Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao promised that the country would take actions to improve school bus safety on Sunday, a day after China saw its second terrible school bus accident in November, 2011.
“School buses should be safe mobile campuses(校园) for students,” the premier said at a national meeting on women and children, “Society(社会) should remember in mind that children should be the first to enjoy all kinds of social caring and the last ones to suffer from any disaster.”
School buses have become a hot topic in China since the deaths of 21 people, including 19 pre-school students, in a traffic accident between a truck and a school-owned minibus in Gansu province on Nov. 16, 2011. The nine-seat minibus was carrying 64 people at the time of the accident, according to the reports.
The second accident, in which a school bus in the northern province of Liaoning rolled over on Friday, left 35 people injured, according to China Daily.
“In recent days, a series of big accidents involving school buses has led to great anger among the people. These accidents have also made me uncomfortable,” said Mr Wang, an old teacher from Jiangsu. And he also thought that school bus safety must become a serious problem for schools and the government.
Premier Wen has already asked the government to develop new safety standard (标准) for school buses and made sure to help local government with safe buses for school-age children.
【小题1】How many seats did the minibus in Gansu province have before it was turned into a school bus?

A．64

B．21

C．9

D．19

【小题2】What does “roll over” mean in Paragraph 4?

A．倒车

B．翻车

C．撞车

D．飞车

【小题3】How did Mr Wang feel when such accidents happened?

A．nervous

B．angry

C．stressed

D．tired

【小题4】Which of the following sentences is Not True?

A．21 pre-school students died in the school bus traffic accident in Gansu.

B．35 people were hurt in the school bus accident in Liaoning.

C．Mr Wang thought school bus safety was a serious problem.

D．The government has been asked to develop new safety standard for school buses.

One afternoon ,Mrs Stone decided to visit her friend Mrs King . Mrs king lived in a nice house with a large garden far from the city center .Mrs Stone took her dog with her . While the women were having coffee outside the house , the dog was running around in the garden . The two friends were very unpleasantly surprised when the dog appeared after some time with a dead rabbit in his mouth. Mrs King began to feel sick because she knew that her neighbor kept rabbits in a hutch (兔窝 ) in his garden . As the dog and the rabbit were both covered with earth and dirt , the women took the rabbit and carefully cleaned it in the bathroom .When it got dark ,they went quietly through the trees into the neighbor’s garden and put the dead rabbit into the hutch .

The next afternoon .Mr king’s neighbor , the one with the rabbit ,found her in the garden called her over . She walked towards the neighbor and she felt very afraid because she knew that she did something wrong “You know what ? ”her neighbor said , “ Yesterday morning I found one of my rabbits dead in the hutch . So I put it in the ground in the garden and this morning ,”he started to whisper( 耳语 ), “It’s back to the hutch ! I’m going to take it to a right pet cemetery （ 墓地）      

1 . Who was the owner of the dog ?

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2 .Why were Mrs Stone and Mrs King very unpleasantly surprised ?

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3 .Where did Mrs Stone and Mrs King put the dead rabbit ?

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4.The rabbit wasn’t bitten to death by the dog , was it ?

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5.How would Mrs King’s neighbor deal with the rabbit ?

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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao promised that the country would take actions to improve school bus safety on Sunday, a day after China saw its second terrible school bus accident in November, 2011.

     “School buses should be safe mobile campuses(校园) for students,” the premier said at a national meeting on women and children, “Society(社会) should remember in mind that children should be the first to enjoy all kinds of social caring and the last ones to suffer from any disaster.”

School buses have become a hot topic in China since the deaths of 21 people, including 19 pre-school students, in a traffic accident between a truck and a school-owned minibus in Gansu province on Nov. 16, 2011. The nine-seat minibus was carrying 64 people at the time of the accident, according to the reports.

The second accident, in which a school bus in the northern province of Liaoning rolled over on Friday, left 35 people injured, according to China Daily.

     “In recent days, a series of big accidents involving school buses has led to great anger among the people. These accidents have also made me uncomfortable,” said Mr Wang, an old teacher from Jiangsu. And he also thought that school bus safety must become a serious problem for schools and the government.

Premier Wen has already asked the government to develop new safety standard (标准) for school buses and made sure to help local government with safe buses for school-age children.

1.How many seats did the minibus in Gansu province have before it was turned into a school bus?

A. 64           B. 21           C. 9            D. 19

2.What does “roll over” mean in Paragraph 4?

A. 倒车         B. 翻车         C. 撞车         D.飞车

3.How did Mr Wang feel when such accidents happened?

A. nervous      B. angry            C. stressed         D. tired

4.Which of the following sentences is Not True?

A. 21 pre-school students died in the school bus traffic accident in Gansu.

B. 35 people were hurt in the school bus accident in Liaoning.

C. Mr Wang thought school bus safety was a serious problem.

D. The government has been asked to develop new safety standard for school buses.

 

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Happy Children’s Palace

MONDAY 19:00—20:30 English learning Prof. G. White Would you like to improve your English? This is for middle school students. (2 weeks) TUESDAY 17:30—19:00 Photography(摄影) Mr. Green Learn to take good pictures. Bring your own camera with you. (4 weeks) WEDNESDAY 18:00—19:00 Office 2000 Prof. Wang Lan Learn how to use the new software. (10 weeks)   FRIDAY 19:00—20:30 Painting Miss Yang Jing Would you like to learn painting? It is for beginners only. (16 weeks) SATURDAY 15:00—16:30 Cambridge Young Learner’s English Prof. J. Brown This course is for the children at primary school(小学). (20 weeks) SUNDAY 10:00—12:00 Swimming, club Coach: Liu Xin Want to swim as fast as a fish? (9 weeks)

1.You can go to Happy Children’s Palace to learn some skills(技能) exc

ept ________.

A．on Monday	B．On Wednesday
C．On Thursday	D．on Sunday

2.If you want to improve your English, you’d better learn it from ______.

A．Miss Yang Jing	B．Prof. J. Brown
C．Prof. Wang Lan	D．Prof. G. White

3.If you are interested in painting and want to be an artist, Miss Yang Jing    can teach you ______.

A．from 19:00 to 20:30 on Monday	B．from 17:30 to 19:00 on Tuesday
C．from 7:00 to 8:30 on Friday evening	D．from 18:00 to 19:00 on Wednesday

4.If you don’t have enough time and you want to learn a skill in two months, you’d better learn ____.

A．how to use the new software	B．swimming
C．how to take pictures	D．painting

5.Which of the following statements(陈述) is TRUE?

A．Prof. G. White gives a talk about English learning for students on Monday morning.

B．You can go to learn how to use Office 2000 from Prof. J. Brown.

C．If you want to learn swimming, you should go there on Sunday afternoon.

D．Prof. J. Brown teaches children English from 3:00—4:30 on Saturday afternoon.

 

Dear Mr Heppell,
I am Sabrina Akhtar studying in a high school and I’ve noticed that forests are disappearing (消失).
You know, forest are disappearing around the world each year. This is because of many different reasons including, farming, tourism pollution(旅游污染), etc, If we stop doing these things, there will be a good future for people of tomorrow.
Now I’m writing to ask you to help stop forests from disappearing. You can help by getting shops to stop selling paper made from trees and changing to tree-free paper (paper not made from trees). This will help forests so much . There are many , many things we can do to help forests. If you would like to know more, please visit http://www.Rainforestweb.Org/. By changing the little things, we can make a big difference.
If you would like to contact ( 联系 ) me, please see the above address or e-mail me at shazadinol @ hotmail.co.uk. Thank you for taking your time in reading this letter.
Yours sincerely
Sabrina Akhtar
【小题1】 The writer of this letter is ______.

A．a student	B．a teacher
C．an officer	D．a driver

【小题2】 ______ is one of the reasons why the forests are disappearing.

A．Rain	B．Tourism pollution
C．Planting	D．Breathing

【小题3】 The writer advises Mr. Heppell to _____.

A．stop shops from using paper any more

B．use paper which is made from tress

C．stop shops selling paper made from trees

D．plant more and more trees in the future

【小题4】 How can Mr. Heppell contact the writer ?

A．By calling her	B．By interviewing her
C．By visiting her	D．By e-mailing her

【小题5】 What’s the purpose (目的) of this letter ?

A．To know more about Mr. Heppell

B．To make friends with Mr. Heppell

C．To ask Mr. Heppell to teach in the school

D．To ask Mr. Heppell to help protect forests