20.In Britain you're allowed to drive a car when you're seventeen.You have to get a special two-year driving license(执照)before you start.When you're learning,someone with full license always has to be in the car with you.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 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 212driving 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 1974at the age of 100.
Before 1904,everyone was allowed to drive,even children.Then from 1904car drivers had to have a license.But they didn't have to take a test until 1935.In the early days of car driving,before 1978,cars weren't allowed to go faster than four miles an hour,and someone had to lead the car with a red flag.
51.Which of the following is NOT necessary for a young man who wants to drive a car alone?B
A.He has to pass a driving test to get a full license.
B.He has to learn to drive in a driving school.
C.He has to get a special two-year driving license.
D.He has to reach the age of 17.
52.A person can't take money for driving lessons unless heB.
A.has a driving school
B.has a full license and a teacher's license
C.is good at driving
D.has learned to drive in a driving school
53.In the driving test,oneD.
A.must drive his own car
B.has to do some test papers
C.should have 212driving lessons
D.has to drive on roads for half an hour
54.Which of the following is NOT true?D
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(速度) limit to cars before 1978.
D.A car driver didn't have to take a test after 1935.
55.The best title for the passage isC.
A.Britain Car Drivers
B.Young Men's Driving Licenses
C.Driving License in Britain
D.Tests for British People.
分析 这篇短文主要介绍了英国人是如何考取驾照的以及英国的驾照产生的历史.
解答 51.B 细节理解题,根据You don't have to go to a driving school-a friend can teach you描述可知你不必去驾校,你的朋友可以教你,故选B.
52.B细节理解题,根When you're learning,someone with full license always has to be in the car with you.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.可知有全牌照和教师资格证的人才可以教人开车挣钱,故选B.
53.D细节理解题,根据you have to drive round for half an hour and then answer a few questions.描述可知你必须开半小时的车,故选D.
54.D细节理解题,根据But they didn't have to take a test until 1935可知1935年之后是有考试的,故答案为:D.
54.C 主旨大意题.这篇短文主要描述了在英国如何取得驾照以及驾照产生的历史.故选C,英国的驾照.
点评 做题时要在理解好文意的基础上,与题目有机的结合,从文章中找到相关细节性的句子与选项细细比对,进行选择或推理判断,找出符合文章内容的正确答案.做题注意灵活,有时可采用排除法或直选法确定出最终答案.