| 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 which are usually in pink or blue. 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. |
What color are Canadian school buses?
| 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 for students |
| 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．encourage students to study in Canada and Japan |
| D．ask students to obey traffic rules all the time |
For many people the subject of hiccups (嗝) is a joke, but for Harry Mendes, a fifteen-year-old schoolboy from Birmingham, it was something quite different.
His hiccups began one Sunday lunch time and continued day and night for two weeks. After the first week, Harry's parents took him to hospital, but it took another week for the doctors to cure his attack.
Harry, who is now back at school, described what happened to him.
“When I began to hiccup, I drank a glass of water but that didn't do any good. That evening I had hiccups every four seconds. We tried everything to stop them. I held my breath and drank cold drinks. My father even tried to give me a shock but that didn't work either.”
After a week of sleepless nights, he went to hospital. The doctors took an X-ray of his chest but they couldn't find anything wrong.
“They gave me some medicine and my hiccups slowed down, but it was another week before the medicine worked completely and my hiccups stopped.”
Harry was very lucky. The world record holder is the American farmer Charles Osborne, who hiccupped for sixty-eight years. He stopped in 1990 at last, but nobody knows why.Harry's hiccups lasted ____.
| A．a week | B．fourteen days |
| C．twenty-eight days | D．one month |
His hiccups started after he ____.
| A．drank a glass of water | B．went to hospital |
| C．ate an Indian meal | D．finished his homework |
His parents decided to take him to hospital when he ____.
| A．hiccupped for four seconds |
| B．held his breath |
| C．hiccupped at night |
| D．couldn't stop hiccupping |
His hiccups completely stopped one week after the doctor ____.
| A．gave him some medicine |
| B．took an X-ray of his chest |
| C．gave him a shock |
| D．let him drink cold drinks |
What does “shock” in this passage mean？
| A．震惊 | B．休克 | C．喷嚏 | D．哈欠 |
One weekend ,a wife and a husband went to visit a shop in Tokyo. After they got back home, they couldn’t find their camera. They thought the camera must be in the shop. After a few weeks ,they went to that shop again and the boss（老板）of the shop gave their camera back to them.
When their pictures of the camera came out ,the husband saw two pictures he did not take .One was a man standing at the door of the shop .In his hand there was a piece of paper with some words on it ,”I find your camera.” The other was a boy with a piece of paper in his hand. There were some words on the paper too ,”I take the pictures.”What did the wife and her husband do one weekend?
When did they find their camera was lost?
Did they find their camera at last?
How many pictures didn’t they take when their pictures of the camera came out?
Who found the camera and who took the pictures?
All students need to have good habits（好习惯）.When you have good study habits, you learn things quickly. You also remember them easily.
Do you like to study in the living room? This is not a good place because it is usually too noisy. You need to study in a quiet place, like your bedroom. A quiet place will help you only think about one thing, and you will learn better.
Before you begin to study, do not forget to clean your desk. A good desk light is important, too. You’ll feel tired easily if there is not enough light.When you have good study habits, you will__________.
| A．learn things quickly | B．remember things easily |
| C．think about one thing | D．both A and B |
The living-room is not a good place for study because it is too__________ .
| A．quiet | B．noisy | C．good | D．clean |
You’ll feel tired easily if the light is__________ .
| A．good | B．enough | C．bad | D．wonderful |
You should remember to before you study.
| A．clean the desk | B．tidy the room |
| C．turn on the light | D．go to the bedroom |
The best title（标题） for this passage（文章） is__________ .
| A．Study in the bedroom | B．Good habits |
| C．How to study | D．Desk light is important |
Many people like to travel during their vacations(假期). Some people travel in tour groups because they think it is safe and cheap. A tour guide takes care of the group and makes sure the group can see a lot of interesting and beautiful sights. Other people like traveling alone or with friends. If you travel by yourself, you are free to see what you want to see.
People travel for many reasons. Some people travel to learn more about other countries’ people, culture, food and languages. Some people travel for adventure(冒险). They want to do some different things, such as skiing, bungee jumping（蹦极跳） and mountain climbing. Other people like to shop when they travel. They look for new things or cheap ones.
There are different ways to travel. Some people take trains, boats or buses, some fly, and others drive cars. Some people like to travel slowly and spend a long time in each place, while others like to take quick tours and visit more places in a short time.What does “sights” mean in Chinese in the first paragraph?
| A．视力 | B．看见 | C．风景 | D．情景 |
Why do some people like traveling alone ?
| A．Because they want to see interesting sights. |
| B．Because they have different ways to travel. |
| C．Because they are free to see what they want to see. |
| D．Because they want to learn more about people from other countries. |
According to the passage, people travel for_______.
| A．adventure | B．learning more about another country |
| C．Shopping | D．all of the above |
Some people take quick tours because_______.
| A．they travel by car. |
| B．they like to visit many places in a short time |
| C．they have much time for travelling |
| D．they want to spend a long time in each place. |
If a person travels for adventure, he may choose ______ to get a different experience.
| A．eating | B．shopping |
| C．bungee jumping | D．sleeping |
The Spring Bud Project was organized by the China Children and Teenagers’ Fund(CCTF), under the leadership( 领导) of the All China Women’s Federation(联合会). The fund was started by Madam Zhou Jiebing, who donated 1 million Hong Kong dollars.
The purpose of the Spring Bud Project is to raise the quality of women’s education and ability from childhood. It has tried a lot to raise funds both at home and abroad and its aim is to help dropout girls in China’s poor, rural areas return to school.
In the past ten years, more than 10 million children in China have left schools because their families are too poor, and 70% of these dropouts are girls. In fact, girls’ education has become one of the most difficult problems in China. The CCTF wants to help hundreds of thousands of girls return to school, so it set up the Spring Bud Project.
Thanks to donations from so many people and organizations, by the end of 2009, the Spring Bud Project had raised 800 million yuan in total, built more than 1,000 Spring Bud schools, aided more than 2 million girls to return to school and provided technical training for more than 400,000 girls.What is the Spring Bud Project organized by?
How many poor girls have left school in the last ten years in China?
What may the underlined word “dropout” mean in Chinese?
Can you think of another way of saying “thanks to” ? What is it?
What did the Spring Bud Project spend the donations doing?