“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(qǐng)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(shí)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

（1） Today, millions of people want to learn or improve their English ,but it is difficult to find the best method．Is it better to study in Britain or America or to study in your own country?

（2） The advantages of going to Britain seem obvious．Firstly, you will be able to listen to the language all the time you are in the country．You will be surrounded completely by the language wherever you go．Another advantage is that you have to speak the language if you are with other people．

（3）On the other hand, there are also advantages of staying at home to study．You don’t have to make big changes to your life．As well as this, it is also a lot cheaper than going to Britain.

（4）So I think that if you have enough time and enough money, the best choice is to spend some time in the UK．But this is not possible for most people, so the most important thing to do in this situation is to catch your opportunities: to speak only English in class and to try to use English whenever possible outside the class．

1.What is the text mainly about?（no more than 8 words）

2.How many advantages of going to Britain to study English?(no more than 3 words)

3.What are the advantages of staying at home to study?（no more than 15 words）

4. Why are most people not able to go to the UK? (no more than 8 words）

5.What suggestion does the author give to those who learn English in their own country?（no more than 15 words）

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