Since last year I've given up driving and taken the bus to work every day, which has aroused quite a bit of curiosity among colleagues because few people take a bus to work in my office.
My easy explanation is that I'm tired of driving, and taking the bus allows me to think before my work starts. a day’s , hard, work I ,also, a ride, like,to ,be given , home, after, .
Perhaps everybody would be more convinced(使信服) if I told them that I take the bus because it's quite cheap, while driving a car is expensive and inconvenient.A bus trip costs 0.4 yuan or 6-7 cents with the use of a stored value card(储值卡), which is almost free if you consider a Coke costs five times that or more. Beijing has a flat-rate subway fare with unlimited transfers of 2 yuan per single-trip ticket. I would take the more comfortable subway, if it was closer to my home and workplace.
But most of my colleagues, especially the younger ones who want to own a car, have responded with disbelief, as they picture me walking to the bus stop under smoggy skies. I believe they would be amused(被逗乐的)if they read the findings of a study of British workers, which found that going to work by bus or train has become very popular. Because most journeys will not only include walking to the bus station or stop, but also include time to read or talk to friends while traveling according to recent British media reports.文中划线的单词的汉语意思是__________________
Why have the writer given up driving to work?
________________________________________________________________________Why do workers in Britain go to work by bus or train?
_________________________________________________________________________写出文中划线的单词连成一句话。
_________________________________________________________________________How will you go to work when you start working?
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March 5 is Lei Feng Day. Lei Feng is one of the most famous role models(榜样) in China. He is known for his warm heart and kind deeds(行为). We should learn from him. In honor of this great person, we did lots of kind deeds on March 4. Take a look!
Xu Hanchi, 13:
I went to a square(广场)in a local university with my classmates to do cleaning. We swept off the fallen leaves and picked up rubbish. When we finished, the ground was very clean. Though no one came up to praise us, we still felt very happy. We learned that doing good things itself could make us happy.
Zhu Lingyue, 14:
My group cleaned the teachers’ office that day. When we got there, we were surprised that the office was not as clean as we expected. How could teachers work in such an untidy(不整洁的) place? We started cleaning quickly. Teachers work really hard and may not have the time to clean their offices. It’s great that we can do something to help make them less tired.
Tom Rui, 14:
We helped clean the yard in the front of a hospital, but some patients(病人) there left us a very bad impression(印象). They were very impolite and shouted at nurses and doctors. I think nurses and doctors’ work is hard. They try their best to help us. We should give them more respect and understanding. The three children did lots of kind deeds _________
A.on March 5 | B.on March 8 | C.on March 4 | D.on March 3 |
Zhu Lingyue _______ on that day.
A.cleaned the yard | B.cleaned the teachers’ office |
C.cleaned a square | D.cleaned a hospital. |
Tom Rui thinks the patients in the hospital are ________
A.kind | B.polite | C.happy | D.rude |
He was a single father, raising a 5-year-old boy alone. He worried about his son growing up without a mother to care for him.
One day he went away on business, leaving the child alone. He was worried about the child all the way, not knowing if he had eaten. But his child always told him not to worry. He went home quickly after finishing his work.
When he got home, the child was deep asleep. He was tired out. When he was about to sleep himself, he was surprised to find an overturned bowl of noodles under the quilt. He spanked his sleeping son angrily: "Why are you so naughty, making the quilt dirty? Who will wash it?" It was the first time that he had hit his boy after his wife's death.
"I haven't," the boy explained with tears in his eyes. "This is your supper, Daddy." In order to let his father eat dinner as soon as he got home, the boy cooked two bowls of noodles: one for himself, the other one for his father. He was afraid his father's noodles would get cold, so he placed them under the quilt to keep them hot.
Hearing this, the father hugged his boy tightly without saying a word. According to the passage we know the boy only had _________.
A.a grandfather | B.a mother | C.a father | D.a grandmother |
The single father was always worried about ______.
A.his work | B.his money | C.his son | D.his quilt |
When the father got home , __________________________
A.His son wasn't at home. | B.He was tired out |
C.His son was doing his homework | D.He was very happy. |
When the father knew the truth, _________.
A.He hit his son | B.He was very upset. |
C.He hugged his son tightly. | D.He went outside. |
Food waste has become a big problem in China.According to Xinhua News Agency, the food waste by Chinese people equates to about 50 million tons of grain every year or 10 percent of the country’s total annual grain production.This food could feed another 200 million people.
Qi Haoran, a Junion9 student was quite busy over the past winter holiday, and not just with homework.Qi, together with 10 other classmates made a volunteer group to call on people to join the Clean Your Plate Campaign(“光盘行动).
The 11 students went to many restaurants and told people the importance of saving food.“Excuse me, do you know that 950 million people around the world still haven’t got enough to eat.Please don’t waste food.” They would say this kind of thing hundreds of times every day.
The Clean Your Plant Campaign began on the Internet in January.It calls on people to reduce food waste.
Chinese people are well known for being hospitable(好客的)and generous.Many even feel that they lose face if their guests have eaten all the food.
Luckily, the campaign has got the support of many people.More than 750 restaurants in Beijing have begun to offer smaller dishes and encourage their guests to take leftovers(剩饭剩菜)home.In a restaurant in Xinjiang, the owner give the guests who have eaten all that they ordered a sticker.People can enjoy a free meal when they have 10 stickers.
To reduce food waste is a big task, and it needs time.It’s important that everyone does their bit ,just like Qi.Did you finish your meals today?The the Clean Your Plate Campaign calls on people to________.
A.do voluntary work | B.work part time in restaurants |
C.cut down on food waste | D.wash your plates after dinner |
From the passage, we leant that _______
A.wasting food isn’t a serious problem in China at present |
B.Chinese people waste the most food in the world |
C.Chinese people want to show off that they are rich |
D.many Chinese people are afraid of losing face at the table. |
What did the restaurant in Xinjiang do to support the campaign?
A.The owner would have dinner with those who had eaten up their food. |
B.It offered a free meal to the guests who had finished all their food ten times. |
C.It gave stickers to the guests who ordered small dishes. |
D.It encouraged customers to take leftovers home. |
Where can we probably read this passage?
A.In a newspaper. | B.In a traffic report. |
C.On a health website. | D.In a story book. |
Kindergartens( 幼儿园 ) may teach you very important things you need to know.Dancy, a 5-year-old boy, saved his father’s life with the skills he learned.
The boy’s father became seriously ill on the way home from a father-son shopping.He couldn’t speak and could hardly move, but he tried hard to stop the car safely.At that point, Dancy used his father’s phone to call his mother for help.The 5-year-old boy tried his best to give her useful information and he was able to tell where they were.Just as he had learned in the kindergarten, Dancy read the letters he saw on a nearby store sign: “F,U,R,N,I,T,U,R,E.” But that wasn’t enough for his mother to find them.Then he added that they were near a bridge.Finally, his mother understood he was talking about a store called Furniture 22 on New Jersey’s Route22.The mother called 911 and the father was saved in time.
“He just thought his dad needed help,” Dancy’s mother told the reporter.She also pointed out that her husband was a hero, too.“ It is surprising for him to get off the highway ( 高速路 ) and get himself and his child to safety even when he was so sick,” she said.
Shine, head of the kindergarten, felt proud of his pupil.“ Dancy’s spelling skills helped him seize the moment,” he said.“And that’s the real value (价值) of education.”When the father became seriously ill, he and his son were ________.
A.on the highway | B.at home | C.in a shopping center | D.in a hospital |
Dancy called ________for help when his father couldn’t speak.
A.his mother | B.911 | C.Shine | D.the reporter |
The Chinese meaning of the word “seize” in this passage is probably“________”.
A.成功 | B.抓住 | C.救援 | D.失去 |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.Dancy drove his father home |
B.The reporter was really a hero. |
C.Shine sent Dancy’s father to hospital |
D.Dancy saved his father with his spelling skills. |
Canadian school buses are called “the safest school buses in the world”.All the school buses,which are in deep yellow,have the same style.School bus drivers have to receive strict training before getting driver’s licenses.![]() When a school bus runs through the city and carries children to a stop, the driver will turn on the red light and then show the sign“Stop”.At this time,all the vehicles(车辆)following the school bus must stop as if they met a red light.After all the children get on or off,the school bus will drive away.Then other vehicles can go on. |
Many people will think of cartoons as soon as they talk about Japanese school buses.For a long time,cartoon pictures on school buses have already been popular and become models of Japanese school buses.When children see pink Hello Kitty or blue Doraemon, no one will refuse to go to school any more. ![]() On Japanese school buses,there’s always a headman caring for kids.If something happens suddenly,the headman will tell parents about it as soon as possible. |
The color of Canadian school buses is.
A.red | B.yellow | C.pink | D.blue |
From the passage, we know that.
A.Canadian school buses must have a headman |
B.Canadian school buses should follow other vehicles |
C.Japanese school buses may look cute |
D.Japanese school bus drivers can get licenses easily |
The passage is written mainly to________.
A.introduce school buses in Canada and Japan |
B.suggest schools choosing better school buses |
C.welcome students to Canada and Japan |
D.ask students to obey traffic rules |