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短文填空 選擇恰當的單詞填空，每詞限用一次。（有兩個多余的選項）

answer, alone, oldest, start, until, ask, fortieth, own, teach, first, money, later

In Britain you are allowed to drive a car when you are seventeen. You have to get a special two-year driving license before you can ____. When you are learning, someone with a full license always has to be in the car with you because you aren’t allowed to drive the car on the road ____. You don’t have to go to a driving school——a friend can  ____ you. The person with you isn’t allowed to take the ___ for the lesson unless he’s got a teacher’s license.
Before you are allowed to have a full license, you have to take a driving test. You can take a test in your ____ car, but it has to be fit for the road. In the test you have to drive round for about half an hour and then ____ a few questions. If you don’t pass the test, you are allowed to take it again a few weeks ____ if you want to. In 1970 a woman passed her ____ test after 212 driving lessons. When you’ve passed your test, you don’t have to take it again, and you are allowed to go on driving as long as you like. Britain’s ____ driver was a man who drove in 1974 at the age of 100.
Before 1904 everyone was allowed to drive, even children. Then from 1904 car drivers had to have a license. But they didn’t have to take a test ____1935. On the early days of car driving, before 1878, cars weren’t allowed to go faster than four miles an hour, and someone had to lead the car with a red flag.

Answer 1

 
【小題1】start
【小題2】alone
【小題3】teach
【小題4】money
【小題5】own
【小題6】answer
【小題7】later
【小題8】fortieth
【小題9】oldest
【小題10】until 

解析試題分析：本文大意：在英國到了十七歲才可開車，但是在開車前必須有一個特殊的兩年期駕照。可以不去駕校學開車，朋友也可以教你，但是只有有教師證的才可以收費，而且教你開車的人必須有一個全照。可以用自己的車參加考試，也可以考很多次試，時間不限定。1904年以前是任何人都可以開車的，1904年后才要求有駕照，到了1935年才必須參加考試。
【小題1】考查動詞。句意：在開始之前，你必須有一個兩年期的特殊駕照。start開始。根據語境可知是在開始開車前，故答案填start。
【小題2】考查副詞。句意：當你正在學開車的時候，因為不允許你獨自一人開車上路，所以必須有一個全照的人一直陪著你。alone獨自。根據someone with a full license always has to be in the car with you必須有一個全照的人一直陪著你，可知不是一人上路，故答案填alone 。
【小題3】考查動詞。句意：你不必去駕校學習，朋友可以教你。teach教。根據語境可知既然不必去語境學開車，那么朋友也是可以教你的，故答案填teach。
【小題4】考查名詞。句意：教你開車的人不允許收費，除非他有教師證。take the money收費。去駕校學開車是收費的，有教師證的教開車也可以收費，否則不能收費，故答案填money。
【小題5】考查形容詞。句意:你可以開自己的車參加考試，但是你的車必須適應路況。one’s own某人自己的。根據 but it has to be fit for the road但是你的車必須適應路況，可知不是統一的考試車， 故答案填own。
【小題6】考查動詞。句意：考試中你比必須駕車半個小時左右，然后回答幾個問題。answer回答。根據a few questions幾個問題，可知是回答， 故答案填answer。
【小題7】考查副詞。句意:如果你考試沒過，只要你想重考，幾周后你就可以再考。later以后。根據語境可知是幾周后可再考，故答案填later。
【小題8】考查名詞。句意:1970年，一位婦女在經過212次駕駛課后終于通過了她的第40次考試。fortieth第四十。根據after 212 driving lessons經過212次駕駛課后，上了這么多的課，考次次數也不止一次，故答案填fortieth。
【小題9】考查形容詞。句意：英國最老的司機是1974年一位100歲的男人。oldest最老的。根據in 1974 at the age of 1001974年一位100歲，可知是年紀最大的，故答案填oldest。
【小題10】考查形容詞。句意：但直到1935年他們才須參加考試。not until直到……才。根據Before 1904 everyone was allowed to drive, even children. Then from 1904 car drivers had to have a license.1904年前任何人都可以開車，甚至是孩子。然后從1904年開始司機必須有駕照，可知考試是后來才有的，故答案填unitl。
考點：短文填空。