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Why are young people less likely to purchase cars, or even have driver’s licenses nowadays? One theory has it that the generatio

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问题     Why are young people less likely to purchase cars, or even have driver’s licenses nowadays? One theory has it that the generation that came of age with the Internet and smartphones thinks cars are pretty lame. Automakers prefer to see the situation differently—that young people today love cars just as much as any other group, but just can’t afford them right now.
    The auto industry has been in recovery mode over the past few years. Automakers sold 14.5 million new cars and trucks in 2012, a 13% increase over the prior year, and the highest total since 2007. Projected auto sales totals for 2013 should easily beat last year too, topping 15 million. Even so, the comeback has been called a "subpar recovery," and a prime reason why sales haven’t truly taken off is that younger consumers today aren’t buying cars like younger consumers traditionally have in the car-crazed U.S.
    Gen Y has been called "Gen N" , as in Generation Neutral—which is the way some describe how millennials feel about car ownership. Studies have shown that fewer young adults have driver’s licenses, that this group hates the traditional car-buying process more than other demographics, and that they prefer urban living and socializing online and therefore have less need for cars.
    Overall, the impression one gets is that millennials just don’t have the passion for driving and owning a set of wheels that previous generations have had—at least not to the extent that they’ll devote a significant portion of their income to owning a car.
    So younger consumers just don’t particularly care for car ownership, right? Wrong, say automakers. "I don’t see any evidence that the young people are losing interest in cars," Mustafa Mohatarem, GM’s longtime chief economist, said to Automotive News. "It’s really the economics doing what we’re seeing, and not a change in preferences."
    Instead of accepting the premise that millennials see car ownership as "not cool," automakers are insisting that low rates of driver’s licenses and vehicle purchasing by young people come mainly as a result of car ownership being out of reach financially for this group right now. As the economy improves, and as millennials get a little older and have more need for cars due to work and family responsibilities, auto experts assume that this generation will have to embrace car ownership to a much larger degree. They see the car ownership alternatives—public transportation, as well as services like ride sharing and car sharing—as having only a negligible impact on the auto sales business in the future.
Which of the following can best describe the present auto industry?
选项 A、Its recovery has little to do with the young consumers.
B、It is slowly recovering from the past gloomy years.
C、It is expecting a true take-off in the near future.
D、It is out of the expectation of automakers.
答案B
解析 事实细节题。根据题干关键词auto industry定位到第二段。该段通过数字说明了美国汽车行业的发展趋势，明确指出在过去的几年中，该行业一直处于恢复期，销售量在稳步上升，但该段也提到了，由于年轻的消费者对汽车并不太感兴趣，这种恢复被称为“欠佳的恢复”。由此可知，美国汽车行业正处于缓慢恢复期，因此选[B]。文章中没有提到汽车行业的恢复是否与年轻人毫无关系，故排除[A]；文中并没有说汽车行业什么时候会“腾飞”，故排除[C]；文章没有内容显示目前汽车行业的状态出乎汽车制造商的预料，故排除[D]。
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