单选题 Computer programmer David Jones earns £ 35,000 a year designing new computer games, yet he cannot find a bank prepared to let him have a cheque card(支票卡). 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 two new games for the home computer market each month.
But David"s biggest headache is what to do with his money. Despite his salary, earned by inventing new programs, with bonus payments and profit-sharing, he cannot drive a car, buy a house, or obtain credit cards.
He lives with his parents in Liverpool. His company has to pay £ 150 a month in taxi fares to get him the five miles to work and back every day because David cannot drive.
David got his job with the Liverpool-based company four mouths ago, a year after leaving school and working for a time in a computer shop. "I got the job because the people who run the firm new 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. 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."
单选题 David has a greatest problem. That is ______.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】从第三段第一句话“令他最头疼的问题是如何处理他的钱”可得出答案。
单选题 David is different from other young people of his age because ______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】从第一段第一句话“计算机程序员大卫·琼斯设计新程序,每年可以挣35000英镑”;第二段第一句话“这个16岁的青年人在利物浦的一家小公司工作,在那里,许多跟他同龄的年轻人很难找到一个合适的工作。可得出答案。
单选题 Why was he employed by the firm? ______.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】从第五段最后一句“我获得这个工作是因为经营这家公司的人看过我设计的程序”可得出答案。
单选题 He left school because ______.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】从倒数第二段第一句“不幸的是,学校里不学习计算机”;倒数第二句“我知道自己要做什么(前文提到从事电脑工作),因此离开了学校”可得出答案。
单选题 David thinks he might retire early because ______.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】从最后一段“我可能会先挣100万,然后早点退休。你不知道什么时候这个市场(指计算机程序设计)会消失”可得出答案。