Question

 

In Britain you’re allowed to drive a car when you’re seventeen. You have to get a special two-year driving license before you can start. When you’re learning, someone with a full license always has to be in the car with you because you aren’t allowed to drive the car on the road alone. You don’t have to go to a driving school --- a friend can teach you. The person with you isn’t allowed to take money for the lesson unless he’s got a teacher’s license.

Before you’re allowed to have a full license, you have to take a driving test. You can take a test in your own car, but it has to be fit for the road. In the test you have to drive round for about half an hour and then answer a few questions. If you don’t pass the test, you’re allowed to take it again a few weeks later if you want to. In 1970 a woman passed her fortieth test after 212 driving lessons! When you’ve passed your test, you don’t have to take it again, and you’re allowed to go on driving as long as you like. Britain’s oldest driver was a man who drove in 1974 at the age of 100.

Before 1904 everyone was allowed to drive, even children. Then from 1904 car drivers had to have a license. But they didn’t have to take a test until 1935. On the early days of car driving, before 1878, cars weren’t allowed to go faster than four miles an hour, and someone had to lead the car with a red flag.

1. A person can’t take money for driving lessons unless he __________.

A. has learnt to drive in a driving school

B. has a full driving license

C. has a full license and a teacher’s license

D. is given a special two-year driving license

2.In the driving test, one _______________________.

A. mustn’t drive his car, even though the car is fit for the road

B. is usually asked to drive on roads for some time

C. has to be examined(考查) only in car driving skills

D. must drive around for more than an hour

3.When can I take the driving test again if I don’t pass it?

A. a few years later                                      B. right after the first test

C. a few weeks later                           D. never

4.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. There is no limit (限制)to the age of an old man who drives a car.

B. One can take a driving test again and again until he passes it.

C. There was a speed limit to cars before 1878.

D. A car driver didn’t have to get a limit license until 1935.

5.The best title for the passage is _____________.

A. Driving Licenses in Britain　　               B. Tests for Britain People

C. Driving Cars　　　　　　　　                     D. Young Men’s Driving Licenses

 

Answer 1

【答案】

                

1. C

2. B

3. C

4. D

5. A

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要是關于在英國如何考取駕照的。在英語十七歲以才允許開車，開車前必須要有一個特殊的已經取得兩年的駕照。可以不去駕校而是讓朋友教你，但其必須有駕照。取得駕照要通過一個考試，對于考試次數和年齡都沒有限制。1935年之后，開始考試取得駕照，之前是不用的，甚至小孩子也可以開車。1878年之前，汽車限速時速不得超過4里。

1.細節理解題。從The person with you isn’t allowed to take money for the lesson unless he’s got a teacher’s license.不允許和你在一起的人帶錢，除非他取得了教師證，可知答案，故選C。

2.細節理解題。從in the test you have to drive round for about half an hour and then answer a

few questions.在考試中，你必須開車半個小時左右，然后回答幾個問題，可知答案，故選B。

3.細節理解題。從 If you don’t pass the test, you’re allowed to take it again a few weeks later if you want to.如果你沒通過考試，只要你想再參加考試，幾周后你就可以再次參加，可知答案，故選C。

4.細節理解題。從In 1970 a woman passed her fortieth test after 212 driving lessons.1970年一個婦女在上了212次駕駛課后考完了她的第四十次考試。Britain’s oldest driver was a man who drove in 1974 at the age of 100.英國年齡最大的司機是一個1974年100歲的男人。before 1878, cars weren’t allowed to go faster than four miles an hour,1978年前，不允許汽車時速超過4里。得知答案選D。

5.標題歸納題。 Driving Licenses in Britain英國的駕駛證， Tests for Britain People 英國的考試， Driving Cars開汽車， Young Men’s Driving Licenses年輕人的駕駛證，根據全文可知是在講英國的駕駛證，故選A.

考點：社會歷史類短文閱讀。