In Britain you’re allowed to drive a car when you’re seventeen. You have to get a special two-year driving license before you can start. When you’re learning, someone with a full license always has to be in the car with you because you aren’t allowed to drive the car on the road alone. You don’t have to go to a driving school --- a friend can teach you. The person with you isn’t allowed to take money for the lesson unless he’s got a teacher’s license.

Before you’re allowed to have a full license, you have to take a driving test. You can take a test in your own car, but it has to be fit for the road. In the test you have to drive round for about half an hour and then answer a few questions. If you don’t pass 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 after 212 driving lessons! When you’ve passed your test, you don’t have to take it again, and you’re allowed to go on driving as long as you like. Britain’s oldest driver was a man who drove in 1974 at the age of 100.

Before 1904 everyone was allowed to drive, even children. Then from 1904 car drivers had to have a license. But they didn’t have to take a test until 1935. On the early days of car driving, before 1878, cars weren’t allowed to go faster than four miles an hour, and someone had to lead the car with a red flag.

1.A person can’t take money for driving lessons unless he __________.

A. has learnt to drive in a driving school

B. has a full driving license

C. has a full license and a teacher’s license

D. is given a special two-year driving license

2.In the driving test, one _______________________.

A. mustn’t drive his car, even though the car is fit for the road   

B. is usually asked to drive on roads for some time

C. has to be examined only in car driving skills

D. must drive around for more than an hour

3.When can I take the driving test again if I don’t pass it?

A. a few years later

B. right after the first test

C. a few weeks later

D. never

4.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. There is no limit (限制)to the age of an old man who drives a car.

B. One can take a driving test again and again until he passes it.

C. There was a speed limit to cars before 1878.

D. A car driver didn’t have to get a limit license until 1935.

5.The best title for the passage is _____________.

A. Driving Licenses in Britain

B. Tests for Britain People

C. Driving Cars

D. Young Men’s Driving Licenses

 

Traffic rules help to keep order on the road. They also help to keep people   26  . The pedestrian(行人) has as many rules to   27   as the driver of a car. You should walk on the sidewalk(人行道) or at the side of the road. Always look   28   before you walk across the street.

If you like riding a bike, don’t ride in the middle of the road or run   29   red traffic lights. When you ride a bike with a friend, don’t look around or talk.If you drive a car, you should   30   at the traffic lights. You must always   31   a seat belt(安全带). Without belts   32   the driver and the passengers may be badly hurt in a sudden accident.

You may not need to take a bus, but   33   if you have to travel in one. Get on or get off a bus only when it comes to a   34  . When it is full, don’t try to get inside   35   you may fall off.

Traffic rules are also called Road Safety rules. The maxim(格言) for all road users is “Thinking about others”.

1.A. healthy            B. safe            C. happy            D. careful

2.A. follow             B. make            C. break            D. pass

3. A. happy             B. happily         C. careful          D. carefully

4.A. through            B. across          C. along            D. around

5.A. speed up           B. go ahead        C. get off          D. slow down

6.A. take               B. wear            C. carry            D. bring

7. A. half              B. none            C. both             D. all

8. A. look around  B. take care           C. take a seat      D. look back

9.A. sign               B. stop            C. corner           D. crossing

10. A. and  B. so   C. or   D. but

 

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    What do you do at the weekend? Some people like to    21    at home, but others like to go    22    a walk or play football. My friend Sam works hard in a factory during the       23    . At the weekend, he always     24    the same thing. On Saturday he    25    his car and on     26    he goes with his family to a village by car. His uncle and aunt have a farm there. It isn’t a    27    one but there is always     28    to do on the farm. The children help with the animals and give them their     29    . Sam and his friends help in the fields. At the end of the day, they are all     30    and Sam’s aunt gives them a big meal.

1.  A. play         B. live         C. stay         D. enjoy

2. A. to                B. for          C. in               D. at

3. A. day           B. time         C. autumn       D. week

4.A. does           B. makes            C. borrows      D. has

5.A. watches        B. drives           C. sells            D. washes

6.A. Monday     B. Sunday       C. Saturday     D. Wednesday

7. A. small         B. big          C. hard         D. short

8.A. much           B. little           C. fast         D. far

9.A. clothes            B. places           C. food         D. water

10.A. clean         B. late         C. hungry       D. friendly

 

 

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