【正文】 er 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, puting 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.” 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.”24. In what way is David different from people of his age?A. He has a handsome job.B. He cannot have a credit card.C. He graduated with six Olevels.D. He often goes out with friends.25. What is one of the problems that David is facing now?A. How to get more spare time.B. Buying a car suitable for him.C. How to deal with his ine.D. Releasing two new games each month.26. Why did David decide to leave school and start working?A. He received lots of job offers.B. He lost interest in school studies.C. He was eager to help his mother.D. He wanted to earn his own living.27. What was David’s attitude towards the puter market in the future?A. Positive B. Critical C. Worried D. HopelessCThe secret to happiness is keeping busy, research has found.Keeping the mind occupied with tasks — no matter how meaningless — keeps off negative emotions, the study found.However, the bad news is that humans are seemingly born to be lazy in order to save energy, according to Professor Christoper Hsee, a behavioral scientist at Chicago University.In a study, 98 students were asked to plete two surveys. After they had pleted the first, they were made to wait 15 minutes to receive the next one. They were given a choice of either handing in the first survey nearby or at a more distant location they had to walk to. Whichever option they chose, they received a chocolate bar. It turned out that approximately twothirds (68 students) chose the lazy option. Those who had taken the walk reported feeling happier than those who had stayed put.Prof. Hsee concluded that keeping busy helped keep people happy. He said the findings, reported in the journal Psychological Science, had policy implications.“Governments may increase the happiness of idle citizens by having them build bridges that are actually useless,” he proposed.At the individual level, he advised, “Get up and do something. Anything. Even if there really is no point to what you are doing, you will feel better for it.” He added, “Incidentally, thinking deeply or engaging in selfreflection counts as keeping busy, too.”“You do not need to be running around. You just need to be engaged, either physically or mentally.”28. Keeping busy can make people happy because________.A. it can help people get rid of laziness B. it can make people sleep betterC. it can help get rid of negative emotions D. it can give people a sense of achievement29. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A. The finding may contribute to politics.B. The officials have taken Prof. Hsee’s advice.C. In the study half students handed in the first survey nearby.D. Governments can increase citizens’ happiness by building bridges.30. What can we infer from the passage?A. Everybody is born to be happy.B. Only by keeping working all the time can you gain happiness.C. Prof. Hsee’s finding was published in Psychological Science.D. Keeping busy goes against human nature.31. What is the author’s purpose in writing this passage?A. To explain what happiness is.B. To advise people not to sit around.C. To advise people to do what they like to.D. To show people how to take life correctly.DMany people believe that you lose the ability to learn new languages as you get older. Language experts (語言專家), however, will tell you that you’re never too old to learn a new language. As you get older, it can be more difficult to learn a new language, though.Children and adults learn new languages in different ways. For children, language is their life. They study for thousands of hours every year, because they need to learn languages to bee part of their munities. Adults, on the other hand, are already part of language munity. Learning