Question

【题目】Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once（将下列单词或词组填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次）

A.keeps B.besides C.at the end of D. common E.cheap

According to Xinhua News Agency, 3000 yellow school buses started their service in Chongqing 【1】 2011. These school buses are like the ones in the US as we usually see on TV and in movies.

The school buses are bright yellow in colour. They are stronger than the army’s cars. They are from the US. The yellow school bus has a big nose. This 【2】 the students safe when other cars crash into the school bus. The bus also has some safety devices (设备), such as warming lights and a stop signal arm.

In the US, yellow school buses are very 【3】. There are about 480,000 school buses in the country. Usually, the yellow schools buses are free to ride.

In China, school buses became popular in the past few years. On the bus, 【4】 the bus driver, there is always a teacher whose duty is to watch the students. Children usually rest on the bus. Some of them also recite texts.

A.phones B. inside C. sent D. letters E.suggested.

More about yellow schools buses in the US. Yellow became the colour of school buses in 1939. American educator, Frank W. Cyr 【5】 it. The colour helped other cars to see the buses. In the early morning, the black 【6】 on the yellow bus are easy to see.

Kids can listen to music, talk on their 【7】 or just sleep. But they can’t place things in the aisle (过道). They should keep their heads and arms 【8】 the bus. It’s not a good idea to talk to the bus driver --- the driver needs to pay attention to the road.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】D

【4】B

【5】E

【6】D

【7】A

【8】B

【解析】

文章主要介绍的是重庆市有3000辆黄色校车投入使用，并且介绍了这种黄色校车是从美国引进的，以及为什么是黄色的，做了简单的说明，在校车上孩子们可以做哪些事情，不能做哪些事情。

【1】句意：重庆市3000辆黄色校车于2011年底投入使用。

根据句意理解可知，这里表达的是“在……结束时”，英语是at the end of，后面可以接具体的时间，故选C。

【2】句意：当其他汽车撞上校车时，这样可以保证学生们的安全。

根据句意理解可知，这里缺的是“保持……”，英语是keep，是一个系动词，和后面的safe构成一个固定短语keep safe保证安全，而句子主语是指示代词this，所以动词应该用三单形式，故选A。

【3】句意：在美国，黄色校车很常见。

根据句意理解及后句的There are about 480,000 school buses in the country.可知，这里缺少的是“常见的”，“常见的”也就是“普通的”，英语中“普通”是common，是一个形容词，在句中做表语，故选D。

【4】句意：在校车上，除了校车司机外，总有一位老师他的职责是照看学生。

根据句意理解及后句there is always a teacher whose duty is to watch the students.可知，这里表达的是“除……只在，还有”，英语是besides，故选B。

【5】句意：美国教育家弗兰克塞尔提出的。

根据句意理解及空格后的it可知，it代替的是前面提到的Yellow became the colour of school buses，所以空格这里应该表达的是“建议”，是Frank W. Cyr提出的这个建议，而这个建议是过去提出的，所以这里动词应该用过去时，故选E。

【6】句意：一大早，校车上的黑色字母就很容易看到的。

根据句意理解及后句的easy to see可知，看见的应该是字母，而这里指代的并不是一个字母，所以应该用复数形式，故选D。

【7】句意：孩子们可以听音乐、打电话或睡觉。

根据句意理解可知，这里表达的是“打电话”，结合实际可知，学生们在校车上能够说话聊天的工具只有在电话上，故选A。

【8】句意：他们应该把头和胳膊放校车里。

根据句意理解及安全常识可知，坐公共汽车是要把头和胳膊保持在车里的，英语“在……里面”是inside，故答案为inside，故选B。