrs. Smith had always spent their summer holidays in New Jersey in the past, staying in a small inn at the foot of a hill. One year, however, Mr. Smith made a lot of money in his business, so they decided to go to London and stay at a really good hotel while they went t turning around that famous city. They flew to London and arrived at their hotel late one evening. They expected that they would have to go bed hungry, because in that small inn in New Jersey, no meals served after seven. They were therefore surprised when the man who received them in the hall asked whether they would take dinner there that night. "Are you still serving dinner?" asked Mr. Smith. "Yes,certainly, sir," answered the man. "We serve it until half past nine." "What are the times of meals then?" asked Mr. Smith. "Well, sir," answered the man. "We sever breakfast from seven to half past eleven in the morning, lunch from twelve to three in the afternoon, tea from four to five, and dinner from six to half past nine." "But that hardly leaves any time for us to see the sights of London!" said Mrs. Smith. | |||
| 1. Mr. and Mrs. Smith had _____ in the past. | |||
| A. often stayed in a quite good hotel B. often stayed in a small inn C. travelled to many places D. made a lot of money | |||
| 2. They decided to go to a really good hotel because _____. | |||
| A. it was said to be a quite good one B. they were tired of small inns C. it was near many places of interest D. they now had enough money | |||
| 3. When they got to the hotel, _____. | |||
| A. no meals wre served after seven B. dinner was still being severed C. there wre no visitors D. the waiters were asleep | |||
| 4. Mrs. Smith _____. | |||
| A. would have lots of time to see the sights B. was afraid that they would have no time to tour around London C. thought the hotel wasn"t so good as they expected D. did know why the hotel was better than the small inn |