Every day some people are killed while they are crossing the roads. __1__ of these people are old people and children. Old people are often killed（被杀死）because they can't see or __2__ very well. Children are killed because they are not __3__. They forgot to look and listen before they __4__ the roads.

　　A car or a bus can't stop __5__. If a car is going very fast, it will travel many metres __6__ it stops. Some people don't always understand this. They think a car can stop __7__ a few seconds. It is difficult to __8__ how fast a car is moving. The only way to cross the roads safely（安全地）is to look __9__ ways, right and left. Then if the roads are __10__, you can cross them.

　　Every one of us must be more careful when you are crossing a road no matter（无论）you are a driver or a passer-by（过路人）. And all the drivers must drive more carefully and slowly when they are driving.

Pearl and June were good friends and spent most of their time together.
They were both very old and they worried about their health. Most of the time they talked about nothing else.
They worried about their food. Was it clean? Would it give them pains in the stomach?
They worried about the weather. Was it too cold and wet? Would it give them pains in their bones?
They worried about pollution in the air. would it give them pains in their chests(胸部)and throats(喉咙)?
They worried about being hurt in a car accident, killed in a plane crash, getting sick, and so on.
All they could think about was being ill or hurt.
One day they went on a train journey together.
“We’ll need some food,”Pearl said.
“We’ll buy some bananas,”June said.“They are good to eat and always clean.”
And so they bought two bananas to eat on the train.
It was not long before they were hungry.
Pearl took out the bananas and gave one to June. Then she peeled(剥)the skin of her banana and took a large bite of it.
At that moment the train went into a tunnel. Everything went black.“Don’t eat your banana,”Pearl shouted at June.“Mine has made me go blind!”
【小题1】What did the two old ladies talk about most of the time? _________

Pearl and June were good friends and spent most of their time together.

They were both very old and they worried about their health. Most of the time they talked about nothing else.

They worried about their food. Was it clean? Would it give them pains in the stomach?

They worried about the weather. Was it too cold and wet? Would it give them pains in their bones?

They worried about pollution in the air. would it give them pains in their chests(胸部)and throats(喉咙)?

They worried about being hurt in a car accident, killed in a plane crash, getting sick, and so on.

All they could think about was being ill or hurt.

One day they went on a train journey together.

“We’ll need some food,”Pearl said.

“We’ll buy some bananas,”June said.“They are good to eat and always clean.”

And so they bought two bananas to eat on the train.

It was not long before they were hungry.

Pearl took out the bananas and gave one to June. Then she peeled(剥)the skin of her banana and took a large bite of it.

At that moment the train went into a tunnel. Everything went black.“Don’t eat your banana,”Pearl shouted at June.“Mine has made me go blind!”

1.What did the two old ladies talk about most of the time? _________

A. Themselves.      B. Other people.       C. Healthy food.       D. Dangerous drivers.

2. The old ladies didn’t want to ______.

  A. eat any bananas                       B. travel by train

  C. be young again                        D. get sick

3.Pearl ate her banana ________.

  A. after they came out of the tunnel       B. at the station

  C. before June ate hers                    D. before she was hungry

4. Pearl thought that the banana _______.

  A. stopped her from seeing                B. would make her hungry

  C. would make her ill                     D. would be good for June

5.What’s the best title of the story? __________.

  A. What Good Friends                   B. What a Bad Train Journey

  C. Bananas Are Good for You            D. Bananas Are Bad for You

Pearl and June were good friends and spent most of their time together.

They were both very old and they worried about their health. Most of the time they talked about nothing else.

They worried about their food. Was it clean? Would it give them pains in the stomach?

They worried about the weather. Was it too cold and wet? Would it give them pains in their bones?

They worried about pollution in the air. would it give them pains in their chests(胸部)and throats(喉咙)?

They worried about being hurt in a car accident, killed in a plane crash, getting sick, and so on.

All they could think about was being ill or hurt.

One day they went on a train journey together.

“We’ll need some food,”Pearl said.

“We’ll buy some bananas,”June said.“They are good to eat and always clean.”

And so they bought two bananas to eat on the train.

It was not long before they were hungry.

Pearl took out the bananas and gave one to June. Then she peeled(剥)the skin of her banana and took a large bite of it.

At that moment the train went into a tunnel. Everything went black.“Don’t eat your banana,”Pearl shouted at June.“Mine has made me go blind!”

1.What did the two old ladies talk about most of the time? _________

A. Themselves.      B. Other people.       C. Healthy food.       D. Dangerous drivers.

2. The old ladies didn’t want to ______.

  A. eat any bananas                       B. travel by train

  C. be young again                        D. get sick

3.Pearl ate her banana ________.

  A. after they came out of the tunnel       B. at the station

  C. before June ate hers                    D. before she was hungry

4. Pearl thought that the banana _______.

  A. stopped her from seeing                B. would make her hungry

  C. would make her ill                     D. would be good for June

5.What’s the best title of the story? __________.

  A. What Good Friends                   B. What a Bad Train Journey

  C. Bananas Are Good for You            D. Bananas Are Bad for You