Question

“In my day, we had to walk a mile to school—uphill, both ways.” That may sound like an old joke. Today, only 13 percent of kids walk to school, down from 66 percent 30 years ago.

Studies show that fewer children are walking and biking to school, and more children are at risk of becoming overweight. Changing behaviors of children and parents require creative ways that are safe and fun.

A walking school bus can be both.

It works like a bus, picking up ‘passengers’ along the way at designated(指定的) ‘bus stops’ except everyone is walking!

The Walking School Bus works as a supervised group of children walking to and from school along a safe and enjoyable set route. There are at least two parents in a group. One parent ‘drives’ at the front of the bus, while the other parent supervises at the back. The same of different supervisors go with the children to and from school. Additional(增加的) parents may be needed depending on the walking environment.

The ‘bus’ can go as often as parents want to ‘drive’ it and children want to use it. This means that it can even work as little as one morning or afternoon each week. All children are welcome to join the bus even if their parents cannot be drivers. And the service is free.

Socially, it’s great because the children meet other children, otherwise they would only know by sight.

“My children have formed some good friendships because of the Walking Bus. The parents get to know other parents too!” a parent said. “From our experience of the Walking Bus, it has only been a meaningful thing. It gets all of us walking more and the children do not complain about walking like they used to. ”

Some kids said compared to walking school bus, it’s boring in a car when they were asked why not get into a car.

Besides these, it might have a good effect on heavy traffic.

1.How many students walked to school 30 years ago?

A. 66 percent.B. 13 percent.C. 30 percent.D. 53 percent.

2.What does the underlined word “supervised” mean in the passage?

A. controlledB. explored C. requiredD. improved

3.What can the Walking School Bus NOT do to help the children __________.

A. make more friendsB. reduce the risk of being overweight

C. exercise more D. complain about walking

4.The best title of this passage is “__________”.

A. A new way to exerciseB. A new school bus

C. A walking school busD. Parents’ driving school bus

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.A

3.D

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章主要介绍了“步行校车”既安全又有趣，能够改变孩子的行为习惯。步行校车是这样的，由两个家长陪同监督，沿着安全的指定的路线上学和回家。步行校车有很多好处。

1.细节理解题。根据Today, only 13 percent of kids walk to school, down from 66 percent 30 years ago.句意：现在只有13%的孩子走路去学校，30年前66%的孩子走路去学校。故选A。

2.词义猜测题。根据The Walking School Bus works as a supervised group of children walking to and from school along a safe and enjoyable set route.句意：步行校车是这样动作的，一群受监督的孩子沿着安全的指定路线走路上学和回家。后文中得知有两个家长陪同，一个在前面，一个在后面。可知supervised意为监督，controlled。可知应选A。

3.细节理解题。根据It gets all of us walking more and the children do not complain about walking like they used to.句意：它让我们所有人走得更多，孩子们也不像过去那样抱怨走路。可知抱怨走路不是步行校车想要帮助孩子达到的目的。故选D。

4.标题归纳题。这篇文章主要介绍了步行校车。可知应选C。

考点：日常生活类短文阅读。