In Britain you’re allowed (允许) to drive a car when you’re seventeen. You have to get a special (特殊的) two-year driving licence before you can start. When you’re learning, some-one with a full licence always has to be in the car with you because you aren’t allowed to drive the car on the road alone. You don’t have to go to a driving school-a friend can teach you. The person with you isn’t allowed to take money for the lesson unless (除非) he’s got a teacher’s licence.
Before you’re allowed to have a full licence you have to take a driving test. You can take a test in your own car, but it has to be fit (适合) for the road. In the test you have to drive round for about half an hour and then answer a few questions. If you don’t pass the test, you’re allowed to take it again a few weeks later if you want to. In 1970 a woman passed her fortieth test after 212 driving lessons! When you’ve passed your test you don’t have to take it again, and you’re allowed to go on driving as long as you like, if you’re healthy. Britain’s oldest 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 licence. But they didn’t have to take a test until 1935. In 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 (旗).
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1．Which of the following is NOT necessary (必要的) for a young man who wants to drive a car alone?
A．He should pass a driving test to get a full licence.
B．He should learn to drive in a driving school.
C．He should get a special two-year driving licence.
D．He should reach the age of 17.
2．A person can’t take money for driving lessons unless he .
A．is given a special two-year driving licence
B．has a full licence and a teacher’s licence
C．has learned to drive in a driving school
D．has a full driving licence
3．In the driving test, one .
A．must drive around for more than an hour
B．has to be examined (检查) only in car driving skills
C．is usually asked to drive on roads for some time
D．must drive his own car and it must be fit for the road
4．Which of the following is NOT TRUE?
A．One can take a driving test again and again until he passes it.
B．A car driver didn’t have to get a licence until 1935.
C．There was a speed limit (限制) to cars before 1878.
D．There is no limit to the age of an old man who drives a car.
5．The best title (标题) for the passage is .
A．British Car Drivers B．Young Men’s Driving Licences
C．Tests for British People D．Driving Licence in Britain