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, 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 card(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.”
小题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.小题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.小题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.小题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.小题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.
