I like my bike. It brings me a lot of fun. When I was an  1  boy, my father bought it for me. It is my “horse”. I often go to school  2   my bike. I like riding a bike  3  it is very convenient. If I go out by bike, it is  4  to find a place for parking it. Bikes are very cheap, so most people can buy one. There are three people in my family.  5  of us has a bike. My parents are teachers in my school. In the morning, Mum, Dad and I each  6  to school. However on a rainy day we walk to school, because the road is bad for riding. I think riding bikes can make us  7  . It not only helps us exercise more but also  8  the air clean. The bike is very important in Chinese people’s life. So riding bikes can help you to  9  more about China and the Chinese people. Now people in the world say China is the country of bikes because there are  10  bikes in China. I hope people all round the world like them.
1. A. eight years old          B. eight year old 
C. eight-year-old           D. eight-years-old
2. A. by        B. on        C. from         D. in
3. A. so         B. but       C. while         D. because
4. A. hard                    B. late           C. happy             D. easy
5. A. Each                    B. Both                   C. None                       D. Some
6. A. walk                    B. run            C. drive                        D. ride
7. A. strange     B. busy                   C. strong            D. poor
8. A. feels                    B. keeps                 C. sees                         D. likes
9. A. tell             B. know                  C. visit                          D. ask
10. A. so many     B. so much     C. too much   D. many too

     People are often killed while crossing the road. Most of these people are old people and children. Old people are often killed because they usually cannot see or hear very well. Children are often killed because they are not careful. They have to look and listen before they cross the road.

     A car, a truck or a bus cannot stop very quickly. If the traffic is going very fast, It will travel many metres before it stops. People don't always understand this. They think a car can stop within(在……之内)a few seconds (秒) . The faster a car is traveling. The longer it takes to stop.

     The only safe way to cross the road is to look both sides, right and left. Then if the road is clear, it is safe to cross. The right way to cross is to walk quickly. It is dangerous to run. If people run across the road, they may fall down.

1. ______are often killed when they cross the road.

A. Old people        B. Children          C. Young men D. Both old people and children

2. Old people are often killed when crossing the road because ______

A. they can't see or hear clearly  B. they are not careful

C. they often run               D. they like talking

3. It is ______ for a driver who drives quite fast to stop his car when he finds something wrong one meter in front of him suddenly.

A. easy          B. bad    C. possible         D. difficult

4. When we cross the road. we have to ______.

A. run                               B. look carefully and walk quickly

C. ask somebody to help us        D. look for a policeman

5. Which is wrong?

A. It is Safe to run across the road

B. Children are often killed because they aren't careful

C. Ira car goes very fast, it can’t stop quickly.

       D. Look both ways, right and left, before you cross the road.