Question

     Young people and older people don't always agree. They sometimes have different ideas about living,working and playing. But in one special programme in New York State,adults and teenagers live together in a friendly way.

    Each summer 200 teenagers and 50 adults live together for eight weeks as members of a special work group. Everyone works several hours each day. They do so not only to keep busy but also to find meaning and enjoyment in work. Some teenagers work in the woods or on the farms near the village. Some learn to make things like tables and chairs and build houses. The adults teach them these skills.

There are several free hours each day. Weekends are free,too. During the free hours some of the teenagers learn photo-taking or painting. Others sit around and talk or sing. Each teenager chooses his own way to spend his free time.

    When people live together,rules are necessary. In this programme the teenagers and the adults make the rules together. If someone breaks a rule,the problem goes before the whole group. They talk about it and ask,uWhy did it happen? What should we do about it?”

   One of the teenagers says about his experience,uYou stop thinking only about yourself. You learn to think about the group. ”

1. In the special programme in New York State,young and older people .

   A. don't work well together

   B. live together and are friendly to one another

   C. teach one another new ways of building houses

   D. spend eight weeks together,working as farmers

2. All the members work some time every day mainly to .

   A. have a busy life

   B. learn new skills of farming

   C. make more money

   D. find meaning and enjoyment in work

3. Living together, .

   A. the teenagers don't have to obey (遵守) the rules

   B. the teenagers have to obey the rules the adults make

   C. the members have no free time on weekends

   D. the members are not allowed (允许) to break the rules they make together

4. The last paragraph shows that the teenager thinks his experience in the programme is .

   A. unpleasant   B. tiring

   C. helpful      D. boring

5. The best title for the passage is .

   A. Life of Living Together

   B. Life in New York State

   C. Teenagers in the Special Group

   D. Free Hours in the Special Work Group

Answer 1

1. B 2. D 3. D 4. C 5. A

导读这是一篇说明文，在纽约有一个特别的节目，该节目让 青少年与成年人生活在一起，让他们学做家具、建造房屋等， 这个节目让青少年体会到了生活的真正意义及乐趣。 

详析

1. B细节理解题。根据第一段的最后一句可知，在纽约的一个特别节目中，成人和青少年在一起以一种友好的 方式生活。

2. D细节理解题。根据第二段中的find meaning and enjoyment in work可知，所有这些成员在一起工作的目 的是寻找工作的意义和乐趣。

3. D推理判断题。根据第四段的“ If someone breaks a rule. ”可以判断出，违反规则是不允许的。

4. C推理判断题。根据最后一段的最后两句可以判断出，

那个青少年从中学到了东西，他认为这个节目是有帮 助的。

5. A主旨大意题。本文主要通过让青少年与成年人生活在一起，让他们体会生活的意义和乐趣，故答案为A.

enjoyment n.令人愉快的事物

photo-taking n.摄影 rule 几规则

障碍句分析

If someone breaks a rule,the problem goes before the whole group.

如果有人违反了规则，整个小组将讨论这个问题。

这是一个含有条件状语从句的复合句。

If some breaks a rule是一个条件状语从句，后面的句子是主句。