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(跟蹤器) 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(幼兒園) 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.
【小題1】According to Dr. Frank, ______ school buses are safer for the students.

A．yellowB．blackC．whiteD．colorful
【小題2】Children in Japan may easily ______ by taking the school bus.
A．save timeB．love their schoolC．play gamesD．do their homework
【小題3】Chinese students will save a lot of time to ______ to school.
A．walkB．take a taxiC．ride a bikeD．take a school bus
【小題4】This passage is mainly about ________.
A．school busesB．school lifeC．popular colorsD．students’ safety

   
【小題1】A
【小題2】B
【小題3】D
【小題4】A

解析試題分析：本文主要講述的是接送孩子們上下學(xué)的校車。在美國，黃色是校車的標(biāo)志，因?yàn)辄S色車體和車體上的黑字更醒目，對孩子也更安全；英國沒有很多校車，他們主要用跟蹤器來跟蹤孩子；日本的校車五顏六色，為的是讓孩子們愛上學(xué)；中國的校車為孩子們上下學(xué)節(jié)省了大量的時(shí)間。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從 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.他說人們很容易在清晨和傍晚看到黃車黑字，這樣會使孩子們更安全，得知答案選A。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從To make kids love their school, Japanese kindergartens and schools have colorful buses.為使孩子們愛上學(xué)，日本幼兒園和學(xué)校有不同顏色的校車，可知答案選B。
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從 It saves a lot of time for students to take a school bus乘校車節(jié)省了學(xué)生們大量的時(shí)間，可知答案選D。
【小題4】主旨大意題。從A school bus is one that is used to take children to and from school校車是用來接送孩子們上下學(xué)的，以及全文語境可知答案選A。
考點(diǎn)：教育類短文閱讀。

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