Nowadays, school buses are popular in China. Many students take a school bus to school. It looks like a tourist bus. The undergrounds and common(普通的) buses often take much time. But school buses can save a lot of time. How do children go to school in other countries?
In the US, yellow school buses are a common way for children to get to school. There are about 480,000 school buses in the country. But why are the school buses all yellow? Yellow became the color of school buses in 1939. American educator(教育家) Frank W. Cyr first suggested(建议) it. The color on the buses helped warn other cars: be careful. Black letters(字母) on a yellow bus are also easy to see in the early morning.
However, there are not many school buses in the UK. Students from public schools usually take buses or the underground to school. In Japan, schools are small in cities. So there is no need to use school buses. Children usually walk to school.
1. A lot of students in China take __________ to school.| A．undergrounds | B．common buses | C．school buses | D．a special car |
| A．警示 | B．照亮 | C．敲打 | D．支持 |
| A．Chinese | B．Japanese | C．American | D．English |
| A．a school bus in the US looks like an underground |
| B．letters on a yellow bus are black and easy to see |
| C．many students in the UK take school buses to school |
| D．school buses are popular in Japan |
| A．How do students go back home from school in the world? |
| B．Why are school buses popular in China and America? |
| C．How do students go to school in different countries? |
| D．Why are school buses yellow in the US? |
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【推荐1】Hello, my friends! I am Mary. This is my classroom. Come and have a look.
The classroom is big and clean(干净的). The teachers’ desk is white. It’s in the front of the classroom. And thirty-five sets(套) of red desks and white chairs are in it, too. They are for us. Each student has a desk and a chair. This is Jenny’s desk. Some books are on her desk. She likes reading very much. Behind her desk is Peter’s desk. His schoolbag is in his desk. It’s red. It’s his favourite colour. Bruce’s desk is on the right of Peter’s. His things are everywhere. His books, pens and umbrella are all on his desk. A coat is on his chair. A basketball is under his chair. I think it’s time for him to tidy up. Let’s help him.
1. The teachers’ desk is ________.| A．red | B．yellow | C．blue | D．white |
| A．reading | B．drawing | C．singing | D．dancing |
| A．on his desk | B．in his desk | C．under his desk | D．beside his desk |
| A．messy | B．tidy | C．clean | D．nice |
Hello, everyone. I’m Anna. I am from England. Now I am in China with my family. I have a Chinese friend. Her name is Meimei. We are in the same class.
Look! This is our classroom. It is tidy and big. It has very big windows. 45 students are in our class. Everyone has a desk and a chạir. They are new. We put our schoolbags in the desk. In our classroom there are two blackboards. One is for teachers and one is for students. A clock is above (在……上方) the blackboard. The walls are white. Some nice pictures and two maps are on the wall.
We study in our classroom and we all like it.
1. Anna’s friend is from ______.| A．England | B．China | C．the U. S. |
| A．25 | B．45 | C．65 |
| A．tidy but small | B．new and big | C．tidy and big |
| A．schoolbags | B．blackboards | C．windows |
| A．Anna and Meimei are in the same class. |
| B．Two blackboards are in the classroom. |
| C．A clock is on the blackboard. |
【推荐3】Hello, everyone. My name is Jack. I am in Class One, Grade Seven. Welcome to my classroom.
There is a big map on the wall. It’s colourful. Look! This is my schoolbag. It is new. It’s on the desk. The schoolbag is yellow and blue. I have a blue pencil case. It’s in my new schoolbag. This is my pen. It is black. This is my pencil. It’s green. And this is my pencil sharpener (卷笔刀). It’s very nice.
Oh, what’s under my schoolbag? Let’s have a look. There are two oranges.
1. Jack is in ________.| A．Class Seven, Grade One |
| B．Class One, Grade Seven |
| C．Class Six, Grade Seven |
| D．Class Seven, Grade Six |
| A．pencil sharpener | B．pencil | C．pencil case | D．map |
| A．big | B．heavy | C．nice | D．light |
| A．Two oranges. | B．A pencil. | C．A map. | D．A pencil sharpener. |
| A．In his room. | B．In the library. | C．In his classroom. | D．In the shop. |
Opening Hours
High season（April to September）: 9:00-18:00
Every day
Low season （October to March）: 9:00-17:00
Every day
Ticket price
Route A(——→): $20 each person
Route B(------→): $18 each person
Things You Should Know
·Buses for both routes leave every hour from Central Station.
·Route A takes one hour. Route B takes 50 minutes.
·If you take your pet with you, please buy a ticket for it at half price.
·Save 10% if you buy tickets on the Internet.
·Save 10% if you buy tickets for both routes.
Click www.citysightbus. org for more information.
根据语篇内容，选择最佳选项。
1. Mr. Green takes the bus at 17:30, which month may it be now?
| A．March. | B．August. | C．November. |
| A．Route A. | B．Route B. | C．Route C. |
| A．Eleven. | B．Twelve. | C．Thirteen. |
| A．$27. | B．$30. | C．$24.3. |
| A．In a newspaper. | B．In a guidebook. | C．On the Internet. |
【推荐2】Have you ever taken the train from Beijing to Shanghai or the train from Shanghai to Beijing? Then how much do you know about the Beijing-Shanghai railway?
The Beijing-Shanghai railway was completed in 1968. The line runs 1,462 kilometers between China’s two main cities and passes through five provinces and the city of Tianjin.
Since opening, it has been one of the busiest lines in our country. Ten trains run on the Beijing-Shanghai railway every day. Five of them are non-stop. Now trains can travel at 250 kilometers per hour at most and the time of the travel is only 10 hours.
China has become one of the countries with high-speed train services. Trains run at the speed of 200 kilometers per hour on 6,003 kilometers of track (轨道), and on some parts, the highest speed can be 250 kilometers per hour. The 6,003 kilometers of track serves both high-speed passenger trains and low-speed cargo (货物) trains.
Railway operators (驾驶员) have to deal with the problem of the speed gap between the two kinds of trains to make sure they both run safely.
1. The Beijing-Shanghai railway is _________| A．1,462 kilometers | B．1,968 meters | C．6,003 kilometers | D．200 kilometers |
| A．old | B．non-stop | C．made in Japan | D．too slow |
| A．Only one train is running on the 6,003 kilometers of track. |
| B．The Beijing-Shanghai railway passes through six provinces. |
| C．All the trains in China run without stopping. |
| D．The Beijing-Shanghai railway has been one of the busiest lines in China. |
【推荐3】CBC is a well-known air company which has over twenty planes flying along 12 fixed airlines all over the world. Its service is very good but some passengers are still not satisfied with it and that is why in 2019 and 2020 the company received letters of complaints(抱怨) from passengers. Several kinds of problems are recorded in the following table. Passenger Complaints Received By the CBC.
| Category(类别)of Complaints | 2019 | 2020 |
| Flight problems | 20% | 22.1% |
| Baggage(行李) | 18.3% | 21.8% |
| Customer Service | 3.1% | 11.3% |
| Over sales of seats | 21.6% | 19.9% |
| Tours | 15.5% | 13.9% |
| Smoking | 3.2% | 3% |
| Special passengers | 0.9% | 0.9% |
| Others | 6.0% | 5.3% |
| Total (总计)number of complaints | 3000 | 2000 |
| A．unknown | B．unimportant | C．good | D．unnecessary |
| A．64. | B．60. | C．30. | D．34. |
| A．ad | B．report | C．story | D．novel |
【推荐1】Some schools and parents used to measure the success of their children according to grades, but now they pay special attention to moral (道德的) education and character-building to make sure teenagers achieve success in building human relationships.
Schools give chances to students to discover their hidden ability so that they can enjoy some form of success. For example, those good at speaking skills are advised to take part in speech competitions while those interested in arts are expected to perform in front of their classmates. Teenagers also get the pleasure of success when they join their favorite clubs.
Teenagers are often told that success is not easy to achieve and that success lies in hard work. Great efforts have to be put into project work. Doing things much later than planned should be avoided as this will lead to a mountain of work which finally makes them nervous. Another good quality is a sense of responsibility which makes them remember that a task has to be completed.
Sticking to moral values is the key to success too. Honest teenagers will win the trust of friends leading to good relationships. Self-motivation (自我激励) is another quality to be developed for self-motivated teenagers will have the strong will and drive to perform a task and finally get to enjoy a sense of achievement.
1. Why are students given chances to take part in activities? ________| A．To get good grades. |
| B．To improve speaking ability. |
| C．To express their love for arts. |
| D．To get the pleasure of success. |
| A．Project work makes teenagers nervous. |
| B．Good qualities will lead to a happy life. |
| C．Teenagers are advised to complete tasks in time. |
| D．Taking responsibility will get much more work. |
| A．Honesty. |
| B．Self-motivation. |
| C．Communication. |
| D．Trust. |
【推荐2】A teacher usually taught his students in special ways. One year, he asked four students to go to see apple trees in different seasons. The first student went there in spring, the second in summer, the third in autumn, and the last in winter.
After the four students came back, they described(描述) the trees to the teacher. The first student said, “All leaves on the trees were green and beautiful.” The second student said differently, “The flowers looked so nice and smelt good.” But the third student said he only saw apples on the trees. “Theytasted good, but I couldn’t see any flowers.”
“Really? Why didn’t I see any leaves, flowers, or apples?” the last one said. “The trees looked really ugly.” Just then, the teacher said, “You’re all right, but you each just saw one season. The trees aren’t the same in different seasons. You can’t tell a tree by only one season.”
Everything has different sides in life. So don’t tell what a thing or a person is like before seeing all of it.
1. How many people are there in the story?| A．Three. | B．Four. | C．Five. | D．Six. |
| A．Apple trees. | B．Apples. | C．Seasons. | D．Students. |
| A．The teacher. | B．The first and the second students. |
| C．The third student. | D．The fourth student. |
| A．The four students went to see the apple trees in the same season. |
| B．The four students described the apple trees in different ways. |
| C．The teacher thought that the apple trees were great in all seasons. |
| D．The teacher and the four students went to see the apple trees each year. |
| A．We must see a thing or a person in all ways. |
| B．Some people like to tell a tree by only one season. |
| C．Apple trees look really different in different seasons. |
| D．A good teacher has to teach his students in special ways. |
Wanted: English tutor (家教) Do you like children? Are you outgoing (开朗的)? Do you have three years’ experience (经验) as an English teacher? Do you have free time on Saturday and Sunday? We need a woman teacher for our daughter. She is twelve and she is not good at English. For the job, you will: Teach from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Play with our daughter. Tell her stories in English. You will work at our house. We live in Beihai Road, Garden District. The pay is $30 one hour. If you want to know more information, please call Mrs. Yang at 8256-9876. |
| A．a day | B．two hours | C．three hours | D．five hours |
| A．Cooking for the daughter. | B．Working at the daughter’s house. |
| C．Play with the daughter. | D．Telling English stories to the daughter. |
①be beautiful ②have three years’ teaching experience
③have time on weekends ④be a woman teacher
| A．①② | B．②③ | C．②③④ | D．①②③ |
| A．The tutor must teach the daughter on weekends. |
| B．The daughter is good at English. |
| C．The tutor can speak English. |
| D．The tutor can get $360 if she teaches the daughter for two weekends. |
【推荐1】Potatoes are very popular today. But in the past this was not true. Potatoes grew in South America 5,000 years ago. But they only became popular in other places 200 years ago.
In the 16th century, the Spanish took the potato from South America to Europe. But the people didn’t like this strange vegetable. Some people thought that their skins would look like the skin of the plant if they ate the potato. So they only ate the leaves. This made them sick because there is something harmful in the leaves.
In the 1800s, people started to eat potatoes. Potatoes became the main food in Ireland. Then something unlucky happened. In 1845, a disease killed all the potatoes in Ireland. Two million people died of hunger.
Today each country has its potato dish. Germans eat potato salad, and the USA has the baked potato. Of course, the French invented French fries.
1. Where did the potato first grow?| A．In Asia. | B．In Europe. | C．In South America. | D．In Africa. |
| A．The European took them from South America to Europe. |
| B．The Spanish took them from North America to Europe. |
| C．The Spanish took them from South America to Europe. |
| D．The German took them from South America to Europe. |
| A．Because they loved the leaves. |
| B．Because the leaves were delicious. |
| C．Because they thought there was something useful in the leaves. |
| D．Because they thought their skins would like the skin of the plant if they ate it. |
【推荐2】Is human blood (血液) all the same? Of course not. Blood is made up of different parts, such as red blood cells, white blood cells and so on. Two chemical molecules (分子) on the red blood cells make people’s blood different. Scientists mark one molecule “A” and the other molecule “B”.
According to which and how many molecules are on the red blood cells, scientists divide blood into four types: A, B, AB and O. Your blood type will stay the same through the whole life. Scientists have found that people with the same blood type may have things in common.
People with type A: They look peaceful from the outside. But they ask so much of themselves that they may be very nervous inside. They become happy or sad easily. They can easily win people’s trust.
People with type B: They have strong minds. Once they begin a task and make up their minds to do it, they will not give up easily. And they want to do things in their own way.
People with type AB: Maybe they are the strangest among all blood types. They can be both open and shy, noisy and quiet at the same time!
People with type O: They’re open and good at making friends. They always begin tasks but don’t always finish them in the end. They have lots of new ideas and they always strongly believe in themselves.
1. ________ make(s) people’s blood type different.| A．Two chemical molecules on the red blood cells |
| B．Two chemical molecules on the white blood cells |
| C．Their different kinds of personalities |
| D．The number of people’s blood cells |
| A．can be changed when he grows up | B．decides what his job is |
| C．will never change through his life | D．decides what kind of friends he will make |
| A．Type A | B．Type B. | C．Type AB. | D．Type O. |
| A．People’s Personalities Depend on Many Things |
| B．Try to Make Friends with More People |
| C．How to Divide People’s Blood and Personalities |
| D．People’s Blood Types and Different Personalities |
【推荐3】There’s no better way to experience a place than through its food. My hometown is home to the world’s largest food festival: the Taste of Chicago. Growing up here, I’ve been to the festival many times with my family.
As one of America’s best food festivals, the Taste of Chicago started in 1980. A group of restaurant owners advised the idea of a food festival. Jane Byrne, the then mayor of Chicago, agreed. And the city has been hosting the event ever since.
At first, the Taste of Chicago was a one-day event held on the fourth of July and about 25,000 people enjoyed it along Chicago’s North Michigan Avenue. Popularity of the event was high. So the next year, organizers decided to move the location (地点) to Chicago’s famous Grant Park. Also, it grew to be a ten-day event.
Today the festival is held for five days every July and it is the city’s biggest event. About four million people go there every year. Lots of restaurants from across the city come together to show off their menus. There are also different activities and events including concerts, rides and games.
The festival is free to get in, but if you want to enjoy the food, you must buy food tickets. The tickets come in strips (条) of 14 for $10 and you can use them for taste-size and full-size portions (份). If you want to try as many new taste experiences as you possibly can, ask for a taste-size portion. You’ll get it for anywhere between one and six tickets and up to twenty for a full-size portion.
1. The Taste of Chicago has a history of ________.| A．15 years | B．22 years | C．35 years | D．43 years |
| A．It was a great success. | B．It was a ten-day event. |
| C．It was held in late July. | D．It was held in Grant Park. |
| A．Paragraph 2 | B．Paragraph 3 | C．Paragraph 4 | D．Paragraph 5 |
| A．It was Jane Byrne’s idea. | B．There are concerts to enjoy. |
| C．Food tickets are hard to get. | D．25,000 people go to it every year. |
| A．introduce a big festival in his hometown |
| B．describe his traveling experience in Chicago |
| C．share his experience as a food festival organizer |
| D．encourage more restaurants to join in the Taste of Chicago |
