Well, parents, surprise! Lots of us are using Twitter and Facebook to thumb rides, and not just to school. It’s awkward to be refused when you call a friend and ask for a ride. But with Twitter, you just look for other people heading the same way.
It may sound risky, so many teens stay within their own social circles to find rides, and don’t branch out beyond friends when asking on Twitter just like me, but to some young people, especially those taking longer trips, stranger danger is less of a concern.
“I think the digital connection of young people is really key, because younger generations grew up sharing things on line, sharing files, photos, music, etc, so they’ve been very used to sharing,” said Juliet Schor, a sociology professor at Boston College.
The sharing economy got big during the recession (經(jīng)濟(jì)衰退), allowing people to access more goods, services using technology and even to share costs. And that technology, for me, is what the car was for my mom, a gateway to more freedom, like what my friend Earl says, “The symbol of freedom isn’t the car any more because there’s technology out there connecting you to a car.”
According to the researchers at the University of Michigan, 30 years ago, eight in ten American 18-year-olds had a driver’s license compared to six in ten today. So it’s not that surprising that on my 16th birthday I wasn’t rushing to get a license but an iPhone.
“Driving, for young people, does mean they have to disconnect from their technology, and that’s a negative. So if they could sit in the passage side and still be connected, that’s going to be a plus.” Schor continued.
To me, another plus is that ridesharing represents something, something much bigger than trying to save money. I see it as evidence that people still depend on each other. My generation shares their cars and apartments the way neighbors used to share cups of sugar. For the system to work, some of us still need our own cars. But until I get my own version of the silver Super Beetle, you can find me on Twitter.
【小題1】The American teens like me, prefer to possess an iPhone as a birthday gift because _______.

A．it is most fashionable and cool
B．they are bored with driving cars
C．they are fond of being connected
D．it is much cheaper than a car
【小題2】We can learn from the text that _______.
A．Twitter is a website for teens to make friends and achieve goals
B．ridesharing can be seen as a sign that people still count on each other
C．driving cars for teens means a plus and connecting with technology
D．having a car and cost-sharing symbolize more freedom for the author’s mother
【小題3】Professor Juliet would agree that _______.
A．young people will sit waiting to be contacted by reading a passage
B．sharing economy is bound to be responsible for the recession
C．young people tend to share a car with strangers by means of Twitter
D．being connected via technology comes first for young people
【小題4】The best title for the passage is probably _______.
A．Twitter, an Awesome WebsiteB．Cars or iPhone
C．Teens Use Twitter to Thumb RidesD．Cool Teens on the Go


【小題1】C
【小題2】B
【小題3】D
【小題4】C

解析試題分析：文章介紹了年輕人用twitter聯(lián)系便車。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)“I think the digital connection of young people is really key, because younger generations grew up sharing things on line, sharing files, photos, music, etc, so they’ve been very used to sharing,” said Juliet Schor, a sociology professor at Boston College. 可知美國(guó)青少年喜歡擁有蘋果手機(jī)作為生日禮物是因?yàn)樗麄兿矚g被聯(lián)系，故選C。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)To me, another plus is that ridesharing represents something, something much bigger than trying to save money. I see it as evidence that people still depend on each other.可知從這篇文章我們可以知道ridesharing可以被看作是人們相互依靠的一種符號(hào)，故選B。
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)題： 根據(jù)“I think the digital connection of young people is really key, because younger generations grew up sharing things on line, sharing files, photos, music, etc, so they’ve been very used to sharing,” said Juliet Schor, a sociology professor at Boston College. 故選D。
【小題4】主旨題：根據(jù)Well, parents, surprise! Lots of us are using Twitter and Facebook to thumb rides, and not just to school. It’s awkward to be refused when you call a friend and ask for a ride. But with Twitter, you just look for other people heading the same way. 可知這篇文章最好的題目是年輕人用twitter聯(lián)系便車。
故選C。
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