中考英语分类阅读 练习二

阅读练习二

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). Y ellow became the color of school buses in the USA in1939. 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

What do you think, the trees and a hamster（仓鼠）have in common? Don't know the answer? Y ou all ___80___ water. All living things must have water, whether they get it from a river, a rain cloud or a little bottle on one side of a hamster cage.

Without water, your body would stop ___81___. A person can't live without water for more than a few days. Why? Y our body has lots of jobs and it needs water to do many of them. ___82___, your blood needs a lot of water to carry oxygen to every part of your body. Water also helps to protect your body from illness, to digest(消化) your food and to ___83___ waste. So, everyone needs to drink water.

___84___ water is so important, you might want to know whether you're drinking enough. Of course, you should drink when you are thirsty. But when it's hot, you'll need more. Be sure to drink some extra(额外的) water when you're out in ___85___, especially while doing sports or exercising. If you can help your body by drinking when you're thirsty and when it's hot, your body will be able to do all of its w onderful jobs and you'll feel great!

80. A. have B. drink C. need D. get

81. A. living B. working C. growing D. thinking

82. A. In addition B. For example C. By the way D. In other words

83. A. keep off B. give away C. get rid of D. run out of

84. A. If B. While C. Although D. Since

85. A. spring B. summer C. autumn D. winter