China's long-awaited rules on school bus safety finally came into force on Tuesday, including a list of ways aimed at reducing the risk of accident.
Among the biggest changes is that buses carrying students will be given priority(优先权) in traffic, while companies and drivers will need licenses to offer school transport services.
Officials have spent more than four months making the rules, during which time the country has been shocked by several big crashes because of overcrowded school buses.
The latest accident happened on Monday in Yangchun, Guangdong province, in which three kindergarten pupils were killed and 14 others injured.
Rules and funding
In the new rules, a school bus is considered as a vehicle with more than seven seats that is transporting children receiving the State's nine-year compulsory education (ages 6 to 15) to or from school. This can also be for preschoolers(学龄前儿童) if a parent is unable to take them to or from kindergarten（幼儿园）.
School buses must also operate in routes marked in the map by governments to ensure safety.
Punishment
Companies and bus drivers who fail to meet the rules face the punishment.
Drivers against the rules will be fined 200 yuan ($32) and vehicles will be taken away from its owner if they have been used as an unlicensed school bus.
【小题1】New safety rules for school buses can ________.

China's long-awaited rules on school bus safety finally came into force on Tuesday, including a list of ways aimed at reducing the risk of accident.

Among the biggest changes is that buses carrying students will be given priority(优先权) in traffic, while companies and drivers will need licenses to offer school transport services.

Officials have spent more than four months making the rules, during which time the country has been shocked by several big crashes because of overcrowded school buses.

The latest accident happened on Monday in Yangchun, Guangdong province, in which three kindergarten pupils were killed and 14 others injured.

Rules and funding

In the new rules, a school bus is considered as a vehicle with more than seven seats that is transporting children receiving the State's nine-year compulsory education (ages 6 to 15) to or from school. This can also be for preschoolers(学龄前儿童) if a parent is unable to take them to or from kindergarten（幼儿园）.

School buses must also operate in routes marked in the map by governments to ensure safety.

Punishment

Companies and bus drivers who fail to meet the rules face the punishment.

Drivers against the rules will be fined 200 yuan ($32) and vehicles will be taken away from its owner if they have been used as an unlicensed school bus.

1.New safety rules for school buses can ________.

   A. make the students have a school bus

B. make fewer accident

   C. make the school bus bigger

D. punish the parents

2.The accident happened usually because ________.

   A. there were more students than there should be in the bus

   B. the road is not wide enough

   C. there were not any rule at first

   D. companies and drivers faced no punishment

3.Which of the following is Not true?

   A. When a truck and a school bus meet, the school bus can go first.

   B. The students (ages 3—5) mustn’t take school bus according to the rules.

   C. Those who break the rules will be fined two hundred yuan.

   D. The school bus has at least 7 seats.

4.The passage mainly talks about ________.

   A. the accident in Guangdong

B. the school bus safety rules

   C. how to punish the drivers

D. what a school bus is like

5.A school bus must go _______.

   A. different ways every day

B. after other buses

   C. with all the students

D. the same way all the days

China's long-awaited rules on school bus safety finally came into force on Tuesday, including a list of ways aimed at reducing the risk of accident.
Among the biggest changes is that buses carrying students will be given priority(优先权) in traffic, while companies and drivers will need licenses to offer school transport services.
Officials have spent more than four months making the rules, during which time the country has been shocked by several big crashes because of overcrowded school buses.
The latest accident happened on Monday in Yangchun, Guangdong province, in which three kindergarten pupils were killed and 14 others injured.
Rules and funding
In the new rules, a school bus is considered as a vehicle with more than seven seats that is transporting children receiving the State's nine-year compulsory education (ages 6 to 15) to or from school. This can also be for preschoolers(学龄前儿童) if a parent is unable to take them to or from kindergarten（幼儿园）.
School buses must also operate in routes marked in the map by governments to ensure safety.
Punishment
Companies and bus drivers who fail to meet the rules face the punishment.
Drivers against the rules will be fined 200 yuan ($32) and vehicles will be taken away from its owner if they have been used as an unlicensed school bus.

1. 1.

   New safety rules for school buses can ________.

   1. A.
      make the students have a school bus
   2. B.
      make fewer accident
   3. C.
      make the school bus bigger
   4. D.
      punish the parents
2. 2.

   The accident happened usually because ________.

   1. A.
      there were more students than there should be in the bus
   2. B.
      the road is not wide enough
   3. C.
      there were not any rule at first
   4. D.
      companies and drivers faced no punishment
3. 3.

   Which of the following is Not true?

   1. A.
      When a truck and a school bus meet, the school bus can go first.
   2. B.
      The students (ages 3—5) mustn’t take school bus according to the rules.
   3. C.
      Those who break the rules will be fined two hundred yuan.
   4. D.
      The school bus has at least 7 seats.
4. 4.

   The passage mainly talks about ________.

   1. A.
      the accident in Guangdong
   2. B.
      the school bus safety rules
   3. C.
      how to punish the drivers
   4. D.
      what a school bus is like
5. 5.

   A school bus must go _______.

   1. A.
      different ways every day
   2. B.
      after other buses
   3. C.
      with all the students
   4. D.
      the same way all the days

Charles，Isabel，Alex，Tara和Toby五个人都爱好体育。现在他们正打算从事各自喜欢的项目。请仔细阅读题中的个人情况说明，然后选出符合各人要求的最佳选项。
【小题1】Charles works in the city center and wants to take up a sport that he can often do during his lunch break. He enjoys a game in which he can play with his workmate on the desk to relax.
【小题2】Isabel, aged 17, is a Chinese girl who studies in the US now.  She never misses any matches played by Houston Rockets.  She hopes to follow in Yao Ming’s steps.
【小题3】Alex likes water sports very much.  He is good at showing different styles, such as butterflies, frogs and so on. Believe it or not, he can dive under water for 2. 5 minutes.
【小题4】Tara comes from America. Now she teaches English in a middle school in Beijing.  In her free time, she would like to go in for a traditional sport so that she can learn more about China.
【小题5】Toby is a student in charge of PE lesson in Riverside Middle School. These days he is training hard for the coming sport meet. He wants very much to break the school record of 175cm.
    
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