“In my day, we had to walk a mile to school—uphill, both ways.” That may sound like an old joke. Today, only 13 percent of kids walk to school, down from 66 percent 30 years ago.
Studies show that fewer children are walking and biking to school, and more children are at risk of becoming overweight. Changing behaviors of children and parents require creative ways that are safe and fun.
A walking school bus can be both.
It works like a bus, picking up ‘passengers’ along the way at designated(指定的) ‘bus stops’ except everyone is walking!
The Walking School Bus works as a supervised group of children walking to and from school along a safe and enjoyable set route. There are at least two parents in a group. One parent ‘drives’ at the front of the bus, while the other parent supervises at the back. The same of different supervisors go with the children to and from school. Additional(增加的) parents may be needed depending on the walking environment.
The ‘bus’ can go as often as parents want to ‘drive’ it and children want to use it. This means that it can even work as little as one morning or afternoon each week. All children are welcome to join the bus even if their parents cannot be drivers. And the service is free.
Socially, it’s great because the children meet other children, otherwise they would only know by sight.
“My children have formed some good friendships because of the Walking Bus. The parents get to know other parents too!” a parent said. “From our experience of the Walking Bus, it has only been a meaningful thing. It gets all of us walking more and the children do not complain about walking like they used to. ”
Some kids said compared to walking school bus, it’s boring in a car when they were asked why not get into a car.
Besides these, it might have a good effect on heavy traffic.
| A．66 percent. | B．13 percent. | C．30 percent. | D．53 percent. |
| A．controlled | B．explored | C．required | D．improved |
| A．make more friends | B．reduce the risk of being overweight |
| C．exercise more | D．complain about walking |
| A．A new way to exercise | B．A new school bus |
| C．A walking school bus | D．Parents’ driving school bus |
Two friends were eating at the table， there was a cup of chili oil(辣椒油). It looked nice. The two men hadn’t seen it before. One of them thought it was sweet and drank some of it. Tears(眼泪) ran down from his eyes. But he hoped that his friend felt the same as him. He said nothing. When the other man saw that his friend was crying， he asked， “Why are you crying， my dear friend?” “I was thinking of my father. Two years ago， when he drove out on a wet day， another car hit his car and he died. How poor he was!”
Soon after that the other man took some of the chili oil. When tears started down from his eyes， his friend asked the same question， “Why are you crying， then?”
“To think that you were not in the same car as your father was.”How did the chili oil taste?
| A．It was sweet. | B．It was nice. |
| C．It was delicious. | D．It was terrible. |
Why didn’t the first man tell the fact(事实)?
| A．He wanted his friend to drink some chili oil. |
| B．He wanted his friend to cry for his father. |
| C．He thought his friend would like the chili oil. |
| D．He thought the chili oil was good for his friend. |
What does this chart tell us about in Nanjing?
| A．The month. | B．The rain. |
| C．The temperature(气温). | D．The weather(天气). |
What’s the temperature in May?
| A．About 20. | B．About 25. |
| C．About 30. | D．About 15. |
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Reading books is a good hobby for all kinds of reasons. First, reading books is fun. You can always keep yourself happy if you like reading. This is especially useful when the weather is bad. It is a relaxing hobby too. You can really become lost in a book.
Next, you can read a book almost anywhere： in a car, in a waiting room, on the plane, in bed—even in the bath. All you need is a book! Reading is a convenient hobby as it is easy to stop and then to start again.
Another good reason for reading books is that it is useful. If you keep reading as a hobby, you will get better and better at it. This means that you will read faster and become better at understanding what you read. As your reading skill improves, you will probably find that your schoolwork becomes much easier. Many school subjects depend on good reading . And as you read, you will learn more and more.
Some people say that reading is out of date. This is not true. You can also learn on the Internet. And the more you read, the better your computer skills will be . Reading is hardly out of date!
Good readers are most likely to be good writers too. They are usually good at spelling as well, and have more things to write about.
Reading books is a wonderful hobby, one of the best. What other hobbies could be more useful, or more enjoyable?
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Can you remember the day when you spoke your first words? If you can, you are unusual. Try to think what the first months of your life were like. I’m sure you just spent most of your time eating, sleeping and crying. As you grew older, your parents spent more time playing with you and talking to you. You watched and listened. You began to know that people make some sounds to go with some things.
Then you began to cry to make sounds you heard. And step by step (逐渐地) you were able to make the right sound for one thing.
On that day you came to understand the secret of the language. The secret is that a certain sound means a certain thing. Only when a group of people use the same set of sounds of things can they understand each other, so these people have a language.
After you found the secret of language, you learnt words. Some of the words mean things, like
books, chairs and shops. Some of the words mean actions, for example, go and swim. Soon you learnt to put words together to share your idea, like “I want to go out and play with my friends.”
This is language. By the way of language, people can communicate (交流). So we say languages mean sharing. can remember the day when we spoke our first words?
| A．Few of us | B．one |
| C．Most people | D．All of us |
When you were a little baby, you .
| A．tried your best to remember all the sounds you heard |
| B．spent most of your time eating, sleeping and crying |
| C．could not hear any sounds around you |
| D．spent most of your time playing with your parents |
The secret of language is that .
| A．one sound might be as good as another |
| B．a certain sound is for a certain thing |
| C．people can understand each other |
| D．there is a special sound for each other |
The underlined word “actions” means in Chinese.
| A．表情 | B．表演 | C．动作 | D．感情 |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．Language is easy to learn. |
| B．You learn language by reading at first. |
| C．You couldn’t learn language without parents. |
| D．Language means sharing. |
The advertisement is for_____________.
| A．young lady |
| B．kids who are too fat |
| C．people who want to lose weight |
| D．old people |
If you_______, you can choose to exercise in the fitness camp.
A. are too fat
B. can’t run as fast as your classmatesThe fitness camp can help you _______________.
| A．gain weight | B．lose weight |
| C．make more friends | D．pass the PE examination |
How long will the camp last?
| A．One month | B．One week |
| C．Half a year | D．Twenty days |
According to the advertisement, we can’t get the information about ____of the camp.
| A．the telephone number | B．the email address |
| C．the place | D．the cost |