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(2021·浙江6月高考模拟)
Every culture has a recognised point when a child becomes an adult, when rules must be followed and tests must be passed.
In China, although teenagers can get their ID cards at 16, many only see themselves as an adult when they are 18. In the US, the main step to the freedom of adult life is learning to drive. At 16, American teens take their driving test. When they have their license, they drive into the grown-up world.
“Nobody wants to ride the bus to school,” said Eleanor Fulham, 17. She remembered the pressure. “It’s like you’re not cool if you don’t have a car,” she said.
According to recent research, 41% of 16 to 19-year-olds in the US own cars, up from 23% in 1985. Although, most of these cars are bought by parents, some teens get part-time jobs to help pay.
Not all families can afford cars for their children. In cities with subways and limited parking, some teenagers don’t want them. But in rich suburban areas without subways, and where bicycles are more for fun than transportation, it is strange for a teenager not to have a car.
But the police say 16-year-olds have almost three times more accidents than 18 to 19-year-olds. This has made many parents pause before letting their kids drive.
Julie Sussman decided that her son Chad, 15, will wait until he is 17 to apply for his learner’s permit.
Chad said he had accepted his parents’ decision, although it had caused some teasing from his friends.“They say that I am unlucky,” he said,“But I’d rather be alive than driving, and I don’t really trust my friends on the road, either.”
In China as more families get cars, more 18-year-olds learn to drive.
1.Which may serve as the best title of the article?
A.Cars helping you to grow up
B.Driving into the grown-up world
C.Teenagers’ driving in America
D.Recognised points of becoming an adult
2.What does the underlined sentence mean?
A.He might run into his friends if he drove.
B.He didn’t agree with his friends.
C.He might not be safe if his friends drove.
D.He was afraid that his friends might well lie to him
3.The passage mainly gives information about .
A.an American culture
B.a cultural difference between America and China
C.a change in the Chinese culture
D.the relationship between driving and a person’s development
