(1)

　　Computer programmer David Jones earned ￡35, 000 a year designing new computer games, yet he cannot find a bank prepared to let him have a check card. Instead, he has been told to wait another two years until he is 18.

　　He works for a small firm in Liverpool, where most young people of his age are finding jobs. David’s biggest headache is what to do with his money. Though he has high payment, he cannot drive a car, or get credit cards(信用卡).

　　David got his job four months ago, a year after leaving school with six O-levels(普通成绩) 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.

　　“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 as he lives with his parents. 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. 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.”

　　1. Why is David so different from other young people of his age?

　　A. He earns an extremely high payment B. He has got a job

　　C. He lives at home with his parents D. He does not go out much

　　2. David’s greatest problem is that _______.

　　A. he can’t be treated as an adult by the bank B. he doesn’t make as many games as he wishes

　　C. he doesn’t know what to buy with the money D. he is too young to drive a car

　　3. He was employed by the company because _______.

　　A. he had worked in a computer shop B. he had written some computer programs

　　C. he is clever and works hard at his lessons D. he had learnt to use computers at school

　　4. He left school after taking six O-levels because _______.

　　A. he was afraid of getting too old to start computing B. he did not enjoy school

　　C. he wanted to work with computers D. he wanted to earn a lot of money

　　5. Why does David think he might retire early?

　　A. He thinks computer games might not always sell so well B. He wants to stop working when he is a millionaire

　　C. One has to be young to write computer programs D. He thinks his firm might close down

　　(2)

　　If Catlin was the painter of the American Indians and Bierstadt the painter of the Rocky Mountains, the artist of the Western cowboys and settlers was Remington. Born in New York, the son of a wealthy publisher, Remington was a boxer and a football player at Yale University — the last man would expect to become the artist of the Old West. But as a boy he loved horses and fed on the journals of some famous writers.

　　At the age of nineteen, he left college to look for adventures. He traveled from Montana to Texas as a prospector(勘探者). Remington had always been interested in journalism. Now he began to write about and to paint and draw what he saw. The subject of the “Winning of the West” attracted the East. Magazines and newspapers were filled with account of prospectors’ adventures, and of battles with cattle thieves and other outlaws — all the tales that were then news and have become legends since. There were also stories by many other writers. Often these were presented by drawings and paintings from Remington’s hand, but it was as a successful journalist that Remington was a great artist.

　　1. In his pictures, Remington often painted _______.

　　A. the prospectors’ stories B. mountains and rivers C. horse races D. American Indians

　　2. From the text, we can learn that Remington based his art on the _______.

　　A. stories he had read in the newspaper B. things he had seen and experienced

　　C. ideas he had learned at Yale University D. paintings he had copied from early settlers

　　3. During his youth, Remington _______.

　　A. showed his gift as an artist B. was influenced by his father

　　C. enjoyed sports and reading D. learned journalism at Yale University

　　4. The paragraphs before this passage most probably discussed _______.

　　A. cowboys in American art history B. works of Catlin and Bierstadt

　　C. the problem of “Winning the West” D. magazines about the west

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