Question

“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（離婚） 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（請求） 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(時尚) 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(現(xiàn)象).

B. To teach a new word “teenager”.

C. To warn parents to care about their kids.

D. To blame（責(zé)怪）today’s young people

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.B

3.D

4.C

5.A

【解析】

試題分析：在英國許多公司把銷售目光投到青少年身上，因為這些孩子們有大量的零花錢，精通網(wǎng)絡(luò)媒體，有著超出實際年齡的成熟，更加地自由，更加地追求時尚而且注重個人形象。對此，英國政府已經(jīng)頒布嚴格的法令禁止公司向青少年推銷產(chǎn)品和服務(wù)。

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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（離婚）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，在英國目前青少年的零花錢比以往更多，一是因為父母生的孩子少了。而是離婚率不斷上升，所以父母陪孩子的時間少了。故該題正確答案為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，現(xiàn)在許多青少年不喜歡以前孩子的時尚和明亮的顏色，也就是說以前的青少年喜歡明亮的顏色。故該題正確答案為C.

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