题文
Being young is great. Most of the parts of your body still work great, you have a full head of hair, you’re energetic, and you have a world of opportunity in front of you. However, there’s going to come a time when you start to get older. And as you get older, you’ll have new responsibilities, complete independence, and perhaps most importantly, less time to recover from mistakes.You see, we all make mistakes in life. Maybe you spent more money than you should have on a car, you passed up on a great job opportunity, or you didn’t try as hard as you could have in school. It’s a part of life and we learn from it. But there are certain mistakes that are much better made while you’re still young and have plenty of time to recover.
I’m definitely not telling you that you should purposely go out and make these mistakes (because they’re a pain to recover from). But these are all mistakes that are much better made when you’re younger so that you can learn from them and not have them ruin your entire life.
Starting the wrong career
Wouldn’t you hate to be 45 years old and discover that you absolutely hate what you do for a living? It’s a reality that a lot of people face and it can be difficult to fix. You see, when you’re 23 and find out you don’t like the career path you’ve chosen, you can easily explore new career options.
We no longer live in an age when people are expected to stay with one company until they retire. You can bounce around a little bit and find out what you want to do. When you get older, just switching careers whenever you want isn’t as simple.
You have to consider your family, retirement, the difficulties you might run into with starting from the bottom in a new industry, and plenty of other issues that someone in their early 20’s just doesn’t have to deal with.
Dating the wrong person
The divorce rate in the U.S is extremely high. Other parts of the world aren’t doing too much better either. While everyone gets divorced for their own reasons, I think we can all agree that it’s better to find out that the person you’re with is wrong for you sooner rather than later.
Hopefully you find out whether or not the person you’re with is right for you before you tie the knot, because around 50% of first marriages end in divorce.
Messing up your credit
Ruining your credit is never a good idea. Even if you ruin it while you’re young, it could affect you in the future. The upside of having bad credit while you’re young instead of older is that you have time to build it back up.
It can take 7-10 years to rebuild your credit if you have a history of late payments, loan defaults, foreclosures, or bankruptcy. During those 7-10 years, you’ll have a hard time financing anything unless you have a cosigner or put down a substantial down payment.
Most people tend to make most of the bigger purchases in life when they get older such as a house or their dream car. If you have bad credit, you can kiss all of that goodbye.
Making bad investments
If you’re investing money for your retirement, making bad decisions can mean you’ll be working your entire life. Whether you choose to pay someone to do the investing for you or handle it all yourself, it’s a lot better to take risks when you’re younger.
If you invest in stock or even real estate while you’re young and the market takes a hit, you’re not ruined. Investing is a long-term venture, so the younger you start, the more fluctuation you can withstand and still come out with a positive return.
Blowing your money
What would you do if you went broke at 60 years old? You would be working your behind off when you really should be relaxing and getting ready to retire soon.
But if you’re 25 and broke, you still have plenty of time to earn more money. Also, nobody will judge you because it’s not unusual for people in their 20’s to not have money these days. You might have blown your money on a nice car or have an obsession with all the newest gadgets.
When you get older, you’ll be able to look back and realize how dumb you were for spending $20,000 on a brand new car when you were only 20 years old. But when you’re older and waste your money, you’ll REALLY have nothing to show for it.
小题1:The following are all the advantages of being young EXCEPT ___________.A．you have more time to recover from mistakesB．most of the parts of your body still work greatC．you have many responsibilities and complete independenceD．you have a world of opportunity in front of you小题2:You can bounce around a little bit and find out what you want to do. “Bounce” in this sentence is most similar in meaning to __________.A．My father would burst into the kitchen bouncing a football.B．The wind was bouncing the branches of the big oak trees.C．I was an army brat, I always bounced a lot when I was youngD．The ex-boxer's job is to bounce people who want to enter this private club.小题3: What does the author really mean by saying “it’s a lot better to take risks when you’re younger”?A．You should purposely go out and make these mistakes so that you can learn from them and not have them ruin your entire life.B．There are certain mistakes that are much better made while you’re still young and have plenty of time to recover.C．When you get older, you’ll have rich experiences to share with your friends and families however dumb you wereD．The younger you start, the fewer risks you can withstand and still come out with a positive return.小题4:We can infer from the passage that ___________.A．about 50% of first marriages end in divorce in the U.S, much higher than other parts of the worldB．never tie the knot before you make sure he or she will not divorce youC．it usually takes 7-10 years to rebuild one’s credit if it is broken for any reasonD．it’s unusual for people in their 20’s to have money these days小题5:The author wrote this article mainly to tell the young ____________.A．if you are to take risks, the earlier, the betterB．it’s better for the young to take any risk than the olderC．that they should make big purchases such as a house when they get olderD．if you don’t take risks when young, your youth will be dumb 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:C
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:C
小题5:A
解析
文章大意：我们都青春过，我们在年轻时会犯的5个错。这些错误，都是越年轻时犯就越有利，以便你能从中吸取教训，而避免让它们毁掉你的整个生活。
小题1:细节理解题。根据文章第一段And as you get older, you’ll have new responsibilities, complete independence, and perhaps most importantly, less time to recover from mistakes.可知C选择项不是年轻的优势，故选C。
小题2:词义推测题。根据文章第六段You can bounce around a little bit and find out what you want to do. When you get older, just switching careers whenever you want isn’t as simple.可以推测出bounce为“跳槽”之意，故选C。
小题3:细节理解题。根据第二段最后But there are certain mistakes that are much better made while you’re still young and have plenty of time to recover.可知犯错误越年轻越好，因为有时间来改正错误。故选B。
小题4:推理判断题。根据文章中 It can take 7-10 years to rebuild your credit if you have a history of late payments, loan defaults, foreclosures, or bankruptcy.可以判断需要7-10年重新建立一个人的信用。故C正确。
小题5:主旨大意题。根据文章大意：我们都青春过，我们在年轻时会犯的5个错。这些错误，都是越年轻时犯就越有利，以便你能从中吸取教训，而避免让它们毁掉你的整个生活。故A正确。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“Being young is great.....”主要考查你对 [日常生活类阅读 ]考点的理解。日常生活类阅读
日常生活类阅读的概念：
日常生活这一话题主要涉及人们衣食住行等方面的活动。这一话题的选材主要针对人们日常的工作，生活以及学习情况。做这一类题时，最主要的是要把握好人物的活动内容，时间和地点。
日常生活类阅读题答题技巧：
【题型说明】
该类文章内容涉及到人们的言谈举止、生活习惯、饮食起居、服饰仪表、恋爱婚姻、消遣娱乐、节日起源、家庭生活等。文章篇幅短小，追根溯源，探索各项风俗的历史渊源，内容有趣。命题也以送分题为主，如事实细节题、语义转换题、词义猜测题和简单推理判断题等。虽然这类文章读起来感觉轻松，试题做起来比较顺手，但绝不能掉以轻心。因为稍不留神，就会丢分。
【备考提醒】
为了保证较高准确率，建议同学们做好以下几点：
1、保持正常的考试心态。笔者在教学中发现，越是容易的试题，同学们越是容易失分。为什么呢？因为在这种情况下，同学们极易产生麻痹思想，认为题目好做，就不引起高度重视，于是思维不发散、不周密。而命题人就是利用同学们的这一弱点，设计陷阱题。所以，无论试题难易与否，我们都要保持正常的考试心态。试题容易，不欣喜；试题难，不悲观。
2、根据前面讲到的方法，认认真真、细细心心做好事实细节题。
3、做好语义转换题。这类题是根据英语中一词多义和某些词语在文中能表达一定的修辞意义的原则而设计的。要求同学们解释某生词的含义，确定多义词或短语在文中的意思，确认文中的某个代词所指代的对象，或者对英语中特有的表达、格言、谚语进行解释。这种题要求同学们一定要根据上下文猜测词义或理解句子，切不可望文生义。
4、做好简单推理判断题。简单推理判断题要以表面文字为前提，以具体事实为依据进行推理，做出判断。这种推理方式比较直接，只要弄清事实，即可结合常识推断出合理的结论。
