Question

Every culture has a recognized point when a child becomes an adult, when rules must be followed and tests passed.

In China, although teenagers can get their ID cards at 16, many only see themselves as an adult when they are 18. In the US, where everyone drives, the main step to the freedom of adult life is learning to drive. At 16, American teens take their driving test. When they have their license, they drive into the grown-up world.

“Nobody wants to ride the cheese bus to school,” said Eleanor Fulham, 17. She brought the pressure back to memory, especially from kids from wealthier families. “It’s like you’re not cool if you don’t have a car,” she said.

According to recent research, 41% of 16 to 19-year-olds in the US own cars, up from 23% in 1985. Although, most of these cars are bought by parents, some teens get part-time jobs to help pay.

Not all families can afford cars for their children. In cities with subways and limited parking, some teenagers don’t want them. But in rich suburban areas without subways, and where bicycles are more for fun than transportation, it is strange for a teenager not to have a car.

But police say 16-year-olds have almost three times more accidents than 18 and 19-year-olds. This has made many parents pause before letting their kids drive.

Julie Sussman, of Virginia, decided that her son Chad, 15, will wait until he is 17 to apply for his learner’s permit.

Chad said he has accepted his parents’ decision, although it has caused some teasing from his friends. “They say that I am unlucky,” he said, “But I’d rather be alive than driving, and I don’t really trust my friends on the road, either.”

In China, as more families get cars, more 18-year-olds learn to drive. Will this become a big step to becoming an adult?

1.Which may serve as the BEST title of the article?

A．Cars Helping You to Grow-Up               B．Driving into the Grown-Up World

C．Teenagers’ Driving in America            D．Recognized Point of Becoming an Adult

2.16-year-old drivers have more accidents possibly because           .

A．they want to show themselves off           B．they are never experienced drivers

C．older people always drive better            D．they never drive carefully on the road

3.Which may NOT be taken into consideration when deciding whether to buy a car?

A．How well off the family is.

B．Whether the kid is old enough.

C．What traffic condition there is around.

D．Whether it’s practically needed.

4.When Chad said “I don’t really trust my friends ...”, he meant that           .

A．he might run into his friends if he drove

B．he didn’t agree with his friends

C．he might not be safe if his friends drove

D．he was afraid that his friends might well lie to him

5.The passage mainly gives information about           .

A．a(chǎn)n American culture

B．a(chǎn) cultural difference between America and China

C．a(chǎn) change in the Chinese culture

D．the relationship between driving and a person’s development

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.B

3.C

4.C

5.A

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要講述的是美國的年輕人在進入成人社會以后，學(xué)會了開車。以及人們對于學(xué)習(xí)駕駛的年齡以及年輕人駕駛安全的一些不同看法。

1.B 主旨大意題。本文主要講述的是美國的年輕人在進入成人社會以后，學(xué)會了開車。以及人們對于學(xué)習(xí)駕駛的年齡的不同看法，故B正確。

2.B 推理題。根據(jù)文章第五段第一句But police say 16-year-olds have almost three times more accidents than 18 and 19-year-olds.可知16歲的孩子駕駛事故要比18,19歲的孩子要多，主要是因為他們駕駛經(jīng)驗不夠豐富。故B正確。

3.C 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章3,4,5三段可知家庭經(jīng)濟情況，孩子的年齡，以及是否實用三項都是買車要考慮的內(nèi)容，C項中的交通情況，在文章中沒有提及。故C項符合上下文。

4.C 推理題。根據(jù)本句“They say that I am unlucky,” he said, “But I’d rather be alive than driving, and I don’t really trust my friends on the road, either.”可知他認為他的朋友的駕駛技巧不合格，他很擔(dān)心自己的安全。故C正確。

5.A 推理題。本文主要講述的美國社會中的年輕人學(xué)習(xí)駕駛的知識，故屬于美國文化的范圍。故A正確。

考點：考察文化類短文閱讀

點評：本文主要講述的是美國的年輕人在進入成人社會以后，學(xué)會了開車。以及人們對于學(xué)習(xí)駕駛的年齡以及年輕人駕駛安全的一些不同看法。在解題時要立足已知，推斷未知。立足現(xiàn)在，猜測未來。不能主觀臆想，憑空想象，隨意揣測，更不能以自己的觀點代替作者的觀點;要把握句、段之間的邏輯關(guān)系，了解語篇的結(jié)構(gòu)。要體會文章的基調(diào)，揣摸作者的態(tài)度，摸準(zhǔn)邏輯發(fā)展的方向，悟出作者的弦外之音。