青岛市2017高考英语阅读理解选练(10)及答案(一轮) 阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的四个选项ABCD中选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 2017高考英语第三次A 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 16yearold 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 Liverpoolbased company four months ago, a year after leaving school with six O璴evels and working for a time in a computer shop.揑 got the job becaul se the people who run the firm knew I had already written some programs,攈e 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. 揢nfortunately, computing was not pl art of our studies at school,攈e said.揃ut 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 co pnsidered 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.” |