Computer programmer David Jones earns(gets)£35,000 a year,designing new computer games,yet he cannot find a bank prepared to let him have a cheque card.
(1),he has been told to wait (2) two years,until he is 18.
The 16-year-old boy works for a small (3) in Liverpool,(4) the problem of most young people of his age is finding a job. David's company releases(发行) two new games for the expanding(扩展) home computer market each month.
But David's biggest headache is what to do (5)his money.(6) his salary,got by investing(投资) new programs within (7) schedules,with bonus(奖金) payments and profit-sharing(分红),he cannot drive a car,or obtain credit cards.
David got his job with the Liverpool-based company four months ago.“I got the job because the people who(8) the company knew I had already written some
(9),”he said.
“I suppose£35,000 sounds a lot but actually that's being pessimistic(悲观的).I hope it will (10) to more than that this year.”He spends some of his money
(11) records and clothes,and gives his mother£20a week. But most of his spare time is spent on working.“(12),computing was not part of my studies at (13),”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 (14) staying on at school. Most people in this business are fairly young,anyway.”
David added,“I would like to earn a million and I think early retirement is a possibility. You never know when the market (15) disappear.”
2. 第(6)选()
A Despite
B Except
C With
D Besides