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 bee a member of Parliament(议会).
【小题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.【小题2】 In Britain, you can start to drink wine in a restaurant at the age of .A．twelveB．fourteenC．sixteenD．eighteen【小题3】 The underlined word “maturity” means “ ”.A．独立B．选举C．执法D．成熟【小题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.【小题5】If your 19-year-old friend is going to live in Britain, you should tell him that he can’t .A．drive a motorcycleB．drive a large passenger busC．get a part-time jobD．buy alcohol in a barA
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(答案→)A
解析：【小题1】A是正确答案，因为12岁就可以购买宠物了，14岁当然更可以了，而B,C项需要达到16岁才可以，D项需要达到18岁才可以.
【小题2】C是正确答案，因为从16，You can have beer or wine with a meal in a restaurant.就可以得知。
【小题3】D是正确答案，因为maturity这个词后面有它的解释have grown up长大成人
【小题4】B是正确答案，因为B项需要到21岁才可以，A项16岁就可以了，C项17岁就可以了，D项18岁是可以的。
【小题5】B是正确答案，因为B项需要到21岁才可以，A项16岁就可以了，C项13岁就
可以了，D项18岁就可以了。