How do you get to school? Do you walk or ride a bike? Do you go by bus or by train? For many students, it is easy to get to school. But for the students in one small village in China, it is difficult. There is a very big river between their school and the village. There is no bridge and the river runs too quickly for boats. So these students go on a ropeway to cross the river to school. One 11-year-old boy, Liangliang cross the river every school day. But he is not afraid.“ I love to play with my classmates. And I love my teacher, He’s like a father to me.” Many of the students and villagers never leave the village. It is their dream to have a bridge. Can their dream come true? I think they can! Do you think so?
【小题1】How do the students in one small village in China go to school?

Passage 1

      Here is a survey of the changes of means of transportation in China since 1970s. In the 1970s, people went to work on foot or by bike. There were few buses or cars. From the 1980s to 1990s, bikes and buses were the most popular means of transportation. Most people went to work by bike or by bus. Some people had their own cars. Nowadays, more and more people have their own cars. They drive their cars to work. People can travel anywhere by train or by plane. And it's a fast and easy way for most people to take the subway to work in some cities, such as Beijing and Shanghai. In a word, more and more means of transportation will come to people's lives. It is believed that more and more people can go to the moon or other stars by spaceship some day.

Passage 2

      Look at the chart. Here is a survey of how students get to school in Class Two. There are 50 students in Class Two.

1. Passage 1 mainly (主要) tells us        in China.

  A. the most popular means of transportation

B. people can fly to the moon by spaceship some day

C. there are many means of transportation

  D. the changes of means of transportation

2. In the 1970s, Chinese people          to work.

  A. walked or took a train                B. took a bus or rode a bike

C. walked or rode a bike               D. took a train or took a bus

3.What’s the Chinese meaning of the underlined (划线的) words in Passage 1 ?

A．人们猜测            B．据调查          C．据说            D．人们相信

4. There are        students riding their bikes to school in Class Two.

A.10                     B.15              C.20            D.25

5. There are          ways of getting to school in Class Two.

  A. five                 B. six            C. seven          D. eight

Li Lu is a fifth-grade student who lived in a small village in Shanxi Province. She lived with her grandparents, because her parents are migrant workers in big cities. During the days when there were no school buses, Li Lu had to ride a bike five kilometers and climb a small mountain to school every day. Her 70-year-old grandfather says he and Li Lu’s grandmother always worried about her safety.
“There are so many cars on the roads, and we were really _concerned_ about her all the time. When it was time for her to come home, we would stare at the alley’s (小巷的) entrance until she showed up.”
But with the start of the new school year, the school’s new bus now picks up the students. Eleven-year-old Li Lu pointed at her seat on the bus and said ,“Now I don’t ride my bike any more. My grandparents no longer need to worry about me. The bus is spacious and comfortable. Look! This is my seat, with my name tag on the seatback.”

1. 1.

   How far is Li Lu’s home from her school?

   1. A.
      Five minutes by bike
   2. B.
      Over five kilometers
   3. C.
      Fifty minutes by bus
   4. D.
      Four kilometers
2. 2.

   The underlined word “concerned” can be best translated into _______.

   1. A.
      关注
   2. B.
      有关的
   3. C.
      担心的
   4. D.
      涉及
3. 3.

   Why does Li Lu live with her grandparents?

   1. A.
      Because she lives far from school
   2. B.
      Because her parents have died
   3. C.
      Because she had to ride a bike five kilometers to school
   4. D.
      Because her parents work in big cities
4. 4.

   What’s the main idea of this passage?

   1. A.
      Going to school by bike
   2. B.
      Far away from school
   3. C.
      Li Lu has taken the new school bus
   4. D.
      Li Lu and her family