Dear editor,
I am writing to ask what has happened to our young people.They are not as polite or hard-working as my generation（一代人I will give you two examples.
Last Friday, I got on the underground at 9:15 a.m. It was very crowded so there was no free seat.There were some boys sitting on the seats near me.I didn't know why they were not at school.They were talking and laughing loudly. It was difficult for me to read my newspaper with all the noise.At the next stop, a pregnant（懷孕的）woman and her daughter got on with lots of shopping bags.I expected the boys to let them sit down.They saw the woman but they did nothing.I had to ask them to give the woman and her daughter seats.   They did so but gave me a rude look.
Last Saturday, I had dinner with my friend’s family.I was glad to see his children, who I hadn't seen for ten years.During the dinner, I started talking about world politics with the children.It soon became clear that they didn't know much about it.They couldn't tell me the name of the King of Spain or President of Italy.All they knew about was the Internet or which singers were the most beautiful.In my days, students knew the kings, the queens and the presidents of every country in Europe.
I worry about the future of Germany.How could these young people become good workers and parents? They sit around McDonald's after school instead of going to the library like I did at their age.Maybe they have too much money.Perhaps some readers can give us some ideas about what to do with this “l(fā)ost generation”.
Yours sincerely,
Frantz Vogts.
小題1:Mr. Vogts writes this letter to the editor to _______.
A．show how rude the boys were
B．express his worry about his friend’s children’s future
C．show how lazy young people nowadays are
D．complain the way some young people acted
小題2:When Mr Vogts met the boys on the underground , he_______.
A．knew there was no hope for him to get a seat
B．felt he would be in trouble
C．thought they should have been studying instead of staying there
D．expected that they would get off at the next stop
小題3:Mr Vogts was disappointed at the dinner because _______.
A．he was not politely treated
B．he had different opinions on the world politics from his friend
C．the children cared more about the Internet than he
D．the children did not know much about world politics
小題4:By saying “l(fā)ost generation”, Mr Vogts refers to ________.
A．the fact that he is angry with young people today
B．the people at his age
C．his worry about these young people
D．today’s young people

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:D

小題1:推理題，由第一段的主要意思“做這些這是想問一下，對于年輕人發(fā)生了什么，他們的行為沒有我們那一代有禮貌”，所以選D
小題2:推理題，由第二段的第二行I didn't know why they were not at school.They were talking and laughing loudly可以推出答案，所以選C
小題3:細節(jié)題，由倒數(shù)第二段的第三行They couldn't tell me the name of the King of Spain or President of Italy.All they knew about was the Internet or which singers were the most beautiful.In my days, students knew the kings, the queens and the presidents of every country in Europe.
可以知道答案，所以選D
小題4:推理題，由全文的意思“講述現(xiàn)代年輕人的一些行為”，所以選D
點評：本文主要講述了現(xiàn)代年輕人一些行為，沒有以前的人有禮貌和刻苦學(xué)習(xí)，首先要閱讀全文，然后帶著問題，再讀全文，找出答題所需要的依據(jù)，完成閱讀。本文主要考查推理題，要求學(xué)生有很強的推理能力。
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