语法填空 Today’s Teens in No Hurry to Start Driving
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Today’s Teens in No Hurry to Start Driving
The legal age to drive a car in the United States is 16. Getting a driver's license on the day you turn 16 has long been ___1___ major life event for many young people in America.
But interest in driving among today's teenagers ___2___ (drop) sharply over the past 35 years.
In 1983, 80 percent of 18-year-olds in America had a driver's license. By 2018, that number had dropped to 61 percent. Among 16-year-olds, the number decreased from 46 percent in 1983 ___3___ 25 percent in 2018. Those ___4___(number) come from the U.S. Federal Highway Administration.
Young people say they have many reasons for delaying or avoiding ___5___(get) a driver's license. Some choose more environmentally friendly transportation choices. Others find driving to be ___6___(stress). And some ___7___(simple) do not care about cars at all.
Carmakers want to make their vehicles more appealing to young people. They seek to make cars more interesting to a generation ___8___(raise) on technology. Some believe a big screen is ___9___ today's teen drivers want. The vehicle is an ___10___(extend) of their iPhone or their screen device.
答案解析
1.a 考查冠词。a major life event 一件人生大事。表示“一”，用不定冠词。
2.has dropped。考查时态。根据时间状语 over the past 35 years(近35年来)，表示drop动作从过去(35年前)发生持续到现在，用现在完成时。
3.to 考查介词。表示“从……到……”，为from...to...。
4.numbers 考查名词复数。those numbers 那些数字。根据those或空格后的come可知主语是复数。
5.getting 考查非谓语。表示“避免做……”，为avoid doing.
6.stressful 考查词类转换。find sth. to be+形容词。句意：有些人选择更环保的交通方式，还有些人则觉得开车很有压力。
7.simply考查词类转换。修饰谓语do not care，用副词作状语。
8.raised 考查非谓语。因年轻一代是“被抚养”的，用过去分词作定语，表被动。
9.what 表示表语从句。句意：一些人认为，大屏幕是当今青少年驾驶员想要的。what表示“……的（东西）”，在系动词is后引导表语从句，并在从句中作want的宾语。
10.extension考查词类转换。extend [ɪkˈstend] v. 扩展;延伸 extension [ɪkˈstenʃn] n. 扩展;延伸。句意：车子是他们的iPhone或屏幕设备的延伸。
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Today’s Teens in No Hurry to Start Driving
The legal age to drive a car in the United States is 16. Getting a driver's license on the day you turn 16 has long been ___1___ major life event for many young people in America.
But interest in driving among today's teenagers ___2___ (drop) sharply over the past 35 years.
In 1983, 80 percent of 18-year-olds in America had a driver's license. By 2018, that number had dropped to 61 percent. Among 16-year-olds, the number decreased from 46 percent in 1983 ___3___ 25 percent in 2018. Those ___4___(number) come from the U.S. Federal Highway Administration.
Young people say they have many reasons for delaying or avoiding ___5___(get) a driver's license. Some choose more environmentally friendly transportation choices. Others find driving to be ___6___(stress). And some ___7___(simple) do not care about cars at all.
Carmakers want to make their vehicles more appealing to young people. They seek to make cars more interesting to a generation ___8___(raise) on technology. Some believe a big screen is ___9___ today's teen drivers want. The vehicle is an ___10___(extend) of their iPhone or their screen device.
答案解析
1.a 考查冠词。a major life event 一件人生大事。表示“一”，用不定冠词。
2.has dropped。考查时态。根据时间状语 over the past 35 years(近35年来)，表示drop动作从过去(35年前)发生持续到现在，用现在完成时。
3.to 考查介词。表示“从……到……”，为from...to...。
4.numbers 考查名词复数。those numbers 那些数字。根据those或空格后的come可知主语是复数。
5.getting 考查非谓语。表示“避免做……”，为avoid doing.
6.stressful 考查词类转换。find sth. to be+形容词。句意：有些人选择更环保的交通方式，还有些人则觉得开车很有压力。
7.simply考查词类转换。修饰谓语do not care，用副词作状语。
8.raised 考查非谓语。因年轻一代是“被抚养”的，用过去分词作定语，表被动。
9.what 表示表语从句。句意：一些人认为，大屏幕是当今青少年驾驶员想要的。what表示“……的（东西）”，在系动词is后引导表语从句，并在从句中作want的宾语。
10.extension考查词类转换。extend [ɪkˈstend] v. 扩展;延伸 extension [ɪkˈstenʃn] n. 扩展;延伸。句意：车子是他们的iPhone或屏幕设备的延伸。
