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【題目】Young people almost never get a good press(評論) these days. “Their outlook is centered on trashy books and films,” expressed one citizen in a letter I recently came across in the Daily Mail. It seems that people have been complaining about the young since ancient times. However, the young are probably no worse than they’ve ever been. And I think they’re better. Teenagers today are brighter, more energetic, more outgoing, and more interesting than any generation before.

The truth is, we hear plenty of bad news about youth, but we never hear about the majority. Surely they all want to be footballers or attractive models? Not a bit of it. When research company Britain-Thinks examined teenagers attitudes earlier this year, they found that the most popular goal (shared by some 70 percent) was to “have a job you love”, followed by having a university degree, owning your own home and being in a happy, long-term relationship. It tallies with another study by the Institute for Economic and Social Research, which found that what made teenagers happiest wasn’t a new smart-phone or pair of shoes, but “the simple things in life” such as close friends, going swimming and spending time with their parents.

Indeed, the more you look at the young, the more impressive they seem. They are, of course, more technologically knowledgeable and skillful than any generation before them. But the interesting thing is that they’re not merely consumers; they’re creators. Think of all those young people developing their own websites or machines.

Seventeen-year-old Nick D’Aloisio is an example. He invented a news-summary app (應(yīng)用程序)called Summly and sold it to Yahoo this year for a reported 18 million. The company offered him a job in California, but he turned it down. “I’ll be staying in London,” he explained. “I want to finish my A levels and I couldn’t really live on my own out there.”

Of course they aren’t perfect, and every generation has its fair share of bad apples. But I think our future is in safe hands.

【1】The underlined part “tallies with” in Paragraph 2 probably means “ ” .

A. leads to B. focuses on

C. agrees with D. belongs to

【2】The example of the seventeen-year-old is to show that young people .

A. Are quite creative B. can find a job easily

C. can earn a living by themselves D. are homesick for their hometown

【3】What’s the author’s attitude towards the young generation?

A. Worried. B. Surprised.

C. Uninterested. D. Hopeful.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】D

【解析】

本文為夾敘夾議文。文章主要講述當(dāng)今很多人抱怨年輕人不好，但作者認(rèn)為現(xiàn)在的年輕人比以前任何一代都更聰明，有活力，有趣，有創(chuàng)造性，雖然他們不完美，但作者對此抱樂觀的態(tài)度。

【1】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段的劃線前半部分可知，當(dāng)研究公司British-Thinks今年早些時候調(diào)查青少年的態(tài)度時，他們發(fā)現(xiàn)最受歡迎的目標(biāo)（大約70%）是“有一份你熱愛的工作”，其次是擁有大學(xué)學(xué)位，擁有自己的房子，以及擁有一段幸福、長期的關(guān)系。后部分說，另一項研究發(fā)現(xiàn)“讓青少年最幸福的不是一部新的智能手機或一雙鞋，而是“生活中簡單的事情”，比如親密的朋友、去游泳和與父母共度時光”。由此可知兩次的調(diào)查與研究是一致的。分析選項（A. leads to 導(dǎo)致；B. focuses on注重；C. agrees with 一致； D. belongs to屬于），可知C項符合題意，所以選C項。

【2】推理判斷題。第三段是說年輕人令人印象深刻，他們有技術(shù)，他們不僅是消費者，更是創(chuàng)造者。第四段說17歲的尼克·阿洛伊西奧就是這樣的一個例子。他發(fā)明了一款叫SAMOLY的新聞?wù)�要�?yīng)用程序，由此可推斷出17歲的尼克阿洛伊西奧就是有技術(shù)，有創(chuàng)造性的一員，分析選項可知A項符合題意，故選A項。

【3】觀點態(tài)度題。根據(jù)最后一段Of course they aren’t perfect, and every generation has its fair share of bad apples. But I think our future is in safe hands. 當(dāng)然他們并不完美，每一代人都有一大堆壞蘋果。但我認(rèn)為我們的未來是安全的，由此可推斷出對于未來作者還是持樂觀態(tài)度的。分析選項可知D項（Hopeful有希望的）最為符合題意，故選D項。