When your school doesn’t have a bus, and you live too far away to walk? How do you go to school?  “Let’s carpool! ”most US middle school students will get that cool idea. Carpooling is a group of people sharing the responsibility(责任) of driving to school in the morning. There are usually four or five kids in a carpool and their parents take turns driving the kids in their cars.It might be the kids’ first experience with real teamwork. Teamwork is really important in the carpool because nobody wants to make everyone else late. It’s a great lesson in resposibility.

Carpooling is coming into fashion everywhere now. You can find lots of informations of carpooling on the internet. Carpooling is cool! Why?
It’s good for the environment. In today’s culture of everyone needing to try their best to protect our environment, carpooling is one of the best ways. By taking 3 cars off the road, the pollution can be cut a little. Take that over a town, a city, a state, a country and think about how much less pollution is going to be in the air over the course of even one year.
Gas(汽油) now is much more expensive than it used to and if you need to watch the cents(美分), then it’s possible that carpooling could be the answer to your prayers. Even if you have to use your car once a week instead of two, that’s one round trip of gas you’re saving. So carpooling helps you save money.
Carpooling is a great way of getting to know people better. If you’re carpooling grade school kids, then you’ll find that slowly you’ll get to know your child’s peers(同龄人) and friends better. It's a great opportunity to meet people while saving the environment and your money. 
【小题1】The word “carpool” means         .
A. 合伙用车                B. 共同租车             C. 让人搭车
【小题2】One of        drives the car in a carpool of middle school students.
A. their teachers              B. the students           C. their parents
【小题3】If you carpool with two persons to work every day,      will be taken off the road every day.
A. no car                   B.one car               C. two cars
【小题4】There are        advantages of carpooling mentioned in this passage.
A. three                    B. four                  C. five
【小题5】We can know from the passage that carpooling          .
A. is much more convenient than taking the school bus.
B. can help you save the money because you use your car less.
C. isn’t a good means to understand people better.

My name is Sam . I joined a club called  “ passing help ” last month . Now let me tell you why I joined it.

 One evening this May, on my way home my old car was broken . It was 25 miles from my home . I wanted to get a ride, but there was no car . It was also hard to take a taxi . I decided to take a bus home .I went to a bus stop nearby .

 After a while , a bus came , but it did not go to my town .The bus driver was a   young woman . She was kind and she told me which bus I should take . I waited there for about thirty minutes , but no bus came . At last a car came to me and a woman came out of the car .She was just the bus driver.

“When I reached the bus station , I got to know that the bus to your town couldn't  come ,so I returned here.I just can't leave you here ,” she said , “ Get in my car and I will take you back to your home .”

 “ It is a long way .”I said.

 “ Come on ,sir, ”she said ,“ Let’s go.”

 On the way she told me a story . A few days ago, there wasn't gas(汽油）in her car . An old man drove her up to a gas station and then back to her car.

 When we got to my home , I wanted to give her some money to thank her , but she didn't accept it . “ I only want to help others and do something nice for somebody. Pass it along. ” She said.  

1.What happened to Sam one evening this May?

A. He lost his way.                B. His car broken down.      

C. He was hurt in an accident.       D. He couldn't reach the gas station.

2. Sam didnt think of going home__________ that evening.

A. by train                       B. by bus

C. by car.                        D. by taxi.

3. From the passage , we know that the young woman was _________.

A.a club boss.                 B. a taxi driver       

C. a bus driver.                D.a gas station worker.

4.The young woman wanted Sam to _________.

A.give her some money.          B. get on her bus.  

C. take her to her house.          D. help others just as she did.

5. The best title (题目）of the passage is ________ .

A. A kind old man.       B. Getting a ride.

C. Passing help.         D. A broken car.