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 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.”

1.In what way is David different from people of his age?

A．He often goes out with friends

B．He lives with his mother

C．He has a handsome income

D．He graduated with six O-levels

2.What is one of the problems that David is facing now?

A．He is too young to get a credit card

B．He has no time to learn driving

C．He has very little spare time

D．He will soon lose his job

3.Why was David able to get the job in the company?

A．He had done well in all his exams

B．He had written some computer programs

C．He was good at playing computer games

D．He had learnt to use computers at school

4.Why did David decide to leave school and start working?

A．He received lots of job offers

B．He was eager to help his mother

C．He lost interest in school studies

D．He wanted to earn his own living

I suddenly heard an elephant crying as though frightened Looking down I immediately recognized that something was wrong and ran down to the edge of the near bank There I saw Ma Shwe with her three-month-old calf struggling in the fast-rising water and it was a life-and-death struggle Her calf was floating and screaming with fear Ma Shwe was as near to the far bank as she could get, holding her whole body against the rushing water and keeping the calf pressed against her huge body . Every now and then the rushing water would sweep the calf a way.

There was a sudden rise in the water and the calf was washed clean over the mother’s body and was gone Ma Shwe turned quickly to reach it and pressed the calf with her head and trunk（象鼻）against the rocky bank Then with a huge effort she picked it up in her trunk and tried until she was able to place it on a narrow shelf of rock

Just at this moment she fell back into the river If she were carried down it would be certain death I knew as well as she did ,that there was one spot（地点）where she could get up the bank  but it was on the other side from where she had put her calf

While I was wondering what I could do next I heard the sound of a mother’s love Ma Shwe had crossed the river and got up the bank and was making her way back as fast as she could roaring（吼叫）all the time but to her calf it was music.

1.The moment the author got down to the river bank he saw______.

A．the calf was about to fall into the river

B．Ma Shwe was placing the calf on the rock

C．the calf was washed away by the rising water

D．Ma Shwe was holding the calf against the rushing water

2.How did Ma Shwe manage to save her calf from the fast-flowing water?

A．By putting it on a safe spot

B．By pressing it against her body

C．By taking it away with her

D．By carrying it on her back

3.How did the calf feel about the mother elephant’s roaring?

A．It was a great comfort      B．It was a sign of danger

C．It was a call for help       D．It was a musical note

4.What can be the best title for the text?

A．A Mother’s Love           B．A Brave Act

C．A Deadly River            D．A Matter of Life and Death

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The True Story of Treasure Island

It was always thought that Treasure Island was the product of Robert Louis Stevenson’s imagination.  ___1___，recent research has found the true story of this exciting work.

Stevenson, a Scotsman, had lived    2for many years in 1881 he returned to Scotland for a    3. With him were his American wife Fanny and his son    4.

Each morning Stevenson would take them out for a long    5over the hills. They had been   6this for several days before the weather suddenly took a turn for the worse, Kept indoors by the heavy rain. Lloyd felt the days    7. To keep the boy happy Robert asked the boy to do some   8.

One morning, the boy came to Robert with a beautiful map of an island. Robert   9that the boy had drawn a large cross in the middle of   10. “What’s that?” he asked “That’s the    11treasure “said the boy Robert suddenly   12something of an adventure story in the boy’s   13While the rain was pouring, Robert sat down by the fire to write a story. He would make the   14a twelve-year-old boy just like Lloyd.  But who would he the pirate（海盗）?

Robert had a good friend named Henley, who walked around with the   15of a wooden leg. Robert had always wanted to   16such a man in a story  17Long John Silver the pirate with a wooden leg, was   18.

So thanks to a    19.September in Scotland a friend with a wooden leg and the imagination of a twelve-year-old boy we have one of the greatest   20stories in the English language.

1.A．However        B．Therefore        C．Besides          D．Finally

2.A．alone          B．next door        C．at home          D．abroad

3.A．meeting        B．story            C．holiday          D．jib

4.A．Lloyd          B．Robert           C．Henley           D．John

5.A．talk           B．rest             C．walk             D．game

6.A．attempting     B．missing          C．planning         D．enjoying

7.A．quiet          B．dull             C．busy             D．cold

8.A．cleaning       B．writing          C．drawing          D．exercising

9.A．doubted        B．noticed          C．decided          D．recognized

10.A．the sea       B．the house        C．Scotland         D．the island

11.A．forgotten     B．buried           C．discovered       D．unexpected

12.A．saw           B．drew             C．made             D．learned

13.A．book          B．reply            C．picture          D．mind

14.A．star          B．hero             C．writer           D．child

15.A．help          B．problem          C．use              D．bottom

16.A．praise        B．produce          C．include          D．accept

17.A．Yet           B．Also             C．But              D．Thus

18.A．read          B．born             C．hired            D．written

19.A．rainy         B．sunny            C．cool             D．windy

20.A．news          B．love             C．real-life        D．adventure

 Now that we’ve discussed out problem, are people happy with the decisions taken          ?

A. taking           B. take             C.                  D. to take

 Everybody was touched        words after they heard her moving story.

A. beyond                               B. without

C. of                                   D. in

 One of the most important questions they had to consider was      of public health

A. what                                 B. this

C. that                                 D. which

 Encourage your children to try new things, but try not to       them too hard.

A. draw                                 B. strike

C. rush                                 D. push

 The computer was used in teaching. As a result, not only     , but students became more interested in the lessons.

A. saved was teachers’ energy          B. was teachers’ energy saved

C. teachers’ energy was saved          D. was saved teachers’ energy

 The children all turned         the famous actress as she entered the classroom.

A. looked at                            B. to look at

C. to looking at                        D. look at

 Edward, you play so well. But I        you played the piano.

A. didn’t know                         B. hadn’t known

C. don’t know                          D. haven’t known