A school bus is one that is used to take children to and from school.

      In the USA, about 450,000 school buses take more than 25 million children to and from school. The yellow school bus is a US icon (象征). Yellow became the color of school buses in the USA in 1939. Dr. Frank got the good idea. He said it was easy for people to see yellow buses and the black letters on them in early morning or late afternoon. That would make children safer.

     There are not many school buses in Britain, and they are not yellow. They have trackers (追踪器) on them, so kids are being tracked while they travel to and from school by bus. The trackers let parents know where the school bus is and whether their kids are on the bus.

     Kindergarten (幼儿园) is a difficult time for some kids. It's the first time for them to go away from their parents. To make kids love their school, Japanese kindergartens and schools have colorful buses. The buses can easily make children want to take them--and then, go to school. Even some parents want to take them, too!

     School buses are becoming more and more popular in China now.  It saves a lot of time for students to take a school bus. It's said that there will be 3,000 yellow school buses on the road by the end of this year in Chongqing.

1.According to Dr. Frank,           school buses are safer for the students.

     A. yellow            B. black              C. white              D. colorful

2.Children in Japan may easily          by taking the school bus.

     A. save time                             B. love their school

     C. play games                            D. do their homework

3.Chinese students will save a lot of time to          to school.

     A. walk                                    B. take a taxi

     C. ride a bike                              D. take a school bus

4.This passage is mainly about          .

     A. school buses                             B. school life

     C. popular colors                            D. students' safety

A punctual person is in the habit of doing a thing at the correct time and is never late for anything.

     An unpunctual man never does what he has to do at the right time. He is always in a hurry and in the end loses both time and his good name. A lost thing may be found again, but lost time can never be got back. Time is more useful than material things. In fact, time is life itself. An unpunctual man is always wasting his most important things as well as others'. An unpunctual person is always saying unhappily that he finds no time to answer letters or return calls. But the man who really has much to do is very careful of his time. He knows that he can not finish all his work unless he carefully does every piece of work.

Being unpunctual is the sign of disrespect (不尊重_) towards others. If a person is invited to

dinner and arrives later than the time when he should be there, he keeps all the other guests (客人)

waiting for him. Usually this will be thought as a great disrespect to the host and all the other guests.

Not like a punctual person, an unpunctual one can't do his duty wonderfully, whether it is public or personal. Imagine how it would be if those who should do important tasks failed to be on time. A man who is known to be often unpunctual is never believed by his friends or fellow men.

1.The Chinese meaning of the word "punctual" in this passage is probably “       ”.                                                                      

A.听话的      B.守时的       C.守纪律的      D.能干的

2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

     A. An unpunctual person often has more time.

     B. An unpunctual person has more work to do.

     C. A punctual person often has a busy life.

     D. A punctual person often does his work wonderfully.

3.When you are invited to dinner, you'd better arrive there         .

     A. in a hurry                               B. after the host

     C. at the decided time                        D. before other guests

4.From the passage, we learn that an unpunctual man usually          in the end.

     A. saves time for others                      

B. leaves his family and friends

     C. gets his chances and knowledge             

D. loses his time and good name

阅读下文并回答问题。

      Dave is my friend. His family is rich. His parents always give him lots of pocket money. But Dave thinks his parents work very hard and it's not easy for them, so he always tries his best to save money. He has some good ways to do it.

      Dave likes reading. He has lots of books. He tells me he often buys books online, because they're cheaper. And when he has free time, he often goes to bookstores or libraries to do some reading.

      Dave has a bike. He usually goes to school by bike instead of taking a bus. Sometimes when it rains or snows, he walks. These two ways help Dave keep healthy and save some money.

      Dave brings a bottle of water to school every day. When other students drink juice, he enjoys his water. He thinks water is the cheapest but the best drink.

      Some students think Dave is mean. But I don't think so. I think he is right. What do you think of him?

1.Does Dave try his best to save money?

2.How does Dave usually go to school?

3.What does Dave bring to school every day?

根据所给提示，完成句子。每空一词，含缩略词。

1.Chen Ping received an e-mail last Friday. (改为否定句)

Chen Ping                              an e-mail last Friday.

2.There are fifty students in our class. (对划线部分提问)

                             students are there in your class?

3.I often borrow a dictionary from Bruce. (改为同义句)

Bruce often                his dictionary                me.

4.交卷前你应仔细检查。(完成译句)

You should check your answers carefully before you                           your paper.

阅读下面对话，从方框内7个选项中选择5个恰当的句子完成此对话。

A: Excuse me, sir?

B: Yes?   73 

A: I want to go to the train station, but I don't know how to get the ticket from the TVM  (自动售票机).

B:   74   Well, just press here.

A: How much is the ticket?

B:   75  

A: All right. By the way, how often do the trains come?

B: About every six minutes.

A:   76  

B: At 11:00 pm.

A: OK. Got it. Thanks for your help.

B:    77 

A: Goodbye!

B: Bye- bye !

根据下面短文内容，在短文的空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整、通顺。

      Whenever we see something new, we wish to write it down in one form or another. We will be happier if we share (分享) our experience with others. Then   78   can we write better travel stories? The following may be helpful.

      Memory and notes

      Don't believe your memory. You may have a good memory,   79   you cannot remember everything. You are seeing and hearing so much information while you're on a trip. When you return to write about your travel stories, you may forget something. So you should make notes, take photographs, and if   80   , take videos. In this way, you can describe your travel and write it down   81   missing anything.

      Photographs and your stories

      Photographs are very useful for you to remember what you have seen. As you see the photographs, you can describe your experiences easily by remembering how you felt when you took   82  .

      When you are writing about your travel stories, make sure they are not too short as your reader may not get the full impression (印象) of them and make sure they are not so  83  that the reader may get bored.

      Popular factors (因素)

      Make sure your stories have popular factors and the reader will find your travel stories not only pleasant to   84  , but useful as well. Popular factors are food to eat, places to stay and the things to look out for while   85   . They should also include what you've found useful and the things you miss so much.

    假如你校有几位来自美国的交换生，他们打算周末步行去翠湖公园。请根据提示为他们写出前往的路线，并简介公园情况。

要点提示：校对

1．路线(见右图)；

2．

3．……

要求：

1．词数：80词左右，开头已给出，不计入总词数。

2．文中不能出现自己的姓名和所在学校的名称。

Cuihu Park is not far from here. It's easy to get there. Just go straight                        

 Look at      eraser on the floor. Whose is it?

 —Who did you go to the movie      ?

—Nobody. I went alone.

—        can I get the book if I order it today?

— In a week.