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.”
小題1:In one special program in New York State, young and older people_______.
A．don’t work well together
B．a(chǎn)re friendly to each other
C．teach each other new ways of building houses
D．spend eight weeks together, working as farmers
小題2:All the members work some time every day mainly to________.
A．lead a busy life
B．learn new skills of farming
C．get used to the life on the farms
D．find useful things and pleasure in work
小題3:Living together, ________.
A．the teenagers don’t have to obey the rules
B．the members have to obey the rules the adults make
C．the members have no free time but on weekends
D．the members should not break the rules they make together
小題4:The best title for the passage is________.
A．The Rules of Living Together
B．Life in New York State
C．Teenagers and Adults Together
D．Free Hours in the Special Work Group

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:D
小題4:A

試題分析：本段主要通過講述青少年和成年人在一起為共同完成一項(xiàng)任務(wù)，必須發(fā)揮團(tuán)結(jié)協(xié)作的精神。
小題1:根據(jù)第一段的內(nèi)容可知，在紐約年輕人和老年人之間能友好地相處，所以選 B。
小題2:根據(jù)“Everyone works several hours each day．They do so not just to keep busy but to find meaning and fun in work．”可以確定答案是 D。
小題3:根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段內(nèi)容可知，群體成員都要遵守群體規(guī)則，所以選 D。
小題4:根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容可以確定這篇文章的題目為共同生活的原則，其他三個(gè)都有片面性，一個(gè)是講紐約州的生活；一個(gè)是講年輕人和老年人；另一個(gè)是講紐約州的自由群體，所以選A。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文主要敘述了青少年和成年人由于代溝往往意見不統(tǒng)一，為此他們通過一個(gè)活動(dòng)讓他們一起生活，一起工作，一起玩耍等，從而體會(huì)到團(tuán)隊(duì)合作的重要性，，從而考查學(xué)生的理解能力
該題難度稍微大點(diǎn)，個(gè)別學(xué)生做起來有點(diǎn)困難，只要抓住文章的主旨，就能做出正確的判斷
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