Question

 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(跟踪器) 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 kinds are on the bus.

Kindergarten(幼儿园) is 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 Chian 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

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要讲述的是接送孩子们上下学的校车。在美国，黄色是校车的标志，因为黄色车体和车体上的黑字更醒目，对孩子也更安全；英国没有很多校车，他们主要用跟踪器来跟踪孩子；日本的校车五颜六色，为的是让孩子们爱上学；中国的校车为孩子们上下学节省了大量的时间。

1.细节理解题。从 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.他说人们很容易在清晨和傍晚看到黄车黑字，这样会使孩子们更安全，得知答案选A。

2.细节理解题。从To make kids love their school, Japanese kindergartens and schools have colorful buses.为使孩子们爱上学，日本幼儿园和学校有不同颜色的校车，可知答案选B。

3.细节理解题。从 It saves a lot of time for students to take a school bus乘校车节省了学生们大量的时间，可知答案选D。

4.主旨大意题。从A school bus is one that is used to take children to and from school校车是用来接送孩子们上下学的，以及全文语境可知答案选A。

考点：教育类短文阅读。