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    　　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．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 neleases(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 his 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．”

    (1)

    In which 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 goo dat 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．

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        This is a list of the origins of some slang words or phrases that we all use regularly．These words are common in almost all English speaking nations．

    Cool

        Who hasn't used this word at least once in their life when speaking highly of something? This meaning of the word is relatively new in English，but not as new as you might think．The earliest record found so far is from 1884 in the phrase“Dat’s  cool!”

    Kick the Bucket

       This means“to die”．Many people consider the term to have come from a guilty man standing on an upturned bucket which was then kicked out from under his feet leaving him to hang，but there is no written evidence that this is the case．In fact，it is more likely from a different type of bucket entirely．In butchery(肉食店)，when a pig was killed it would be hung from a pole．It is mostly likely that in his death throes(垂死挣扎)，the pig’s  feet would bang against the rail(横杆)to which they were tied．Therefore，kicking the bucket was a term referring to the last actions of the pig before he finally died．

    Bob’s  Your Uncle

        Bob’s  your uncle generally means that something is simple or easy or a“job done”．It is most likely that this phrase came about as a result of nepotism(裙带关系)．In the late 1800s， Lord Salisbury(first name Robert)was prime-minister of Great Britain．After his third term he was succeeded by his nephew Arthur．Arthur had been made Chief Secretary of Ireland in 1886． Suspicions arose that Robert was favoring his nephew Arthur．The term“Bob’s  your uncle”could be used at the time as a reference to this charge of nepotism．

     

    36．What does the passage mainly talk about?

        A．The most commonly used slang words in the world．

        B．The origins of some most．commonly used slang words or phrases．

        C．The origins of English words and phrases．

        D．Common words and phrases in English speaking countries．

    37．If you want to praise something，the slang words or phrase you may use is“      “．

        A．Cool                                                          B．Kick the Bucket

        C．To Die                                                      D．Bob’s  Your Uncle

    38．From the passage we can infer that the slang phrase“Kick the Bucket”――．

        A．is the oldest in meaning among all the English slang words or phrases

        B．has the same meaning as“Kick the Ball”

        C．will be never used in the future

        D．has something to do with pigs

    39．The underlined word“succeeded’’in Paragraph 4 means“        “．

        A．taken position of    B．brought up           C．killed                     D．driven away

    40．You may read this passage in         ．

        A．a science fiction                                        B．a cook book

        C．an English vocabulary text                          D．an advertisement

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