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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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试题【阅读理解。 Computer programmer David Jones earns $35.000 a year designing new com】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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whatever it might be, 2 I tried it. Over the years I"ve come to 3 how much of my success I owe to
my 4 of those words as one of my values. My 5 job was just one I decided to try for a couple of
years until I 6 what I want to do as a career (职业). 7 I believed I would work for a few years, get
married, stay home and raise a family, so I didn"t think the job I took 8 that much. I couldn"t have been
more 9 . I mastered the skills of that beginning level position and I was given the opportunity (机会) to
10 through the company into different 11 . I accepted each new opportunity with the 12 , "Well, I"ll try
it; if I don"t like it I can always go back to my 13 position." But I was with the same company for the past
28 years, and I"ve 14 every career change I"ve made. I"ve discovered I 15 a large number of different
talents (才能) and skills that I never would have thought were within me had it not been for my being 16
trying new opportunities. I"ve also discovered that if I 17 what I"m doing and work hard at achieving my
18 . I will succeed. That"s why I"m so 19 to be a part of CareerFables.com. I think 20 has come and I
am determined to make it a success.
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| Even though it was only October, my students were already whispering about Christmas plans. With each passing day everyone became more 1 wthting for the final school bell. Upon its 2 everyone would run for their coats and go home, everyone except David. David was a small boy in ragged clothes. I had often 3 what kind of home life David had, and what kind of mother could send her son to school dressed so 4 for the cold winter months, without a coat, boots, or gloves. But something made David 5 . I can still remember he was always 6 a smile and willing to help. He always 7 after school to straighten chairs and mop the floor. We never talked much. He 8 just smile and ask what else he could do, then thank me for letting him stay and slowly 9 home. Weeks passed and the 10 ovre the coming Christmas grew into restlessness until the last day of 11 before the holiday break. I smiled in 12 as the last of them hurried out the door. Turning around I saw David 13 standing by my desk. "I have something for you" he said 14 from behind his back a small box. 15 it to me, he said anxiously. "Open it" I took the box from him, thanked him and slowly unwrapped it. I lift the lid and to my 16 saw nothing. I looked at David"s smiling face add back into the box and said. "The box is nice, David, but it"s 17 ." "Oh no it isn"t" said David "It"s full of love, my mum told me before she died that love was something you couldn"t see or touch unless you know it"s there." Tears filled my eyes 18 Iooked at the proud dirty race that I had rarely given 19 to. After that Christmas, David and I became good friends and I never forgot the meaning 20 the little empty box set on my desk. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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