Well, parents, surprise! Lots of us are using Twitter and Facebook to thumb rides, and not

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 (经济衰退), 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.
【小题1】The American teens like me, prefer to possess an iPhone as a birthday gift because .A．it is most fashionable and coolB．they are bored with driving cars C．they are fond of being connectedD．it is much cheaper than a car【小题2】We can learn from the text that .A．Twitter is a website for teens to make friends and achieve goalsB．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【小题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 recessionC．young people tend to share a car with strangers by means of Twitter D．being connected via technology comes first for young people【小题4】The best title for the passage is probably .A．Twitter, an Awesome WebsiteB．Cars or iPhoneC．Teens Use Twitter to Thumb RidesD．Cool Teens on the GoC

(答案→)C 解析：文章介绍了年轻人用twitter联系便车。【小题1】细节题：根据“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. 可知美国青少年喜欢拥有苹果手机作为生日礼物是因为他们喜欢被联系，故选C。【小题2】细节题：根据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.可知从这篇文章我们可以知道ridesharing可以被看作是人们相互依靠的一种符号，故选B。【小题3】细节题： 根据“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. 故选D。【小题4】主旨题：根据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. 可知这篇文章最好的题目是年轻人用twitter联系便车。故选C。

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