In China, people who were born in and after the 1980s are called the post-80s generation (80后的一代). Most of them come from single-child families. However, the generation are playing a more and
more important part in China, and their image (形象) in people's minds is changing. Han Han, a popular
writer, is one of them.
       Han Han was born in Shanghai in 1982. His talent for writing was clear at an early age. At the age
of 17, Han Han was paid much attention to by the public because of the article Viewing the People
Through the Glass. He won the first prize in the National New Concept Composition Competition.
Later, Han Han again surprised the public by leaving high school. "I tried my best to improve my studies,
but I failed. In the end, I gave up my schooling. But I am always learning. I think learning and going to
school are two different things," said Han Han.
       Han Han's first novel Three Folded Gates (《三重门》) sold very well in China. Later the book
was translated into several languages and sold to other countries.
       In the following years, Han Han wrote a lot of books. All of them were very popular and sold very
well. In 2006, he started blogging (写网络日志). Today, Han Han's blog has received over 200 million
clicks (点击) and has become one of the hottest blogs on the Internet.

根据短文内容，选择最佳选项。

1. Which is TRUE about the post-80s generation?

A. The generation were born in 1980.
B. The generation are good at writing.
C. The generation have changed China's image in the world.
D. The generation are playing a more and more important part in China.

2. What can we learn from Han Han's words in the second paragraph?

A. He never studied hard at school.
B. In the end, he left school in order to write his novel.
C. Though he gave up his studies, he didn't stop learning.
D. The post-80s generation cannot learn unless they go to school.

3. When did Han Han begin to write his first blog?

A. In 1992.
B. At the age of 17.
C. When he was 20.    
D. At the age of 24.

4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Three Folded Gates was only sold in China.
B. Han Han's blog is very popular on the Internet.
C. The post-80s generation like writing blogs very much.
D. The public expected that Han Han would leave high school.

5. What does the passage mainly tell us about?

A. The post-80s generation.
B. How to become a good writer.
C. Han Han, a popular young writer.    
D. Popular books written by Han Han.

1. He gave back the book to me yesterday. (同义句转换)
    He ________ the book ________ me yesterday.
2. Miss Gao drives to work every day. (用last month改写)
    Miss Gao ________ to work last month.
3. He finished school when he was fourteen. (同义句转换)
    He finished school ________ ________ ________ ________ fourteen.
4. He left school in 2005. (对画线部分提问)
    ________ ________ he ________ school?
5. It was May 1st yesterday.(对画线部分提问)
   ________ ________ the ________ yesterday?

1. He gave back the book to me yesterday. (同义句转换)
    He ________ the book ________ me yesterday.
2. Miss Gao rides to work every day. (用 last month改写)
    Miss Gao work ________ ________ work ________ ________ last month.
3. He finished school when he was fourteen. (同义句转换)
    He finished school ________ ________ ________ ________ fourteen.
4. He left school in 2005. (对划线部分提问)
    ________ ________ he ________ school?
5. It was 1st yesterday. (对划线部分提问)
    ________ ________ the ________ yesterday?
6. I like drawing. Every day I spend half an hour practising drawing. (同义句转换)
    I like drawing. ________ ________ me half an hour ________ ________ drawing every day.

         Computer programmer David Jones makes ￡35000 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 another two years, until he is
18.
         The 16-year-old works for a small firm (分公司) in Liverpool, where the problem of most young people
of his age is finding a job. David's firm puts two new games on the home market each month.
         But David's biggest headache is what to do with his money. In spite of his salary, made by inventing new
programs within quite a short period of time, with bonus payments and profitsharing, (奖金和分红) he cannot
drive a car, get some money from a bank to buy a house, or get credit cards (信用卡).
        He lives with his parents in their house in Liverpool, where his father is a bus driver. His firm 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 firm 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 ￡ 35000 sounds a lot but actually that's not good enough 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 of his 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 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, any-way."
         David 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."

Ａ: He earns a very high salary
Ｂ: He has no job
Ｃ: He does not go out much
Ｄ: He lives at home with his parents

2. David's greatest problem is ____.

Ａ: making the banks treat him as a grown-up
Ｂ: inventing computer games
Ｃ: spending his salary
Ｄ: learning to drive

3. He was hired by the firm because _____.

Ａ: he had worked in a computer shop
Ｂ: he had written some computer programs
Ｃ: he works very hard
Ｄ: he had learnt to use computers at school

4. He left school after taking O-levels because _____.

Ａ: he did not enjoy school
Ｂ: he wanted to work with computers and staying at school did not help him
Ｃ: he was afraid of getting too old to start computing
Ｄ: he wanted to earn a lot of money

5. Why does David think he might retire early?

Ａ: One has to be young to write computer programs
Ｂ: He wants to stop working when he is a millionaire
Ｃ: He thinks computer games might not always sell so well
Ｄ: He thinks his firm might go bad