China's long-awaited rules on school bus safety finally came into force on Tuesday, including a list of ways aimed at reducing the risk of accident.
Among the biggest changes is that buses carrying students will be given priority(优先权) in traffic, while companies and drivers will need licenses to offer school transport services.
Officials have spent more than four months making the rules, during which time the country has been shocked by several big crashes because of overcrowded school buses.
The latest accident happened on Monday in Yangchun, Guangdong province, in which three kindergarten pupils were killed and 14 others injured.
Rules and funding
In the new rules, a school bus is considered as a vehicle with more than seven seats that is transporting children receiving the State's nine-year compulsory education (ages 6 to 15) to or from school. This can also be for preschoolers(学龄前儿童) if a parent is unable to take them to or from kindergarten（幼儿园）.
School buses must also operate in routes marked in the map by governments to ensure safety.
Punishment
Companies and bus drivers who fail to meet the rules face the punishment.
Drivers against the rules will be fined 200 yuan ($32) and vehicles will be taken away from its owner if they have been used as an unlicensed school bus.New safety rules for school buses can ________.
| A．make the students have a school bus |
| B．make fewer accident |
| C．make the school bus bigger |
| D．punish the parents |
The accident happened usually because ________.
| A．there were more students than there should be in the bus |
| B．the road is not wide enough |
| C．there were not any rule at first |
| D．companies and drivers faced no punishment |
Which of the following is Not true?
| A．When a truck and a school bus meet, the school bus can go first. |
| B．The students (ages 3—5) mustn’t take school bus according to the rules. |
| C．Those who break the rules will be fined two hundred yuan. |
| D．The school bus has at least 7 seats. |
The passage mainly talks about ________.
| A．the accident in Guangdong |
| B．the school bus safety rules |
| C．how to punish the drivers |
| D．what a school bus is like |
A school bus must go _______.
| A．different ways every day |
| B．after other buses |
| C．with all the students |
| D．the same way all the days |
According to a new Ministry of Education (教育部) survey, student safety has become a big problem. Nearly 50 percent of students say they are worried about robbery on the way to and from school. Now in many big cities in China, some school has taught an unusual lesson: self– protection. Students like this lesson as there are no exams or boring classes. And they can learn how to save lives and know how to stop danger before it really happens.
Chen Haoyu, a teacher at Beijing No.25 Middle School and a self–protection expert, gives young students advice on how to deal with danger.
If you are robbed
Keep calm. If you cannot cry for help or run away, give the robber your money. Try to remember what the robber looks like and tell the police.
If you are in a traffic accident
If you are hurt by a car, take down the car number; if it is a bicycle, try to contact your parents before you let the rider go. This is because you don’t know how seriously you are hurt.
If it is raining hard and there is lightning
Don’t stay in high places and keep away from trees.
When there is a fire
Get away as fast as you can. Put wet things on your body and try and find an exit. Do not take the lift!
If someone is drowning(溺水)
If you can’t swim, don’t get into the water. Cry out for help.
Remember that danger is never as far away as you think. Take care of yourself at all times!The underlined word “contact” means _______.
| A．end up | B．wait for | C．search for | D．get in touch with |
If your house is on fire, you must _____.
| A．put dry things on your body |
| B．run quickly and take the lift |
| C．take everything you have and then run away |
| D．run away and find an exit as quickly as you can |
What’s the best title for this passage?
| A．Self- protection | B．How to take care of yourself |
| C．The popular lesson | D．An interesting lesson |
Air is a colorless, tasteless and invisible（看不见的）gas that is around us. An “empty” drinking glass and an “empty” room, in fact, are not really empty. Each is filled with air. When the glass is filled with water, the water pushes the air out of the glass.
Air, as a gas, has no definite shape, but because it is matter, it takes up space and it has weight. It is easy to prove that air is something that takes up space. Stuff a piece of dry cloth（布）into the bottom of a glass so that it will not fall out when the glass is turned upside down. Push the upside down glass, holding straight up and down, into a jar of water till the glass is completely covered. When the glass is taken out of the water, the cloth is still dry. The air inside the glass shows that it takes up space and keeps the water from coming in.Since air is matter, it has ________.
| A．room , and weight as well | B．both room and shape |
| C．either room or weight | D．neither shape nor weight |
The word “Stuff” means ______ in Chinese.
| A．撕 | B．盖 | C．取掉 | D．塞 |
The writer tells that the experiment（实验）___________.
| A．is carried out in the space | B．must be done in the lab |
| C．is made in the room | D．can only be done in the open air |
摘录信息，阅读短文， 然后完成内容摘要。
Peter: I found an ID card. My phone number is 512-8843
Jim: I lost a computer game. If you find, call me at 680-7432.
Paul: I lost an English dictionary. Who found it, please call 555-0287.
Sam: I found a notebook with the name (有……名字) “Kevin Clark”. My phone number is 476-3539.
| Found: Is this your ID card ? Please call Peter at 1 . |
| Lost: 2 . My name is Paul. Please call me at 555-0278. |
| Lost: A computer game. My name is 3 . My phone number is 680-7432. |
| Kevin: Is this your (84) 4 ? Please call me at 5 . Sam. |
阅读短文，选择最佳答案
Feifei=F Lingling=L
F: Good morning,Lingling.
L: Good morning, Feifei, This is my room.
F: Oh, is this your watch?
L: No, it isn't . It’s my brother’s watch. It’s green. My watch is white, in the drawer. Oh, my brother’s name is Dongdong.
F: Look! A red bag is on the table . Is this Dongdong’s bag?
L: No, it isn’t . It’s my sister’s bag. My bag is on the sofa.
F. Oh, yes. Your name is on your bag. Look! Some math books are in it.
L: Yes, a pencil case is in it , too. Feifei and Lingling meet in the .
A. afternoon B. morning C. school Dongdong’s watch is .
A. white B. yellow C. green Feifei and Lingling are .
A. at schoolB. in Feifei’s roomC. in Lingling’s room Lingling’s bag is .
A. on the table B. on the sofaC. in the drawer are in Lingling’s bag.
A. Some English booksB. Some math books C. Lingling’s name
Here is an examination notice（考试通知）. Mrs. Dickson gave it to her students last week.
To the students of Class 3
◇ Examinations start on January 22 and end on June 23.
◇ The time for each of the subject is:
English June 22 9:30 A.M.- 10:30 A.M.
Math June 2211:00 A.M.- 12:00 A.M.
History June 22 2:30 P.M.-3:30 P.M.
PEJune 238:00 A.M.-10:00 A.M.
Music June 23 1:00 P.M.-3:00 P.M.
◇ For the PE test? go to the playground. For the music test, go to the Piano Room. All else are written（书面）tests. They will be held in Classroom 3.
◇ No student can get into the examination room more than 15 minutes after the exam starts.
◇ No food or drink during ANY test.
◇ No dictionaries during the English exam.
◇ Wear pants and sports shoes for the PE exam.
◇ If you have questions, go to the Teacher's Office before the tests.Who could not take the English exam?
| A．Nancy. She wore her sports shoes on June 22. |
| B．Richard. He did not have breakfast before the exam. |
| C．Wendy. She forgot to take an English dictionary with her. |
| D．Tony. He went to school at 9:50 0n the morning of June 22. |
Where were the students of Class 3 at 8:30 A.M., June 23?
A. In the playground. B. In their classroom
C. In the Piano Room. D. At the Teacher's Office.When were the written test held ?
| A．Only on the morning of June 22. |
| B．Only on the morning of June 23. |
| C．On the morning and afternoon of June 22. |
| D．On the morning and afternoon of June 23. |
On the morning of June 23, what should Helen, a student of Class 3 get ready for?
| A．Food and drinks. Because there is no food and drinks during any test. |
| B．Dictionary. Because she isn't good at English. |
| C．Pants and sports shoes. Because there will be a PE exam. |
| D．Nothing. Because all the exams are over. |
Tom still has some questions about the exams, he can ________.
| A．ask his teacher any time |
| B．find his teacher in the playground. |
| C．ask his teacher on June 22 or June 23. |
| D．go to the Teacher's office on June 21 |