Somechildrencannotwaittogrowup.Becauseonceyoubecomeanadultyouarefreetomakeyourowndecisions.Moreimportantlyyoucandoallthosethingsthatyoucannotdonowbecauseyouaretooyoung.Sothequestionis‘Atwhatagedoyoureallybecomeanadult?'Wellpeoplebecomeadultsatdifferentagesindifferentplaces.
InAustraliathe18thbirthdayisaveryimportanteventforyoungAustraliansbecauseitmeanstheycandoalmostanythingtheywant.Theycanvotelearntodriveacargetmarriedjointhearmyandevenbuytheirownhouses.HowevereveniftheycandoallthesethingsmostAustralianshavetowaituntiltheir21stbirthdaytoreallycelebratebecominganadult.ThisisthetraditionaladultagenotonlyinAustraliabutalsointheUSAandtheUK.Itistheirfirstyearoftrueindependence(独立).Traditionallypeopleweregivenakeytotheirhousesbytheirparentswhentheyturned21meaningtheycouldcomeandgoastheylike.
Eventhough21isthetraditionaladultageinmanyEnglish-speakingcountriesthelawnowadaysisdifferentineachcountry.IntheUKyoucanjointhearmyat16andevengetmarriedat16ifyourparentsallow.YoungpeopleintheUKcanlearntodriveacarat17asinAustraliaalthoughtheyhavetowaituntiltheyare18tovote.
InChinathereisadifferentageforeachofthestagesofbecominganadult.Youcanvoteandlearntodriveacarwhenyouare18butifyouwanttogetmarriedwomenhavetowaituntiltheyare20andmenuntiltheyare22.Chinesepeoplecelebrateimportantbirthdaysevery10years--sowhenyoungpeopleturn20theycanexpectabigparty!
Nomatterwhatageyouarebecominganadultisreallyaboutlearninghowtobeindependentandresponsible(负责任的).Onceyouarefinallyabletotakecareofyourselfandmakeyourowndecisionsthenyoucansaythatyouaretrulyallgrown-ups.
1.Whichofthefollowingaretrulyadultsaccordingtothepassage?
A.Independentgrown-ups.B.Marriedpeople.
C.Peoplewhocandrive.D.Peopleinthearmy.
2.AtwhatagedoAustraliansreallybecomeadults?
A.17.B.18.C.20.D.21.
3.Whatisthewriter’sopinionabouttheagepeoplebecomeadults?
A.Theagepeoplebecomeadultsdependsonwhethertheycanvoteornot.
B.Theagepeoplebe