The United States is full of automobiles (机动车). There are still many families without cars. But some families have two or more cars. However, cars are used for more than pleasure. They are a part of life.
Cars are used for They are driven to offices and factories by workers who have no other way to their jobs. When salesmen are sent to parts of the city, they have to drive in order to their products.
Farmers have to drive into the city in order to shop for necessities.
Sometimes, small children must be driven to . In some cities, school buses are used only when children more than a mile from the school. When the children are too to walk that far, their parents take driving them to school. One drives on Mondays, taking her children and the neighbors' children as well.
Another mother drives on Tuesdays, another on Wednesdays and so on. This is forming a car pool (拼车).
Working people also form car pools, with three or four people taking turns driving to the place they work.
More car pools should be formed in order to put cars on the road and to use less oil. is a great problem, and so is the traffic in and around cities. Too many cars are being driven. Something should be done about the use of cars.
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A little boy came up to his mother in the kitchen one evening while she was cooking supper， andher a piece of paper that he had written something on. After his mother her hands， she read what on the paper.
For the grass： $5.00
For cleaning up my room this week： $1.00
For going to the supermarket for you： $1.00
For taking out the rubbish： $1.00
For cleaning up the garden： $2.00
Total： $10.00
Well， his mother looked at him for a while， and then she picked up a pen， turned the paper he had written on， and this was what she wrote：
For the nine I carried you while you were growing inside me， free.
For all the nights that I’ve sat up with you， fed you and stories for you， free.
For all the tears(眼泪) that you’ve through the years， free.
When you add it up， the cost of my love is free.
For all the nights that were filled with worries， free.
For the toys， food， clothes， and even cleaning your nose， free.
And when you add it all up， the of real love is free.
When the little boy finished reading what his mother had written， there was / were in his eyes. He looked straight up at his mother and said， “Mom， I sure do love you.” And then he took the pen and in great big letters he wrote： IN FULL.A. passed B. borrowedC. lent
A. shookB. clapped C. dried
A. paintingB. cutting C. picking
A. offB. away C. over
A. yearsB. weeks C. months
A. sangB. toldC. talked
A. enjoyedB. causedC. collected
A. costB. meaningC. way
A. surpriseB. angerC. tears
A. PAID B. SOLDC. SPENT
Mr Black was once a policeman. He was a kind person. He liked to have a walk the park after breakfast.
It was very cold on a winter morning. Mr Black was walking along the street when he heard a cry for help. He turned around but could see nobody. He stopped and looked here and there. At the moment, a boy ____ to him. The boy was so hurry ____ he couldn’t say a word except pointing towards the river. Mr Black realized what had happened and ran to the river as soon as possible.____of them ran along the river and saw a girl in the water. She ____ a piece of wood. It was carrying her away. It was too ____ .
Without a word, Mr Black took off his clothes as ____as he could, and jumped into the river. He ____ to the girl and took her back near the bank and lifted the girl up, and then the boy helped pull her out of the water. Then they stopped a car and took the girl to the __ _ . At last the girl’s life was saved, and she them very much.
A．in B．on C．at D．for
A．walked up B．looked out C．did D．ran up
A．so B．and C．that D．but
A．All B．Both C．Neither D．either
A．was holding B．was seeing C．is taking D．is pushing
A．heavy B．exciting C．dangerous D．interesting
A．slowly B．carefully C．quickly D．quietly
A．swam B．ran C．flew D．walked
A．house B．school C．park D．hospital
A．thanks B．thanking C．thanked D．thank
I took the bus to school every day when I was in grade school. Alvin, our bus driver, came by every morning at 8：00 to us children from poor families up.
Alvin picked up around twenty in our area and dropped us off after school. About once a month he would make a at the local drive-in. Someone would come out and ask each of us if we wanted an ice cream or a drink. Alvin would the whole bus out of his own pocket. The kindness that he showed was .
I remember him picking us up at the end of the school year and taking us to his home for a party. He would drinks and chips for everyone.
Remembering the kindness he showed, I called him up twenty years and thanked him. I told him that he probably wouldn’t remember , but I sure remembered him! We didn’t see much kindness from others as we grew up, so it made it all the more .
I could hear the smile in his voice when he thanked me for calling. He’s the reason why I do my to show kindness to everyone whom I cross paths with. He’s had such a huge impact in my life and I’m so thankful that I was able to tell him.
A．pick B．get C．make D．take
A．girls B．boys C．kids D．men
A．go B．stop C．look D．play
A．ask for B．look at C．wait for D．pay for
A．terrible B．surprising C．moving D．boring
A．give B．provide C．offer D．take
A．later B．ago C．after D．before
A．us B．I C．we D．me
A．difficult B．special C．careful D．usual
A．good B．well C．better D．best
Mr White works in an office. He liked reading in bed when he was at school. It was bad for his ______ and now he has near sight. But he wouldn’t want______ to know about it and he never wears a pair of glasses. It often ______ him some trouble.
One winter morning he was sent to a village school on business. He______a bus at a stop in a small town. Then he had to walk there. The road to the village wasn’t smooth. He fell over some times and it______his clothes dirty. ______he got to the village. Suddenly it began to blow and it got colder. He was looking for the school while his ______was blown off. He began to run after it but he couldn’t get it. He couldn’t understand why his hat ran into a house as if (似乎 ) it had ______. And he ran into the house, ______.
A woman stopped him and shouted ______ , “What are you running after my hen for?”
A．ears B．nose C．mouth D．eyes
A．anybody else B．nobody C．woman D．somebody
A．follows B．takes C．brings D．carries
A．took off B．got off C．got on D．came on
A．let B．made C．gave D．felt
A．At first B．At home C．At times D．At last
A．clothes B．bag C．hat D．glasses
A．legs B．hands C．shoes D．arms
A．always B．also C．either D．too
A．angry B．happy C．angrily D．happily
Learning how to play the piano is not the only way for children to have a bright future. Storytelling can also take them on the road to become excellent students. The in Shanghai have paid much attention to storytelling. They many storytelling contests every year. And the children have great interest and taken an active part in this. Some students who were too shy to speak in public have been now very good .
One leader from Shanghai said: “ Now many parents their children to learn how to play the piano or violin. the money and energy they spend can’t ensure that their children will much in a short period of time. However, training children to tell stories is quite . Although it costs little, it’s a good and easy way for children to .
A．like B．learn C．become D．help
A．schools B．libraries C．children D．lessons
A．read B．have C．listen D．look
A．shown B．stopped C．happened D．refused
A．teachers B．listeners C．students D．speakers
A．keep B．send C．help D．let
A．But B．So C．And D．Even
A．play B．rest C．learn D．use
A．new B．different C．difficult D．expensive
A．think B．develop C．know D．Sing