Important Ages in the UK
Age | What you can do |
5 | You have to go to school. |
12 | You can buy a pet. |
13 | You can get a part-time job, but you can’t work for more than two hours on a school day or on Sunday. |
14 | You can go into a bar, but you can’t buy alcohol(酒). |
16 | You can leave school. A boy can join the army with his parents’ permission(许可). You can drive a motorcycle. You can have beer or wine with a meal in a restaurant. |
17 | You can hold a license to drive most small cars. |
18 | Age of maturity—you have grown up in the eyes of the law. You can marry even without your parents’ permission. You can buy and drink alcohol in a bar. |
21 | You can hold a license to drive a large passenger bus. You can have a license to sell alcohol. You can become a member of Parliament(议会). |
- 1.
In Britain, what can you do when you are 14 years old?
- A.Buy a pet
- B.Join the army
- C.Drive a motorcycle
- D.Buy alcohol
- A.
- 2.
In Britain, you can start to drink wine in a restaurant at the age of _______
- A.twelve
- B.fourteen
- C.sixteen
- D.eighteen
- A.
- 3.
The underlined word “maturity” means “_______”
- A.独立
- B.选举
- C.执法
- D.成熟
- A.
- 4.
Which of the following is not allowed for the 18-year-old teenagers?
- A.Leave school
- B.Joining the Parliament
- C.Driving small cars
- D.Marrying
- A.
- 5.
If your 19-year-old friend is going to live in Britain, you should tell him that he can’t _______
- A.drive a motorcycle
- B.drive a large passenger bus
- C.get a part-time job
- D.buy alcohol in a bar
- A.