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【題目】 Punks, Ravers, Mods and Teddy Boys are the names of British youth subcultures (亞文 化) from the last 70 years.

Youth Club, a UK not-for-profit organization, released a book earlier this year celebrating many different subcultures from throughout Britain’s recent history.

“A catalyst (催化劑) for creativity on the worldwide stage, British youth culture movements from the Teddy Boys of the 1950s to the Grime Scene of the 2000s continue to play a pioneering role in music, fashion and creativity across the globe”, it wrote on its website.

These subcultures were traditionally a way for young people to show their personalities to others. Walking around London in the 1970s would have meant seeing dozens of young “punks” ——people dressed in ripped denim (破洞), leather jackets, body piercings (穿孔) and with brightly-dyed hair on the streets. And in the 90s, “ravers” were young people who threw all-night parties in abandoned buildings or car parks.

So, what was the reason behind these subcultures?

“On both sides of the Atlantic, more and more young disappointed teenagers were looking for an escape from the boredom and constraints (約束) of society,” wrote Ian Youngs, BBC entertainment reporter. “Unemployment, racial tensions and social upheaval (劇變) added fuel to their fires.”

“Fashion and music are much cheaper and faster today.” said Ruth Adams, a culture lecturer at King’s College London, “but it’s all a bit more blurry (模糊不清的).” She believes it’s harder to figure out someone’s personality or music tastes nowadays just by looking at them.

Despite this, Adams believes that today’s young people are still finding their own way to express themselves, but in a more modern way.

【1】According to the text, British youth subcultures ________.

A.were a way for youth to express their identities

B.were started by Youth Club to promote creativity

C.could be traced back to the 1970s

D.had a greater effect on fashion than music

【2】What contributed to the popularity of youth subcultures?

A.Youth club of culture movements.

B.Young people’s longing for fame and wealth.

C.Young people’s desire for freedom and fun.

D.The easy access to fashion and music.

【3】Which of the following would Ruth Adams probably agree with?

A.It costs more money to stick to fashion and music.

B.Young people today can’t express themselves easily.

C.Young people today are less interested in music and fashion.

D.It’s harder to recognize the personalities of young people today.

【4】What’s the author’s attitude towards subcultures?

A.Negative.B.Objective.C.Doubtful.D.Supportive.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】D

【4】B

【解析】

這是一篇說(shuō)明文。文章講述了英國(guó)年輕人用“亞文化”展現(xiàn)自我的文化現(xiàn)象。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段第一句These subcultures were traditionally a way for young people to show their personalities to others.可知，亞文化是年輕人向別人展現(xiàn)他們個(gè)性的一種方式。故選A。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第六段“On both sides of the Atlantic, more and more young disappointed teenagers were looking for an escape from the boredom and constraints (約束) of society,” wrote Ian Youngs, BBC entertainment reporter. “Unemployment, racial tensions and social upheaval (劇變) added fuel to their fires.”可知，想要追求自由和社會(huì)壓力大是英國(guó)年輕人群中亞文化流行的原因。故選C。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中“but it’s all a bit more blurry (模糊不清的).” She believes it’s harder to figure out someone’s personality or music tastes nowadays just by looking at them.（她認(rèn)為，如今僅僅通過(guò)觀察一個(gè)人很難辨認(rèn)出他的個(gè)性或音樂(lè)品味）可知，Ruth Adams會(huì)同意“現(xiàn)在很難辨認(rèn)出年輕人的個(gè)性。”故選D。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段Punks, Ravers, Mods and Teddy Boys are the names of British youth subcultures (亞文 化) from the last 70 years.以及文章其他內(nèi)容可知，文章介紹了持續(xù)了70年歷史的英國(guó)青年亞文化以及引用英國(guó)國(guó)王學(xué)院文化講座者亞當(dāng)?shù)脑捳Z(yǔ)可知，作者對(duì)青年的亞文化現(xiàn)象所持有的態(tài)度是客觀的。故選B。

推理判斷題要求在理解原文表面文字信息的基礎(chǔ)上，做出一定的推理判斷，從而得到文章的隱含意義和深層意義。推理判斷題所涉及的內(nèi)容可能是文中的某一句話，也可能是某幾句話，所以，推理題的答案只能是根據(jù)原文表面文字信息一步推出的答案：即對(duì)原文某一句話或某幾句話所作的同義改寫(xiě)或綜合。推理判斷題的題干中通常含infer,suggest,imply,conclude indicate等標(biāo)志性詞語(yǔ)。 這種題型主要包括細(xì)節(jié)判斷題、態(tài)度觀點(diǎn)推斷題、寫(xiě)作意圖推斷題、文章出處判斷題和猜測(cè)想象推斷題。本題第3小題，根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中“but it’s all a bit more blurry (模糊不清的).” She believes it’s harder to figure out someone’s personality or music tastes nowadays just by looking at them. “她認(rèn)為，如今僅僅通過(guò)觀察一個(gè)人很難辨認(rèn)出他的個(gè)性或音樂(lè)品味”可知，Ruth Adams 會(huì)同意“現(xiàn)在很難辨認(rèn)出年輕人的個(gè)性。”故選D。