Suzhou Kinglong Higer Bus announced on March 14 that the first 60 new-generation school buses, KLQ6706X, rolled off the assembly line and were delivered to Shandong and Hunan Provinces. The 10-meter-long bus with 56 seats (including driver) features all the safety highlights, including eye-catching bright yellow paint, classic long nose, high-strength birdcage vehicle structure, extra-thick cushioned back and armrest, electric rearview mirror(后视镜),and blind-spot-free reversing(倒车)monitor.

　 In comparison with those with flat front, the American-style long-nosed buses are more effective(有效的)in protecting both driver and passengers in case of frontal collision（碰撞）. The back safety door is wide enough for wheel chairs.

　 Higer Bus has studied and learned from the designs of US school buses. Higher school bus has white flickering lights similar to Blue Bird vehicles to remind the drivers in front and behind. The safety bell fixed on top of the bus makes different sound from ordinary bus horn and is easy for students and parents to know a school bus is coming. The new buses are sturdy enough so that parents shouldn't be worried about their children,

　 The G-BOSS smart operation system has three main functions of safety driving, GPS positioning, and 3G video monitoring.

　 There are five cameras on the bus for reversing, for checking situations in front of and behind the bus, as well as for monitoring(监视)students and the driver. They can record and send the video through 3G network to backstage server, which helps to prevent overload and to identify responsibility in case of road accident. Kinglong also promises assistance in building School Bus Safety Management Center so as to monitor closely the status and position of buses as well as the road behavior of drivers.

54. How many students can a new school bus at most carry?

A. 56　　　　　 B. 60 　　　　 C. 55　　　　　　 D. 57

55. The underlined word "sturdy" most probably means"_______".

A. not easily destroyed 　　　　　B. modern and expensive

C. easy to drive 　　　　　　　　D. cheap and comfortable

56. What are the cameras on the bus used for?

A. checking situations in front of and behind the bus　 B. reversing

C. monitoring students and the driver　 　　　　　　D. all the above

Americans love cars．They go everywhere in them．8 5％of people in the US go to and from work by car. And most adults have driving licenses．Why does this car culture exist?
How it started
America’s love of cars started after the war(战争)when soldiers returned home from World War II to rebuild their lives．They borrowed money from the government to buy houses and cars which became the symbols of status(地位)．The more money they had，the bigger their cars were．
Making of roads
During the war，President Eisenhower noticed what good roads Germany had．He decided to build new four-lane(四车道)roads in America．He said if something happened suddenly，the two-lane roads wouldn’t be able to carry all the cars that would suddenly leave the cities．Car and oil companies liked his idea and building started．
Car lover
Not just teenagers are crazy about cars．Some Americans love their cars so much that they paint their cars beautifully .These are called Art Cars．Every April there is an activity in Houston，Texas，where they show their cars．
Pollution
Cars have polluted the environment．American President Bush refused a worldwide law that is against pollution．Many countries were angry about it．Bush said he had to think of the American economy(经济)and all the American people that make money from cars．Factories say they want to make cars that pollute less．But others say making cars that pollute less will never be as good as having fewer cars．
【小题1】When did Americans begin to love cars?   

Trees are useful to man in three important ways: they give him wood and other useful things, they give him cool places, and they help to stop drought and flood.

Unluckily, in many parts of the world, man has not found that the third of these points is the most important. Man wants to make money from trees, so he has cut them down in large numbers, only to find that without them he has lost the best friends he had. And also, he is usually too careless to plant and look after new trees. So the forests slowly disappear.

This does not only mean that man will have fewer trees. The results are even worse: for where there are trees, their roots break up soil-make the rain in-and also bind the soil, thus stopping it from being washed away easily; but where there are no trees, the rain falls on hard ground and flows away, causing floods and carrying away the rich top-soil. When all the top-soil is gone, nothing is left but useless desert.

1.The most important points of trees to man is ________.

A. they help him to make money

B. they give him cool

C. they give him wood and other things

D. they help him to stop drought and floods

2.In many places forests slowly disappear because ________ .

A. many trees have been cut down by man

B. new trees are not well looked after

C. man has not paid enough attention to planting trees

D. all the above

3.Land becomes desert after all trees are cut down because ________ .

A. roots of trees break up the soil

B. there are too many rainfalls

C. strong winds bring a lot of sand

D. there are no longer trees to keep the rain and protect the top-soil.

4. Which title best fits the passage?

A. Trees and Man.

B. The Function of Tree Wood.

C. How do People do with Trees?

D. The Usage of Tree Roots.

Roy wanted to join a sports club. He filled out this application (申请) form. Now please read this form carefully and then answer the questions.

People at home keep asking me, "Is it hard to learn Chinese? Why have you learned it so well?" Well, there's one thing that makes Chinese easy to learn: there are so many people to talk to. You've probably heard that it's the most spoken language. Today it's also one of the most written languages online. And with so many Chinese people interested in learning English, it couldn't be easier to find a friend for language learning. You just have to know where to look for them.
?? The really good place to look for them is QQ. QQ has the same status(地位) in China as AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) does in the US. It is reported that at any moment, up to 9,000,000 people are using QQ. They're at work, or in a web café(网吧), or at home, and the information of the users can be found. If you sign on with your address set to "abroad", you'll soon find that many thousands of them are interested in speaking to you! This is a great way for you to learn Chinese, and for them to learn English. I think that it's a very interesting way of cultural contact(文化交流), too, for ordinary people from around the world to be able to have one-on-one contact.

1.In the first paragraph(段落), the writer tells us ___________.

A. why his family members want to learn Chinese

B. where you can find people to talk to for language learning

C. the easiest thing to do is learning Chinese

D. Chinese isn’t so hard to learn as his friends think

2.From the second paragraph we know that QQ and AIM are __________.

A. addresses for the Internet users????????????? ????????????? ??? B. documents you need to get online

C. tools for people to talk online ????????????? ??????? D. programs of a computer?????????????

3.Offices, web cafes and homes ____________.

A. attract the most people to learn Chinese

B. provide both QQ and AIM in China

C. are the best places for English learners????????????? ?

D. have the most people online

4.The writer wrote this passage mainly to __________.

A. tell a way of learning Chinese?????????????

B. show what the Chinese people are doing

C. tell the important of learning Chinese?????????????

D. show the difference between AIM and QQ

5.The writer of this passage is probably ___________.

A. a Chinese who works abroad????????????? ????????????? ????? B. an expert who works at home

C. an American who works in China????????????? ????? D. a salesman who sells soft wares