“In my day, we had to walk a mile to school—uphill, both ways.” That may sound like an old joke. Today, only 13 percent of kids walk to school, down from 66 percent 30 years ago.
Studies show that fewer children are walking and biking to school, and more children are at risk of becoming overweight. Changing behaviors of children and parents require creative ways that are safe and fun.
A walking school bus can be both.
It works like a bus, picking up ‘passengers’ along the way at designated(指定的) ‘bus stops’ except everyone is walking!
The Walking School Bus works as a supervised group of children walking to and from school along a safe and enjoyable set route. There are at least two parents in a group. One parent ‘drives’ at the front of the bus, while the other parent supervises at the back. The same of different supervisors go with the children to and from school. Additional(增加的) parents may be needed depending on the walking environment.
The ‘bus’ can go as often as parents want to ‘drive’ it and children want to use it. This means that it can even work as little as one morning or afternoon each week. All children are welcome to join the bus even if their parents cannot be drivers. And the service is free.
Socially, it’s great because the children meet other children, otherwise they would only know by sight.
“My children have formed some good friendships because of the Walking Bus. The parents get to know other parents too!” a parent said. “From our experience of the Walking Bus, it has only been a meaningful thing. It gets all of us walking more and the children do not complain about walking like they used to. ”
Some kids said compared to walking school bus, it’s boring in a car when they were asked why not get into a car.
Besides these, it might have a good effect on heavy traffic.
小題1:How many students walked to school 30 years ago?
A.66 percent.B.13 percent.C.30 percent.D.53 percent.
小題2:What does the underlined word “supervised” mean in the passage?
A.controlledB.explored C.requiredD.improved
小題3:What can the Walking School Bus NOT do to help the children __________.
A.make more friendsB.reduce the risk of being overweight
C.exercise more D.complain about walking
小題4:The best title of this passage is “__________”.
A.A new way to exerciseB.A new school bus
C.A walking school busD.Parents’ driving school bus

小題1:A
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:C

試題分析:這篇文章主要介紹了“步行校車”既安全又有趣,能夠改變孩子的行為習(xí)慣。步行校車是這樣的,由兩個家長陪同監(jiān)督,沿著安全的指定的路線上學(xué)和回家。步行校車有很多好處。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Today, only 13 percent of kids walk to school, down from 66 percent 30 years ago.句意:現(xiàn)在只有13%的孩子走路去學(xué)校,30年前66%的孩子走路去學(xué)校。故選A。
小題2:詞義猜測題。根據(jù)The Walking School Bus works as a supervised group of children walking to and from school along a safe and enjoyable set route.句意:步行校車是這樣動作的,一群受監(jiān)督的孩子沿著安全的指定路線走路上學(xué)和回家。后文中得知有兩個家長陪同,一個在前面,一個在后面。可知supervised意為監(jiān)督,controlled?芍獞(yīng)選A。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)It gets all of us walking more and the children do not complain about walking like they used to.句意:它讓我們所有人走得更多,孩子們也不像過去那樣抱怨走路?芍г棺呗凡皇遣叫行\囅胍獛椭⒆舆_(dá)到的目的。故選D。
小題4:標(biāo)題歸納題。這篇文章主要介紹了步行校車。可知應(yīng)選C。
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