David Jones and His Salary 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. Davids firm releases two new games for the home computer market each month. He lives with his parents in Liverpool. 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. I suppose £35,000 sounds a lot but I hope it will come to more than that his year. He spends some of his money on records and clothes, and gives his mother £20 a week. But most of his spare time is spent working. 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. 1. Why is David different from other young people of his age? B) Because he is not unemployed. D) Because he lives at home with his parents. A) finding a bank that will treat him as an adult. C) spending his salary. 3. He was employed by the company because B) he had written some computer programs. D) he had learned to use computers at school. A) he did not enjoy school C) he was afraid of getting too old to start computing. 5. Why does David think he might retire early? B) Because he wants to stop working when he is a millionaire. D) Because he thinks his firm might go bankrupt.
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