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Read the following passage and choose the correct option (A, B, C, or D) for each blank If you are invited to someone's house for dinner in the United States, you should bring a gift, such as a (1)_________ of flowers or a box of chocolates. If you give your host a (2)_________ gift, he/ she may open it in front of you. Opening a present in front of the gift-giver is considered polite. It shows that the host is excited about receiving the gift and wants to show his/her appreciation to you immediately. Even if the host doesn't like it, he/she will tell a “white lie” and say how much they like the gift to (3)_________ the guest from feeling bad. If your host asks you to arrive at a particular time, you should not arrive (4)_________ on time or earlier than the (5)_________ time, because this is considered to be potentially inconvenient and therefore rude, as the host may not be ready. 1. A. bundle             B. hand                 C. bunch               D. handful 2. A. valuable           B. unpacked          C. wrapped            D. unwanted 3. A. protest             B. make                 C. protect              D. prevent 4.  A. gradually          B. recently             C. perfectly            D. exactly 5.  A. permitted          B. waited               C. expected            D. wasted

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Computer programmer David Jones earns £35,000 a year designing new computer games, yet he cannot find a bank prepared to let him have a cheque card. Instead, he has been told to wait another two years, until he is 18. 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. David's firm releases two new games for the expanding home computer market each month. But David's biggest headache is what to do with his money. Despite his salary, earned by inventing new programs within tight schedules, with bonus payments and profit-sharing, he cannot drive a car, take out a mortgage, or obtain credit cards. He lives with his parents in their council house in Liverpool, where his father is a bus driver. 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. David got his job with the Liverpool-based company four months ago, 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 £35,000 sounds a lot but actually that's being pessimistiC. 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 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, 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." Why is David different from other young people at his age?

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