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. 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 (追踪器) 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 kids are on the bus.
Kindergarten (幼儿园) is a 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 China 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 |
According to the text, the underlined word “icon” means _____________ in Chinese.
| A．文明 | B．象征 | C．交通 | D．管理 |
Mr Smith gave his wife money every Friday evening. His wife always spent it all the next Wednesday, so that for the next three days she had no money to spend at all. One day Mr Smith asked her," But how did you spend all that money?" She answered, "I don't know . "So one Friday evening, Mr Smith gave her money together with an exercise book and a pencil. He said to his wife ,"Please write down how you spend the money . "Next Tuesday, his wife had no money again. Mr Smith took the exercise book to see how she had spent it. "I have done what you told me ,"she said gladly. She had written "Friday, I got 18 pounds from Mr Smith. "on the first page, and on the second page, she wrote ,"Tuesday, I have spent it all. "Mrs Smith always spent all the money ____.
| A．the next day | B．in four days |
| C．in a week | D．on next Wednesday |
Mr Smith gave his wife an exercise book and a pencil and asked her____
| A．to do homework |
| B．to have a look |
| C．to write down how she spent the money |
| D．to draw a picture on it |
Mrs Smith was ____ to do what Mr Smith asked her to .
| A．happy | B．sad |
| C．sorry | D．excited |
Mr Smith gave his wife money ____ a week.
| A．once | B．twice |
| C．three times | D．four times |
The story tells us that Mrs Smith was not very ____.
| A．glad | B．tall |
| C．careful | D．good |
Look at this photo. The boy’s name is John. He has two sisters. The one in the white dress is his sister, Rose. The other (另外的) one in the yellow dress is his sister, Mary. Rose and Mary have the same age(年龄). They look the same. They are twins. John and his sisters are in different schools. They have good friends in the school. Their dad and mom are English teachers. They both like their students. The family (家庭) is nice.Is John Rose and Mary’s brother?
__________________________________Are Rose and Mary look different?
__________________________________What do their dad and mom do?
__________________________________How many people (多少人) are there in John’s family?
__________________________________What color is Mary’s dress?
Jack is an English boy. He is a good student. He is twelve years old. Now he is in a red coat. Linda is Jack’s sister. She is a good girl. She is fourteen years old. Now she is in a green dress. Lucy and Lily are from the USA. They are students, too. They are in red coats. They look the same. Jack, Linda, Lucy and Lily are good friends. Jack, Lucy and Lily are in the same school. Linda is in a different school. They like China. Jack is from _____.
A. the USA B. England C. ChinaLinda is _____.
A. Lucy’s sister
B. Lily’s sister
C. Jack’s sister Linda is in _____.
A. a red dress
B. a red coat
C. a green dressLucy and Lily are _____.
A. in the same school
B. in the same class
C. in different schools Jack, Linda, Lucy and Lily are _____.
A. good sisters
B. good classmates
C. good friends
Peter is an American boy. He is thirteen years old. He is a middle school student. This is his family. His father and mother are in China now. He is in Class Eight, Grade Seven in No. 105 Middle School. He likes Chinese. Peter has a good friend. His name is David. He is in Class Eight, Grade Seven, too. He is twelve. David is from Japan. His father is in China, but his mother isn’t. Peter and David are good friends.Peter is from the USA.
Peter and David are in Class Eight, Grade Eight.
David’s father and mother are in China.
Peter is 13 and David is 12.
Peter and David aren’t good friends.
词汇运用
Hello! I’m ____（一个） Chinese boy. I __
____（是） a middle school student. My ___
___（名字） isYang Lei. My English name is John. I’m 13. My ___
___（英语） teacher is Mr Smith. He is American. __
___（他） is a good teacher. I don’t know his age. My good friend is David. He’s an English _
____（男孩）. He’s 14. He’s in Class 6, Grade 1. We are in different classes. I’m in Class 1, Grade 1. Who’s ___
__（那个） girl? She’s David’s __
____（妹妹）. ____
_（她的） name is Rose. She’s _
___. She’s not a student.