题目内容
“Teenager” is the new term being used in the UK to describe kids at either 8—12 or 10—13 years old.
More and more companies are beginning to create products and services for teenagers. The Disney Company sells music and film to teenagers and their parents. You can get everything from lunchboxes and mobile phone covers, to monthly fan magazines and clothing. It’s all about sales, which suggests that teenagers must have more money, freedom and influence upon their parents than they’ve ever had before.
Most kids in the UK today get more pocket money than kids did ten years ago. Parents have more money to give their kids than before, since parents are having fewer children. In addition, the divorce（离婚） rate in the UK is continually rising and parents spend less time with their children than they used to, so many parents try to please their children by buying them presents. It’s a bad habit for both parents and kids to get into, but parents are under pressure from commercial marketing and the pleas（请求） of their children.
UK kids today are very media and computer-literate. A lot of kids have a TV, if not a computer, in their bedrooms. They have easy access to much more information about life and the world. They may have experienced a lot in life as well, since 24% of UK kids live in single-parent families, so people now say that “kids are getting older younger”. With such maturity (成熟)at such a young age, it’s no wonder teenagers are able to influence their parents and have more freedom than previous generations.
UK teenagers never used to be worried about spending money on clothes. That’s changed. Now, they are much more fashion(时尚) conscious and concerned about their image(形象). Many of them outgrow the bright colors and fashions of kids years ago and go for something darker and more rebellious(叛逆).
Surely none of the above is a good thing. The UK government is certainly concerned, and for that reason has strict laws preventing companies from marketing their products and services at children.
1.Why are more products and services created for teenagers?
A.Because companies are creating better products and services.
B. Because children education is becoming more important.
C. Because it is better to study music from an early age.
D. .Because children have more money to buy them.
2.Kids today can get more money partly because ________.
A. parents always accompany(陪) their kids
B. more parents divorce nowadays
C. parents have more expectation(期望) of kids
D. kids know how to make money
3.Teenagers have more freedom due to the following facts EXCEPT that ________.
A. they become mature at a younger age
B. they know more information than kids before
C.they have a lot of experience in life
D.parents can no longer influence them
4.Which is true about kids in the past?
A. They used to have more money to spend.
B. They couldn’t influence their parents.
C.They preferred to wear brighter clothes.
D. They looked older than their age.
5.What is the purpose of the passage?
A.To introduce a new phenomenon(现象).
B. To teach a new word “teenager”.
C. To warn parents to care about their kids.
D. To blame（责怪）today’s young people
1.D
2.B
3.D
4.C
5.A
【解析】
试题分析：在英国许多公司把销售目光投到青少年身上，因为这些孩子们有大量的零花钱，精通网络媒体，有着超出实际年龄的成熟，更加地自由，更加地追求时尚而且注重个人形象。对此，英国政府已经颁布严格的法令禁止公司向青少年推销产品和服务。
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2.Parents have more money to give their kids than before, since parents are having fewer children. In addition, the divorce（离婚）rate in the UK is continually rising and parents spend less time with their children than they used to, so many parents try to please their children by buying them presents. ”可知，在英国目前青少年的零花钱比以往更多，一是因为父母生的孩子少了。而是离婚率不断上升，所以父母陪孩子的时间少了。故该题正确答案为B.
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4.Many of them outgrow the bright colors and fashions of kids years ago and go for something darker and more rebellious(叛逆).”可知，现在许多青少年不喜欢以前孩子的时尚和明亮的颜色，也就是说以前的青少年喜欢明亮的颜色。故该题正确答案为C.
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