1 . School Bus Safety in the United States

Each school day, millions of children ride school buses. Do you know that the school bus is one of the safest vehicles on the road? Less than 1% of all traffic deaths involve children on school transportation vehicles. However, children are more at risk when approaching or leaving a school bus. It’s important for you to understand school bus safety.

Stop for School Buses

When you see a school bus slowing down or stopping, it’s not just the bus that you need to have your eyes on — but the surrounding area, too. Children wait at least several feet away from a bus and often cross the street when they’re boarding or getting off the bus. This is why you must stop for school buses, and don’t attempt to pass.

Illegal School Bus Passing

Illegal school bus passing poses a significant threat to children and others on the road. In every state, it is illegal for you to pass a school bus while the stop-arm is extended and the red lights are flashing.

Understanding School Bus Lights

Learn the school bus laws in your state and always follow them, as well as the flashing lights that school bus drivers use to warn you.

Yellow flashing lights indicate the bus is preparing to stop to load or unload children. You should slow down and prepare to stop your vehicle.

Red flashing lights and extended stop-arms indicate the bus has stopped and children are getting on or off. You must stop your car and wait until the red lights stop flashing, the extended stop-arm is withdrawn, and the bus begins moving, before you can start driving again.

1. What should you especially pay attention to when a school bus stops?

A．Its driver on duty.	B．The direction in which you pass it.
C．Kids getting on or off it.	D．The way to follow closely behind.

2. In which case is it legal for other vehicles to pass a stopped school bus?

A．After it has moved.	B．Before it begins moving.
C．While its stop-arm is extended.	D．When the red lights are flashing.

3. Who is the text intended for?

A．Parents.	B．Drivers.
C．Teachers.	D．Students.

2 . Where do teens get junk food (垃圾食品)? In more than a third of the U.S. high schools, the CDC reports.

A study shows that in some states, teens find it much easier to get junk food. In Utah, for example, more than four out of five high schools sell candies and more than three out of four sell high-fat, salty snacks.

“But progress is being made,” says Howell Wechsler, director of CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health. “We see quite a few states where the number of schools selling junk food in vending machines (自动售货机) is very low.”

In a study of high schools in 25 states and nine cities, the percentage of high schools selling junk food during lunch periods dropped from 53 percent in 2016 to about 37 percent in 2018. Yet there was no change in the percentage of high schools selling junk food before and after the lunch bell rang.

Why do schools sell food that harms kids’ health? Money, Wechsler says. Sales from vending machines, and snack bars come directly to schools without strings (附带条件) by state or city school systems.

Faced with increasing financial pressures, schools are tempted (诱惑) to make deals with the junk food companies. However, the success some schools have achieved set others a good example. “In some places, schools are selling healthier choices and continuing to bring in revenue (收入),” Wechsler says. “The great progress made in these states shows that changes are possible to make.”

Wechsler also says schools that replace junk food with healthy food see a drop in revenue at first but then see revenue climb back up after a year or two.

1. When do schools make progress in selling less junk food?

A．Before lunch.

B．During lunchtime.

C．After lunch.

D．Over dinner.

2. Why do schools sell food that harms kids’ health?

A．Students prefer junk food to healthy food.	B．Students have few healthy food to choose from.
C．They make deals with the junk food companies.	D．They want to make more money to run the school.

3. Schools which are selling healthy food will ______.

A．be supported by their students	B．suffer a loss in revenue for the moment
C．be given some strings by the government	D．not make enough money to run the school

4. What is the passage mainly about?

A．Schools sell junk food to teens.	B．Teens prefer junk food in school.
C．Schools care more about teens health.	D．Junk food is popular with teens at school.