Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions . Computer programmer David Jones earns £35,000 a year designing new computer games, yet he cannot find a bank prepared to let him have a cheque 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...
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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions .
Computer programmer David Jones earns £35,000 a year designing new computer games, yet he cannot find a bank prepared to let him have a cheque 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 releases two new games for the expanding home computer market each month. But David's biggest headache is what to do with his money.
Despite his salary, earned by inventing new programs within tight schedules, with bonus payments and profit-sharing, he cannot drive a car, take out a mortgage, or obtain credit cards.
He lives with his parents in their council house in Liverpool, where his father is a bus driver. His company has to pay £150 a month in taxi fares to get him the five miles to work and back every day because David cannot drive.
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.
"I suppose £35,000 sounds a lot but actually that's being pessimistic. 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. But most his spare time is spent working.
"Unfortunately, computing was not part of our studies at school," he said. "But 1 had been studying it in books and 'magazines for four years in my spare time. 1 knew what 1 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 1 suppose early retirement is a possibility. You never know when the market might disappear."
Why does David think he might retire early?
A. He wants to stop working when he is a millionaire
B. You have to be young to write computer programs
C. He thinks his firm might go bankrupt
D. He thinks computer games might not always sell so well
Choose the incorrect part indicated in the following sentences
1. He says that he has been working (on) the project (in) =>since 2008 and from that time on, he (has spent) most pf his time (looking) for and studying facts and figures
2. Some designers (have been) =>have modernized the ao dai by (adding) new (patterns and symbols) (to) it
3. I (knew) him (when)=> since I came to my (niece's) wedding and we (are) friends for over ten years
4. Lan said that she (preferred) =>had preferred (wearing) (embroider) jeans to (other kinds of pants)
5. He has never (been eaten) =>eaten vegetarian (food), so he wants (to have) a change try it (some time)
6. I know he (has lived)=>had lived in Ho Chi Minh City (for) ten years before he (moved) to Da Nang two years ago and (his life) is now all right
7. I like the plain suit (than) the (striped) suit. (Moreover), it is (cheaper) than the striped one
8. She used to (wearing) =>wear casual clothes, but now (she's) changed her (mind). She (prefers) formal clothes
9.(It is said) the church has (stood) =>been stood there (for) the 18th century and (has been) the symbol of the city
1, on--> for
2, symbol---> symbolizing
3,are--> have been
4,pants--> pant
5,been eaten--> eaten
6,has lived--> had lived
7,than--> rather than
8,wearing--> wear
9, for--> in