Important Ages in the UK
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Age |
What you can do |
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5 |
You have to go to school. |
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12 |
You can buy a pet. |
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13 |
You can get a part-time job, but you can’t work for more than two hours on a school day or on Sunday. |
|
14 |
You can go into a bar, but you can’t buy alcohol(酒). |
|
16 |
You can leave school. A boy can join the army with his parents’ permission(许可). You can drive a motorcycle. You can have beer or wine with a meal in a restaurant. |
|
17 |
You can hold a license to drive most small cars. |
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18 |
Age of maturity—you have grown up in the eyes of the law. You can marry even without your parents’ permission. You can buy and drink alcohol in a bar. |
|
21 |
You can hold a license to drive a large passenger bus. You can have a license to sell alcohol. You can become a member of Parliament(议会). |
1.In Britain, what can you do when you are 14 years old?
A. Buy a pet. B. Join the army.
C. Drive a motorcycle. D. Buy alcohol.
2. In Britain, you can start to drink wine in a restaurant at the age of _______.
A. twelve B. fourteen C. sixteen D. eighteen
3. The underlined word “maturity” means “_______”.
A. 独立 B. 选举 C. 执法 D. 成熟
4. Which of the following is not allowed for the 18-year-old teenagers?
A. Leave school. B. Joining the Parliament.
C. Driving small cars. D. Marrying.
5.If your 19-year-old friend is going to live in Britain, you should tell him that he can’t _______.
A. drive a motorcycle B. drive a large passenger bus
C. get a part-time job D. buy alcohol in a bar
The weather is something no one can control. Maybe that is 16 there are so many expressions about the weather, especially about 17 .
Sometimes, when you need rain, you do not get any. Other times, you get rain when you don’t need it. 18 a baseball game for example, a sudden rainstorm can stop an exciting game. If the game cannot continue, people who bought the tickets are given “rain checks”. These are 19 tickets that will let them see a 20 game for free.
“Rain Check” now means a second chance at something. Shops may offer “rain checks” when they sell out all of a product(产品) — a television set, for example, at a special low price. 21 all the TV sets have been sold out, the shop gives rain checks to those who wanted to buy 22 . The rain check allows a person to buy the TV set later at the same low price after the shop receives some 23 TV sets from the factory.
“Rain Check” is also used in social situations. It’s a way of 24 an invitation, but for a later time.
You may ask for a “Rain Check” if you are invited to a friend’s house for dinner, but can’t be there right now. You say, “I would love to go, but I’m busy. Could I have a rain check?” 25 you are asking if you could have dinner with your friend at another time. It seems that your friend will probably ask you to dinner very soon next time.
1.A. what B. where C. why D. when
2.A. weather B. cloud C. sky D. rain
3.A. Bring B. Take C. Give D. Carry
4.A. beautiful B. special C. expensive D. cheap
5.A. better B. larger C. later D. earlier
6.A. But B. Before C. Where D. After
7.A. it B. one C. this D. that
8.A. much B. better C. more D. less
9.A. refusing B. printing C. sending D. accepting
10.A. In fact B. Of course C. By the way D. At least
--- What pleasant weather! Shall we go boating on the lake?
--- _______.
A. That’s right B. Thank you very much
C. It doesn’t matter D. Sounds great
--Excuse me, can you tell me _______?
---Sure. There’s a good restaurant on Renmin Road.
A. where I can post letters B. what movie I can see here
C. if there’s a good place to eat in D. how I get to the bus station
--Tree Planting Day is coming. Do you plant trees in spring?
---Yes, many trees ________ in our city every year.
A. are planting B. are planted C. were planted D. will plant
I wonder if he _______ this weekend. If he ______, I’ll let you know.
A. will come; will come B. will come; comes
C. comes; comes D. comes; will come
