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Computer programmer Kevin Hanley earns $100,000 a year designing new computer games, yet he cannot find a bank prepared to let him have a check card. Instead he has been told to wait until he is 18. The 16-year-old boy works for a small firm in Pittsburgh, where the problem of most young people of his age is finding a job. Kevin’s firm releases (发布) two new games for the home computer market each month. But Kevin’s biggest headache is what to do with his money. Though Kevin earns a lot of money, he cannot drive a car, or buy a house, or obtain (获得) credit cards. He lives with ’his parents in Pittsburgh. His company has to pay $200 a month in taxi fares (费用) to get him five miles to work and back every day because Kevin cannot drive. "I got this job because the people who run the firm knew I had already written some programs," Kevin said. Most of Kevin’s 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 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." Kevin 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." Why does Kevin think he might retire early
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This year, my husband Doug and I celebrated the 25th birthday of a man we had never met. His name was Tonny Horn. On the night of October 21, 2005, when he was standing in a parking lot (停车场) talking to friends, Tonny jumped to the top of a car, as he had done a hundred times before. This time, though, Tonny lost his balance (平衡). His head struck the ground, hard. All night, Elizabeth, Tonny’s mother, stood next to her son, who was lying in a hospital bed. She remembered that Tonny has once mentioned organ (器官) donation (捐献). Maybe I can spare another family this pain, she thought. When the time came, she and her husband Tom signed the forms permitting his organs to be taken out. Tonny was declared dead the next day. Twenty-four hours later, in a Boston hospital, Tonny’s liver (肝脏) was made part of my husband, Doug, who was suffering from a hopeless liver disease. Months later, we learned the Tonny’s parents wished to meet someone who had gained life through the gift from their son. A meeting was arranged by the organ bank to bring together the two families. The meeting was risky, but worth it. We learned for the first time how Tonny had lived and died. We learned something about Tom and Elizabeth too. For the Homes, seeing Doug and knowing he was well seemed to ease (减轻) their suffering. I’ll never forget seeing Doug’s tall figure stooped (弯腰) over Elizabeth, her arms around his waist, as a mother would hug (拥抱) a son. The writer and her husband learned how Tonny died ______.
Stage Keep it in the air: The Chaoyang Theater is one of the Beijing theaters to present acrobatics (杂技) all year round. Top acrobatic artists invited from all over the country perform for Chinese and foreign tourists. The program contains trick cycling, leaping (跳跃)through hoops (圆环) and Chinese magic tricks (魔术). Some of the artists have won prizes in international competitions (比赛). Time: 7:15 p.m. Daily Place: 36, Dongsanhuan Beitu, Chaoyang District Tel: 65071828 Use your head: Green Hat is a new drama(戏剧) given by a group of young Chinese actors. It’s a rewrite of American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne’s famous novel The Scarlet Letter. It describes the heroine’s great courage in finding the true love against the public disagreement. Time: 7:15 p.m. until March 5, except Mondays Place: China Children’s Theater Tel: 66037367 Mix and match: Story of Puppets (木偶) tells of a fairy, Zixia, who looks for true love in the human world. After watching a puppet play Peony Pavilion, she thinks there must be true love in reality, so she uses magic to turn the puppet characters (人物) into humans, wanting to fall in love with the puppet hero. But things don’t go as she planned... Li Liuyi, the director of the play has made several successful attempts to present different traditional operas (剧种) in one play. This time he combines (结合) Peking Opera, Kunqu Opera, Pingju Opera along with a band (乐队), using the structure of modern drama. Time: 7:30 p.m. until March 10, except Mondays Place: Small Playhouse of Beijing People’s Art Theater Tel: 65760878 Peking Opera: The Beijing Peking Opera Troupe will give two performances at the Chang’an Grand Theater. Each performance includes two classical excerpts (选段). One is Wenxi (a play focusing on singing and dancing); the other is Wuxi (a play full of acrobatic dancing). The first night will be The Crossroad and Presenting a Pearl of the Rainbow Bridge. And the second night will see the performance of The Goddess of Heaven Scatters Flowers and Havoc in Heaven. Time: 7:30 p.m. February 27, 28 Place: Chang’an Grand Theater Tel: 86531052 Which one of the following statements is true
Computer programmer Kevin Hanley earns $100,000 a year designing new computer games, yet he cannot find a bank prepared to let him have a check card. Instead he has been told to wait until he is 18. The 16-year-old boy works for a small firm in Pittsburgh, where the problem of most young people of his age is finding a job. Kevin’s firm releases (发布) two new games for the home computer market each month. But Kevin’s biggest headache is what to do with his money. Though Kevin earns a lot of money, he cannot drive a car, or buy a house, or obtain (获得) credit cards. He lives with ’his parents in Pittsburgh. His company has to pay $200 a month in taxi fares (费用) to get him five miles to work and back every day because Kevin cannot drive. "I got this job because the people who run the firm knew I had already written some programs," Kevin said. Most of Kevin’s 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 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." Kevin 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." Kevin was employed by the company because ______.
Animals can move from place to place, but plants cannot. When an animal is attacked, it can run away or fight back. Plants, however, certainly cannot run away, and they lack teeth and claws (爪子). But plants can defend themselves by using both physical and chemical means (方法). Some plants have their own ways to keep animals away. For example, the leaves of the holly (冬青树) plant have sharp spines (刺) that discourage grass-eating animals. Holly leaves on lower branches have more spines than leaves on upper branches, which is because the lower leaves are easier for most animals to reach. Some plants, such as the oak tree (橡树), have thick and hard leaves that are difficult for animals to eat. Some grasses may contain a sandy material; eating such grasses wears down the animal’s teeth. Many plants also have chemical defenses. Some plants produce chemicals that taste bitter or cause an unpleasant reaction. Some plants may fight against an attack by increasing the production of these chemicals. When a caterpillar (毛虫) bites a tobacco leaf, the leaf produces a chemical messenger. This messenger sends to the roots the information to produce more nicotine (尼古丁). The higher levels of nicotine discourage the caterpillar. Many plants depend on both physical and chemical defenses. A certain plant in China, for instance, has prickly (多刺的) leaves, and each prickle contains poisonous venom (毒液). A single experience with this kind of plant will teach an animal to stay away from it in the future. What would be the best title for this passage
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