When your school doesn’t have a bus, and you live too far away to walk? How do you go to school? “Let’s carpool! ”most US middle school students will get that cool idea. Carpooling is a group of people sharing the responsibility(责任) of driving to school in the morning. There are usually four or five kids in a carpool and their parents take turns driving the kids in their cars.It might be the kids’ first experience with real teamwork. Teamwork is really important in the carpool because nobody wants to make everyone else late. It’s a great lesson in resposibility. 
Carpooling is coming into fashion everywhere now. You can find lots of informations of carpooling on the internet. Carpooling is cool! Why?
It’s good for the environment. In today’s culture of everyone needing to try their best to protect our environment, carpooling is one of the best ways. By taking 3 cars off the road, the pollution can be cut a little. Take that over a town, a city, a state, a country and think about how much less pollution is going to be in the air over the course of even one year.
Gas(汽油) now is much more expensive than it used to and if you need to watch the cents(美分), then it’s possible that carpooling could be the answer to your prayers. Even if you have to use your car once a week instead of two, that’s one round trip of gas you’re saving. So carpooling helps you save money.
Carpooling is a great way of getting to know people better. If you’re carpooling grade school kids, then you’ll find that slowly you’ll get to know your child’s peers(同龄人) and friends better. It's a great opportunity to meet people while saving the environment and your money. The word “carpool” means .
A. 合伙用车 B. 共同租车 C. 让人搭车One of drives the car in a carpool of middle school students.
A. their teachers B. the students C. their parentsIf you carpool with two persons to work every day, will be taken off the road every day.
A. no car B.one car C. two carsThere are advantages of carpooling mentioned in this passage.
A. three B. four C. fiveWe can know from the passage that carpooling .
A. is much more convenient than taking the school bus.
B. can help you save the money because you use your car less.
C. isn’t a good means to understand people better.
阅读理解
A lot of boys and girls in western countries are wearing the same clothes, and many boys have long hair, so it is difficult to tell whether they are boys or not.
One day an old man went for a walk in a park in Washington and when he was tired, he sat down on a chair by a swimming pool. A young person was standing on the other side of the pool.
“Oh!” the old man said to the person sitting next to him, “Do you see the person with the loose clothes and long hair? Is it a boy or a girl?”
“A girl,” said the person, “She is my daughter. ”
“Oh!” the old man said quickly, “Please forgive me. I don’t know that you are her mother. ”
“I’m not,” said the person, “I’m her father. ”What did the old man see on the other side of the pool?
| A．A girl. | B．A boy. | C．An old woman. | D．A man. |
The old man thought the person sitting next to him was____.
| A．a woman | B．a man | C．a girl | D．a boy |
“Please forgive me. ” in the passage means“____”
| A．I’m not sure. | B．I’m surprised. |
| C．I’m sorry. | D．I’m not living here. |
Which is right according to the passage?
| A．Most people in western countries wear the same clothes. |
| B．The old man thought the person next to him was a man. |
| C．It’s difficult to tell boys from girls because they wear the same clothes. |
| D．Sometimes men also have long hairs as women in western countries. |
Which can be the best title for the passage?
| A．Are they wearing the same clothes? |
| B．Can you tell boys from girls? |
| C．Are they boys or girls? |
| D．What’s wrong with the boys? |
阅读理解
下面表格是小组同学的家庭成员情况,请根据表格的内容,补全下面的短文.
| Name |
Age |
Father’s job |
Mother’s job |
Brother’s name |
Sister’s name |
| Tim |
12 |
worker |
doctor |
/ |
Alice |
| Betty |
13 |
teacher |
worker |
John |
/ |
| Mary |
13 |
secretary |
/ |
/ |
Rose |
| Jack |
11 |
doctor |
/ |
/ |
/ |
My name is Peter. Tim, Betty, Mary and Jack 1my classmates. We are in the same class.
My father is a teacher, and my_____2_______ is a teacher, too. But Jack’s father is a ______3_____. Mary’s father is a _____4______, but her mother has no job. _____5______ is worker, and his mother is a doctor. Jack is young. He’s ______6____. He has no brother or sister. ___7______ is 13. Her sister’s name is ____8_____. Alice is a girl. She’s _____9_____ sister. Betty has no _____10______, but her brother’s name is John
阅读理解
Most middle school students wear uniforms. Some students like uniforms, but others don’t. However, recently, a Japanese government survey(政府调查) shows that more students in Japan like uniforms now because school uniforms are more fashionable(时尚的) than they were before.
I surveyed some Japanese students about what they thought about school uniforms. I asked them, “Do you like fashionable uniforms?” There were lots of different opinions(观点, 看法).
Hiromi said, “I like school uniforms because I don’t need to choose clothes every day. I think that fashionable uniforms are good. My high school uniform is fashionable, but there is a problem. Fashionable uniforms are too expensive.”
Miki said that she didn’t like fashionable uniforms because she didn’t want to spend too much money on uniforms. She thought that the uniforms should be changed(被改变). They should be cheaper and easier to get.
Mitsuaki said, “I don’t like school uniforms because I want to look different. I also agree that fashionable uniforms make many students want to wear uniforms in high school. If students like fashionable uniforms, it is good. ”
根据短文内容，回答问题。Do more students or fewer students like uniforms in Japan now?
________________________________________________________________________ What is the question of the survey?
________________________________________________________________________ How many students’ opinions are there in the passage?
________________________________________________________________________Why does Hiromi like school uniforms?
________________________________________________________________________ Why do students not like school uniforms?
________________________________________________________________________
阅读理解
One of the problems career people(上班族) have in the morning is dressing for the office when there will be an evening party immediately followed, with no time to return home to change. The easiest solution is to keep a full set of toiletries (洗漱用品) and make-ups stored somewhere at the office. A woman going to an evening party should dress in one of her “basic dresses” in the morning—the kind that can change into a different look with an added scarf or jewelry. In fifteen minutes, when her office day has ended, she can metamorphose(彻底变化) herself into another person with freshly cleaned teeth, combed hair, a new face, a different and dressier(漂亮的) pair of shoes, and some sparkling jewelry. If she must wear a long dress for the party, she should bring it to the office in a protective bag and store it safely until she has to put it on. What’s a problem for the career people from this passage?
| A．They must wear uniforms at work. |
| B．They have no dresses to wear. |
| C．They often have no time to change clothes for an evening party after work. |
| D．They have to go to the party. |
The easiest solution is ____.
| A．to keep a full set of toiletries and make-ups stored somewhere at the office |
| B．not to go to the party |
| C．to take a taxi home |
| D．to finish work earlier |
If a woman is going to a party, she should wear ____ in the morning.
| A．a nice dress | B．a “basic dress” | C．her uniform | D．casual clothes |
How long does it take a woman to change herself at least?
| A．About five minutes. | B．About fifteen minutes. |
| C．About half an hour. | D．About fifty minutes. |
If a woman must wear a long dress for the party, she should ____.
| A．wear it in the morning | B．buy one in the shop |
| C．borrow one from her workmate | D．bring it to the office |
阅读理解
We often see people in different offices wear different clothes. In America, a businessman goes to work in a dark suit, with black shoes, socks and a tie. A reporter goes to work in old blue jeans, a work shirt and sneakers(运动鞋). These two kinds of clothes are suitable for their work.
If you are a college student who will leave school soon, before starting a job, you have to buy some new clothes. And you’d better have a look at“what everyone else is wearing”in the office. On certain(某种) kinds of business occasions, the men wear only suits with white shirts and dark ties. On others, men can wear jackets.
Dressing is very important. Without it, there is no successful fashion. It would be helpful if everyone looks at himself in the mirror before leaving home every morning.
根据短文内容，判断正(T)误(F)。It’s very common to see people in different offices wear the same clothes.
If you are a student, you’d better know “what everyone else is wearing” in an office before working there.
Suits with white shirts and dark ties are for men on certain kinds of business occasions.
A reporter often goes to work in a dark suit.
Dressing is important for successful fashion.