A school bus 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 (象征). 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 children 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 to 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 go to school.
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| A．black | B．yellow | C．white | D．colorful |
| A．play games | B．do their homework |
| C．save time | D．love their school |
| A．take a school bus | B．ride a bike |
| C．take a taxi | D．walk |
| A．Japanese Kindergarten and schools have colorful buses. |
| B．In China, school buses are becoming more and more popular. |
| C．The school buses in Britain are yellow, too. |
| D．There are not many school buses in Britain. |
| A．school life | B．school buses |
| C．students' safety | D．popular colors |
Franz Schubert was a famous musician in the world. But he lived a very hard life and often suffered (遭受) from being hungry. One day he was very hungry and went to a small restaurant, hoping he might meet some friends there. He looked round but found nobody he could borrow any money from. Then his eyes fell on a paper on one of the tables. In it was a little poem（诗歌）. He read the poem. Then he wrote a piece of music for the poem and took his work to the owner of the restaurant. He only received a piece of beef and potato for it.
Thirty years after his death, this manuscript (手稿) by Schubert was worth 40,000 francs. It was his famous Berceuse（摇篮曲）.
| A．write a poem for his Berceuse |
| B．have his dinner together with his friend |
| C．see if he could find some friends who could lend him some money for a meal |
| D．write a piece of music for the owner of the restaurant |
| A．was also a musician |
| B．was very kind |
| C．hated Schubert very much |
| D．didn’t understand music very much |
| A．how much his manuscript was worth. |
| B．how poor Schubert was |
| C．why Schubert wrote a piece of music for the little poem |
| D．whether Franz Schubert mastered the poem |
| A．刻苦的音乐家 | B．勤劳的指挥家 |
| C．著名的指挥家 | D．著名的音乐家 |
| A．Musician and Hunger |
| B．Franz Schubert and His Berceuse |
| C．Franz Schubert Died |
| D．A Great Musician |
根据短文内容判断正误。（正确"T"， 错误"F"10分）
Many people like animals, children like animals best. Usually we can only see dogs, cats, ducks, or chickens. We can't see other animals ,such as elephants, tigers, pandas, and monkeys.
On Sunday, parents often take their children to the zoo. How happy the children are! They run from one place to another. They give animals all kinds of good food to eat. They stay there one hour after another. They don't want to go home. Children always have a good time there.
从Ａ到E中选择与所给句子相符合的答语。Where did you go on Sunday?A.No,they are not free.
Did you go shopping?B.I went to Shanghai.
Can they go to the movies? C.I plan to watch TV.
What do you plan to do tonight?D.I’m going to work in Beijing.
Where are you going to work?E..No,I never go shopping.
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Do you know why different animals or pests (昆虫) have their special colors? Colors in them seem to be used mainly to protect themselves.
Some birds like eating locusts (蝗虫), but birds cannot easily catch them. Why? It is because locusts change their colors together with the change of the colors of crops(庄稼). When crops are green, locusts look green. But as the harvest time comes, locusts change to the same brown color as crops have. Some other pests with different colors from plants are easily found and eaten by others. So they have to hide themselves for lives and appear(出现) only at night.
If you study the animal life, you’ll find the main use of coloring is to protect(保护) themselves. Bears, lions and other animals move quietly through forests. They cannot be easily seen by hunters (猎人). This is because they have the colors much like the trees.
Have you ever noticed an even stranger act? A kind of fish in the sea can send out a kind of very black liquid (液体)when it faces danger. While the liquid spreads over (散开), its enemies (敌人)cannot find it. And it immediately swims away. So it has lived up to now though it is not strong at all.From the passage we learn that locusts________.
A. are small animals
B. are easily found by birds
C. change their colors to protect themselvesHow can pests with different colors from plants keep out of danger?
A. They run away quickly.
B. They have the colors much like their enemies.
C. They hide themselves by day and appear at night.Bears and lions can keep safe because _________.
A. they have the colors much like the trees
B. they move quietly
C. they like brown and gray colorsWhy can the kind of fish live up to now?
A. Because it is very and strong.
B. Because the liquid it sends out can help it escape from its enemies.
C. Because the liquid it sends out can kill its enemies.Which is the best title for this passage?
A. The Change of Colors for Animals and Pests
B. Colors of Different Animals and Pests
C. The Main Use of Colors for Animals and Pests
根据短文内容,判断下列句子正误, 正确为“T”错误为“F”
Jimmy and Tommy were good friends. They both attended the same class in a school. Tommy was a clever boy. He could answer questions cleverly in class. He was quick at thinking. It seemed that everything was easy to him. He never seemed to work hard. He spent much time on football or other games.
Jimmy was not so clever as Tommy. He was slow in his work. But he was hard-working. He worked hard and steadily(扎实地) at his lessons day after day.
In the final examination of the term, everyone thought Tommy would be the first in the class. But it was wrong. The slow but hard-working Jimmy got the first place.
Although Tommy was quick and clever, he did not work hard, so he could not get the first. Jimmy was just different. He was slow but hard-working. So he did well in his lessons.
The story tells us that one cannot depend on (依靠) one’s cleverness. One still has to work hard and steadily（稳定地）at one’s own subjects or work.Jimmy was as clever as Tommy.
Jimmy and Tommy were both hard-working.
Tommy got the first in the final exam.
Tommy didn’t like playing football.
Success depends on hard –working.