Aschoolbusisonethatisusedtotak-优题课

A school bus is one that is used to take children to and from school.
In the USA, about 450,000 school buses take more than 25 million children to and from school. The yellow school bus is a US icon(象征).Yellow became the color of school buses in the USA in 1939. Dr. Frank got the good idea. He said it was easy for people to see yellow buses and the black letters on them in early morning or late afternoon. That would make children safer.
There are not many school buses in Britain, and they are not yellow. They have trackers(跟踪器) on them, so kids are being tracked while they travel to and from school by bus. The trackers let parents know where the school bus is and whether their kinds are on the bus.
Kindergarten(幼儿园) is difficult time for some kids. It’s the first time for them to go away from their parents. To make kids love their school, Japanese kindergartens and schools have colorful buses. The buses can easily make children want to take them---and then, go to school. Even some parents want to take them, too!
School buses are becoming more and more popular in Chian now. It saves a lot of time for students to take a school bus. It’s said that there will be 3,000 yellow school buses on the road by the end of this year in Chongqing.
According to Dr. Frank, ______ school buses are safer for the students.

A．yellow

B．black

C．white

D．colorful

Children in Japan may easily ______ by taking the school bus.

A．save time

B．love their school

C．play games

D．do their homework

Chinese students will save a lot of time to ______ to school.

A．walk

B．take a taxi

C．ride a bike

D．take a school bus

This passage is mainly about ________.

A．school buses

B．school life

C．popular colors

D．students’ safety

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WATER SAFETY FOR ALL

Genson DPE teaches life-saving skills FOR ALL. Join us in July for Family Water Safety Education and our yearly Safety Around Water Program.

Family Water Safety Education

Time: 5:30~7:30 p. m. FREE for DPE members

Monday， July 8: Reach or Throw， Don’t Go Community: ＄10 a day for a family

Wednesday，July 10: Life Jackets and Boating

Friday， July 12: Open Swim Parent MUST be in the pool!

Sunday， July 14: Celebration!

Safety Around Water Program

Time: 4:45~5:15 p. m. For children aged 11~14

5:30~6:00 p. m. REGISTER NOW

6:15~6:45 p. m. GensonDPE. com

July 22~25， 2024 Contact: Andy Markham

Email: andy@gensondpe.com

※ Notes: 1. register（登记）2. contact（联系）

（1）When is the Celebration?

On Sunday.

On Monday.

On Wednesday.

On Friday.

（2）At what age can a child join in Safety Around Water Program?

10.

12.

（3）What can we learn about Genson DPE?

A．	It keeps open all year round.	B．	It teaches life-saving skills.
C．	It provides free programs for all.	D．	It has two programs every day.

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How to give a presentation

Giving a presentation is never easy. There is a lot of preparation to do. During the actual presentation, you need to appear relaxed, calm and confident（自信的）. Your body language needs to show this. （1） Here are a few suggestions.

●Position

（2） And try to avoid turning your back, or lowering your eyes too often if you’re looking at any notes.

●Hands

Avoid touching things like your hair, nose or pens. （3） It may feel uncomfortable, but you’ll look relaxed. Also, avoid crossing your arms, or putting your hands behind your back or in your pockets.

●Gesture（姿态）

Use gestures to help your classmates understand what you’re saying. You can use your hands to make your points clearer in your speech. Keep your feet apart and stand confidently. （4） Remember, look confident!

●Eye contact（交流）

Remember to keep eye contact with your classmates. Choose someone to look at in one area and stay with them for a sentence or two. （5）

Plan for success, look good, sound good and know your material! But above all, have fun with your presentation!

A. And try to keep your arms by your side.

B. Keep your shoulders back and your head up.

C. Make sure you’re always facing your classmates.

D. Then move to another area and choose someone else.

E. But do you know what to do with your body during a presentation?

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It was reported in May 2024 that the China Wildlife Conservation Association（CWCA,中国野生动物保护协会） will send giant pandas Yun Chuan and Xin Bao to the San Diego Zoo in the United States, which is a symbol of a new 10-year period of international conservation partnership. The CWCA has organized experienced caretakers and doctors to go with the pandas to the US. The zoo is getting ready to provide the pandas with a larger and more comfortable living environment. It has also formed a team with special skills related with panda care, daily nursing, and scientific research.

The cooperation（合作） between the CWCA and the San Diego Zoo dates back to 1996 when Bai Yun and Shi Shi became the first pair of pandas to live in the zoo. Giant pandas Hua Mei, born in 1999, and Mei Sheng, born in 2003, who used to live there, are the result of China-US giant panda research cooperation. Over the past twenty years, the two sides have cooperated and solved many technical problems, including important discoveries in key areas like panda raising.

Since the 1990s, China has cooperated on giant panda conservation with 20 countries. “International cooperation in fields such as disease prevention and control, treatment, and wild training and reintroduction to the wild, has achieved good results. Giant pandas will facilitate communication between peoples and let people around the world know China better,” said Li, the leader of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda.

“Scientific and educational outreach（延伸服务） also serves as a key role in international giant panda exchanges, allowing more people to understand giant pandas, which provides very good support for our efforts in protecting wild giant pandas,” Li said.

（1）China’s sending Yun Chuan and Xin Bao to the San Diego Zoo means ________.

A．	a good living condition for pandas	B．	a new age of conservation cooperation
C．	a great achievement in scientific research	D．	a long-term plan for training panda caretakers

（2）How long have the CWCA and the San Diego Zoo cooperated?

21 years.

25 years.

28 years.

34 years.

（3）What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?

A．	The history of the cooperation.	B．	The raising of the giant pandas.
C．	The lives of the pandas in the US.	D．	The process of solving the problems.

（4）What does the underlined word “facilitate” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

Expect.

Create.

Improve.

Receive.

（5）What do we know from the last paragraph?

A．	Scientific research is well on its way.	B．	The outreach plays an important part.
C．	The cooperation requires international support.	D．	Education about wildlife protection is a big success.

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Though oceans cover about 71 percent of the earth’s surface, there’s still a lot we don’t know about them. Only about 20 percent of the seafloor has been mapped, and the remaining 80 percent is still a secret to us. Some scientists even think that 91 percent of sea animals have yet to be discovered.

So why do we know so little about the deep sea? Well, getting to those depths is very difficult and requires high technology that simply didn’t come into being for most of human history. The first navigable submarine（可驾驶的潜水艇）, for example, was built in 1620, and it couldn’t go more than five meters below the surface. In fact, for a long time many scientists didn’t even think that there could be any life at depths greater than 550 meters and didn’t see much need to explore（探索） the deep sea. However, this changed in 1862 when life was discovered as far down as 945 meters below sea level with the help of a digging machine. Ten years later, around 4, 700 species（物种） unknown before from the ocean floor were discovered.

Since then, high technology has been developed to help explore the deep sea, including satellites. But why is deep-sea exploration still so difficult? Well, at greater depths it is freezing（极冷的）, everything is completely dark, and the pressure can be over 1, 000 times greater than that on the surface.

Though we have the difficulties, it’s important that we understand the seas. They help control the earth’s temperature and produce half of the oxygen（O2） in the air. They can also provide us with information about climate change. Our future depends on learning more about our oceans, and it is possible for us to really understand what is ongoing below the surface.

（1）Why are some numbers listed in Paragraph 1?

A．	To introduce how important oceans are.
B．	To discuss why sea animals have yet to be found out.
C．	To explain that oceans cover a large area of the earth.
D．	To show that we have only a little understanding of oceans.

（2）What caused the change of exploration into the deep sea?

A．	High technology.	B．	Unknown species.
C．	A pleasant environment.	D．	Valuable information.

（3）What does the underlined word “They” in the last paragraph refer to?

Sea animals.

The seas.

The satellites.

Many scientists.

（4）What can we learn from the text?

A．	It is difficult to build a navigable submarine.	B．	The seas have a strong influence on our future.
C．	The seas have no lives at a depth of 550 meters.	D．	It is easier to go into the deep sea than we think.

（5）What could be the best title of the text?

A．	Hidden Treasures in Deep Sea	B．	Unlocked Secrets of Deep Sea
C．	Deep-Sea Exploration: Into the Freezing Depths	D．	Deep-Sea Exploration: The Past and the Future

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Materials

◆A wide glass jar with a lid

◆Very hot water

◆Some ice

◆A match

Very important ! Only parents deal with matches !!!

Steps

1. Turn the lid upside down and fill it with ice.

2. Fill the jar about 1.5 cm with very hot water.

3. Ask your parent to light a match. Then blow out the match just above the jar. Hold the smoking stick inside.（You want smoke from the match to fill the jar.）

4. Quickly put the lid with ice on the jar. Cover the jar completely.

5. Let the cloud form for a few minutes. Then take the lid off and meet the cloud !

Result

A real cloud comes up. But it is not round and it disappears soon.

（1）What are the boy and his father talking about?

Rabbits.

Flowers.

Trees.