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. C

2. B

3. C

4. D

5. A

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要是关于在英国如何考取驾照的。在英语十七岁以才允许开车，开车前必须要有一个特殊的已经取得两年的驾照。可以不去驾校而是让朋友教你，但其必须有驾照。取得驾照要通过一个考试，对于考试次数和年龄都没有限制。1935年之后，开始考试取得驾照，之前是不用的，甚至小孩子也可以开车。1878年之前，汽车限速时速不得超过4里。

1.细节理解题。从The person with you isn’t allowed to take money for the lesson unless he’s got a teacher’s license.不允许和你在一起的人带钱，除非他取得了教师证，可知答案，故选C。

2.细节理解题。从in the test you have to drive round for about half an hour and then answer a

few questions.在考试中，你必须开车半个小时左右，然后回答几个问题，可知答案，故选B。

3.细节理解题。从 If you don’t pass the test, you’re allowed to take it again a few weeks later if you want to.如果你没通过考试，只要你想再参加考试，几周后你就可以再次参加，可知答案，故选C。

4.细节理解题。从In 1970 a woman passed her fortieth test after 212 driving lessons.1970年一个妇女在上了212次驾驶课后考完了她的第四十次考试。Britain’s oldest driver was a man who drove in 1974 at the age of 100.英国年龄最大的司机是一个1974年100岁的男人。before 1878, cars weren’t allowed to go faster than four miles an hour,1978年前，不允许汽车时速超过4里。得知答案选D。

5.标题归纳题。 Driving Licenses in Britain英国的驾驶证， Tests for Britain People 英国的考试， Driving Cars开汽车， Young Men’s Driving Licenses年轻人的驾驶证，根据全文可知是在讲英国的驾驶证，故选A.

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