Question

Dear Editor,

I am writing to ask what has happened to our youth. They are not as polite, hard-working or clever as my generation. I will give you two examples.

Last Friday, I got on the underground at 9.15a.m. It was very busy so there were no free seats. There were some teenagers sitting on the seats nearest me. I didn’t know why they were not at school. They were talking loudly and laughing. It was difficult to read my newspaper with all the noise. A heavily pregnant(懷孕的) woman and her daughter got on at the next stop, with lots of shopping bags. I expected the teenagers to let them sit down. They saw the woman but did nothing. I had to ask them to give her a seat. They reluctantly(勉強(qiáng)地)did so but give me a rude look. I got off at the next stop and was glad that the teenagers didn’t follow me.

Last Saturday, I had dinner with my friend’s family. I was expecting to meet his children, who I hadn’t seen for ten years. During dinner, we started talking about world politics. It soon became clear that they didn’t know much. They couldn’t tell me the name of the King of Spain or the President of Italy. All they knew about was the Internet and which singers were the most beautiful. In my day, students knew the kings, queens and presidents of every country in Europe.

I worry about the future of Germany. How could these young people become responsible workers and parents? They sit around Macdonald’s after instead of going to the library like I did at their age. Maybe they have too much money. Perhaps another reader can give us an idea about what to do with this“l(fā)ost generation”.

Franz Vogts

Hamburg

1. Mr. Vogts writes this letter to the editor to _________.

A. show how rude the teenagers are

B. complain the way some people act

C. express his worry about Germany’s future

D. show how lazy young people nowadays are

2.When Franz Vogts met the teenagers on the underground, he_________.

A. expected that they would make less noise

B. knew there was no hope for him to get a seat

C. felt he would meet with some trouble from them

D. thought they should have been studying instead of staying there

3.Franz Vogts was not pleased at the dinner because_________.

A. he was not politely treated

B. the children cared more about singers than him

C. the children did not know much about world politics

D. he had different opinions about the world from his friend

4.By saying “l(fā)ost generation”, Mr. Vogts refers to__________.

A. the fact that he is angry with young people today.

B. the people at his age

C. his worry about these young people

D. today’s young people

Answer 1

1.C

2.D

3.C

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：作者通過書信中給編輯寫作者乘地鐵看到一些德國的青少年們不去上學(xué)，而且看到孕婦上車也不讓座。作者提醒他們讓座時，卻得到粗魯?shù)幕貞?yīng)。而且現(xiàn)在的青少年不關(guān)心政治，作者為此對德國的未來表示了擔(dān)憂，并稱當(dāng)今的青少年是“迷茫的一代”。

1.I worry about the future of Germany.可知，這是Vogts先生寫給編輯的目的，即表達(dá)他對德國未來的擔(dān)憂。故選C。

2.There were some teenagers sitting on the seats nearest me. I didn’t know why they were not at school.可知，作者認(rèn)為地鐵里的這些青少年們應(yīng)該上學(xué)而不是呆在那里。故選D。

3.we started talking about world politics. It soon became clear that they didn’t know much. They couldn’t tell me the name of the King of Spain or the President of Italy. 可知，在飯桌上，孩子們并不了解世界政治狀況。故選C。

4.Vogts先生描述了青少年的一些頹廢、墮落、無禮、無知的表現(xiàn)，并稱他們是迷茫的一代。因此他談及l(fā)ost generation時，指的是當(dāng)今的青少年。故選D。

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