The United States has about 475,000 school buses ---all painted yellow.Each day they carry more than 25,000,000 children, half of all schoolchildren in the country.But these buses, on average, use four liters of diesel (柴油) fuel to travel less than sixteen kilometers.When the school year began last fall, diesel averaged 55 cents a liter nationally.The price nearly doubled, to a dollar and 8 cents, by the end of school in June.
Bob Riley speaks for the American School Bus Council.He says fuel prices for schools are not much lower than others have to pay.As a result, schools are looking for ways to reduce transportation costs.Bus routes are being redrawn or, in some cases, canceled (取消).Some areas are buying buses that use natural gas or other alternative fuels.Other steps include fewer field trips and less travel by sports teams.And some school districts (地區(qū)) may end any bus service not required by law.
Studies show that school buses are the safest form of transportation to and from school.The American School Bus Council says cuts in bus service are bad for children and possibly the environment.It says removing buses from the road will mean an increase in other vehicles transporting students.Spokesman Bob Riley says another concern is that reducing bus services might reduce attendance.
But it could also get more children to walk or bicycle to school.And that would surely make people happy at the National Center for Safe Routes to School.More kids walking or biking safely to school is the aim of a three-year-old federal program, part of an international movement.The goal is to increase physical activity and reduce air pollution.The United States will celebrate Walk to School Day on October the eighth this year.But for some students, high fuel prices could make every day a walk-to-school day.
小題1:What does this passage mainly tell us?
A．High fuel prices’ influences on school buses.
B．New measures to transport school students.
C．The safest form of student transportation.
D．The origin of Walk to School Day.
小題2:Which of the following information is implied in the first paragraph?
A．There are too many school buses in the United States.
B．There are too many students in the US.
C．Diesel prices are going up too rapidly in the US.
D．School buses consume too much diesel in the US.
小題3:What can we learn from Paragraph 3?
A．Cuts in bus service will have negative results.
B．The US government is encouraging cuts in bus services.
C．The US schools are searching for the safest transportation means.
D．Reducing bus service will do a lot of good to the environment.
小題4:The National Center for Safe Routes to school encourages more children to walk or bike to school in order to ____.
A.save more fuels and diesel for the country
B.keep the children safe on their way to school
D.keep the children healthy and the environment clean.

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:D

試題分析：
小題1:A 主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章1,2段可知不斷增長(zhǎng)的油價(jià)，讓很多的地方的校車(chē)都在減少，引起了一系列的影響和變化。故A正確。
小題2:C 推理題。根據(jù)第一段最后一句When the school year began last fall, diesel averaged 55 cents a liter nationally.The price nearly doubled, to a dollar and 8 cents, by the end of school in June.可知油價(jià)上漲得很快，幾乎要翻倍了，故C正確。
小題3:A 推理題，根據(jù)第三段后3行It says removing buses from the road will mean an increase in other vehicles transporting students.Spokesman Bob Riley says another concern is that reducing bus services might reduce attendance.說(shuō)明本段講述的是校車(chē)減少以后所產(chǎn)生的不好的影響。故A正確。
小題4:D 推理題。根據(jù)文章最后4行More kids walking or biking safely to school is the aim of a three-year-old federal program, part of an international movement.The goal is to increase physical activity and reduce air pollution.The United States will celebrate Walk to School Day on October the eighth this year.But for some students, high fuel prices could make every day a walk-to-school day.可知the National Center for Safe Routes to School.的目的就是鼓勵(lì)人們步行或者騎自行車(chē)來(lái)進(jìn)行身體鍛煉，同時(shí)減少汽油的消耗，改善環(huán)境。故D正確。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文講述的是油價(jià)上漲導(dǎo)致美國(guó)校車(chē)數(shù)量減少所帶來(lái)的一系列的變化和影響，有好的一方面，也有不好的一方面。本文主旨鮮明,很容易在文中找到答案。做題時(shí)要注意文章的首段和每一段的首句或尾句，因?yàn)樗鼈兺褪俏恼碌闹黝}句。閱讀中要注意要點(diǎn)之間的關(guān)系。然后帶著問(wèn)題，再讀全文，找出答題所需要的依據(jù)，完成閱讀任務(wù)。
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