Question

In Britain,you are allowed to drive a car when you are seventeen. You have to get a special two-year 11 license before you can start. When you’re learning,someone with a full license always 12 be in the car with you because you aren’t allowed to drive the car on the road 13    . You don’t have to go to a driving school一a friend can 14 you.

The person with you isn’t allowed to take 15 for the lessons unless he’s got a teacher’s license.

Before you are allowed to have a full license,you have to take a driving 16    . You

can take a test in your own car, but it has to fit the   17 . In the test you have to drive 

18 for about half an hour and then answer a few questions. If you don’t 19 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 after212  driving lessons! When you’ve passed your test, you don’t have to take it 20    ,and you’re allowed to go on driving as long as you like，if you

are healthy. Britain’s oldest driver was a man 21 drove in 1974 at the age of 100.

Before 1904 everyone was allowed to drive，22 children. Then from 1904 car drivers had to have a 23    . But they didn’t have to take a test until 1935. In the early

24 of car driving,before 1878,cars weren’t allowed to go faster than four miles 25 hour, and someone had to lead a car with a red flag.

(    )11. A.    riding    B.    driving    C.    writing    D. taking

(    )12. A.    must    B.    may    C.    has to    D. can

(    )13. A.    own    B.    one’s    C.    lonely    D. alone

(    )14. A.    follow    B.    ask    C.    teach    D. drive

(    )15. A.    money    B.    value    C.    worth    D. pay

(    )16. A.    notice    B.    notes    C.    vStudy    D. test

(    )17. A.    street    B.    way    C.    road    D. path

(    )18. A.    of    B.    off    C.    ring    D. round

(    )19. A.    pass    B.    fail    C.    take    D. have

(    )20. A.    again    B.    after    C.    later    D. once

(    )21. A.    which    B.    who    C.    whom    D. when

(    )22. A.    besides    B.    even    C.    except    D. ever

(    )23. A.    test    B.    lesson    C.    line    D. license

(    )24. A.    minutes    B.    days    C.    seconds    D. months

(    )25. A.    an    B.    a    C.    the    D. /

Answer 1

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