Young people and older people do not always agree. They sometimes have different ideas about living, working and playing. But in one special program in New York State, adults and teenagers live together in a friendly way.
Each summer 200 teenagers and 50 adults live together for eight weeks as members of a special work group. Everyone works several hours each day. They do so not just to keep busy but to find meaning and fun in work. Some teenagers work in the forests or on the farms near the village. Some learn to make things like tables and chairs and to build houses. The adults teach them these skills.
There are several free hours each day. Weekends are free, too. During the free hours some of the teenagers learn photo-taking or drawing. Others sit around and talk or sing. Each teenager chooses his own way to pass his free time.
When people live together, they should have rules. In this program the teenagers and the adults make the rules together. If someone breaks a rule, the problem goes before the whole group. They talk about it and ask, “Why did it happen? What should we do about it?”
One of the teenagers has said something about it, “You have to stop thinking only about yourself. You learn how to think about the group.”
【小题1】In one special program in New York State, young and older people .A．don’t work well togetherB．are friendly to each otherC．teach each other new ways of building housesD．spend eight weeks together, working as farmers【小题2】All the members work some time every day mainly to .A．lead a busy lifeB．learn new skills of farmingC．get used to the life on the farmsD．find useful things and pleasure in work【小题3】Living together, .A．the teenagers don’t have to obey the rulesB．the members have to obey the rules the adults makeC．the members have no free time but on weekendsD．the members should not break the rules they make together【小题4】The best title for the passage is .A．The Rules of Living TogetherB．Life in New York StateC．Teenagers and Adults TogetherD．Free Hours in the Special Work GroupB
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(答案→)B
解析：本段主要通过讲述青少年和成年人在一起为共同完成一项任务，必须发挥团结协作的精神。
【小题1】根据第一段的内容可知，在纽约年轻人和老年人之间能友好地相处，所以选 B。
【小题2】根据“Everyone works several hours each day．They do so not just to keep busy but to find meaning and fun in work．”可以确定答案是 D。
【小题3】根据倒数第二段内容可知，群体成员都要遵守群体规则，所以选 D。
【小题4】根据短文内容可以确定这篇文章的题目为共同生活的原则，其他三个都有片面性，一个是讲纽约州的生活；一个是讲年轻人和老年人；另一个是讲纽约州的自由群体，所以选A。