A school bus is one that 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 kids 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--and then, 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 take a school bus. It's said that there will be 3,000 yellow school buses on the road by the end of this year in Chongqing.

1.According to Dr. Frank,           school buses are safer for the students.

     A. yellow            B. black              C. white              D. colorful

2.Children in Japan may easily          by taking the school bus.

     A. save time                             B. love their school

     C. play games                            D. do their homework

3.Chinese students will save a lot of time to          to school.

     A. walk                                    B. take a taxi

     C. ride a bike                              D. take a school bus

4.This passage is mainly about          .

     A. school buses                             B. school life

     C. popular colors                            D. students' safety

In most parts of the world, many students help their schools make less pollution(污染). They join "environment（环境）club". In an environment club, people work together to make our environment clean.

Here are some things students often do.

    No-garbage(垃圾)lunches. How much do you throw away after lunch? Environment clubs ask students to bring their lunches in bags that can be used again. Every week they will choose the classes that make the least garbage and report them to the whole school.

    No-car day. On a no- car day, nobody comes to school in a car- not the students and not the teachers. cars give pollution to our air, so remember: walk,

    Turn off the water! Did you know that toilets(抽水马桶)can waste twenty to forty tons（吨）of water an hour? In a year, that would fill a small river! In the environment clubs, students mend those broken toilets.

    We love our environment. Let's work together to make it clean.

1.Environment clubs ask students

A. to run to school every day.         B. to take exercise every day.

C. not to forget to take cars             D. not to throw away lunch bags

2.From the passage we know the students usually have lunch_______.

A. at school     B. in shops    C. in clubs      D. at home

3.On a no -car day,_______ will take a car to school.

A. both students and teachers        B. only students

C. only teachers                       D. neither students nor teachers

4.The writer wrote the passage to ask students to_______

A. clean school    B. make less pollution    C. join clubs    D. help teachers

阅读下面对话，从方框内7个选项中选择5个恰当的句子完成此对话。

A: What can I do for you?

B:     1   ?

A: For your daughter? Look, the shoes are really nice. Do you like them?

B: Yes. But I’m afraid my daughter doesn’t like the color.    2   ?

A: Sure. There are different kinds of shoes over there. What color does she love?

B:   3    And black is her favorite color.

A: What size of shoes does she wear?

Angela: Size 9. Let me see. Um, this pair of shoes must fit her.    4   ?

A: They are not expensive, Only 199 Yuan.

B: That would be OK.    5   . Here is the money.

A: Thank you very much.

B: That’s all right.

IMAGINE a life without arms or legs! You can’t hold anyone in your   1 . You can’t walk anywhere with your feet. How would you last a day like that? Would you   2  at yourself in the mirror like Nick Vujicic, the 29-year-old Australian?
Nick was born without limbs（四肢）, so life was not   3  for him. At school many students played jokes on him   4  he looked different from everyone else. He was refused to be   5  friends, so he always felt   6 . However, he faced that bravely. He   7  to type and write with two toes（脚趾）at the age of six, and he could   8  surf and play golf. In college, he achieved great success and was among the   9  students in the studies. And he decided on   10  to do later in his life—to encourage others to work hard for their dreams.
Now Nick is one of the most popular   11  in the world. He travels to many countries and gives speeches about his story   12  difficulties. “Living life fully is about looking at what you   13 , not what you don’t have.” he said. His   14  encourages millions of people.
“I tell people to keep on getting up when they   15  and to always love themselves,” he said. “If I can encourage just one person, then my job in this life is done.”