Kindergartens( 幼兒園 ) may teach you very important things you need to know. Dancy, a 5-year-old boy, saved his father’s life with the skills he learned.

　　　 The boy’s father became seriously ill on the way home from a father-son shopping. He couldn’t speak and could hardly move, but he tried hard to stop the car safely. At that point, Dancy used his father’s phone to call his mother for help. The 5-year-old boy tried his best to give her useful information and he was able to tell where they were. Just as he had learned in the kindergarten, Dancy read the letters he saw on a nearby store sign: “F,U,R,N,I,T,U,R,E.” But that wasn’t enough for his mother to find them. Then he added that they were near a bridge. Finally, his mother understood he was talking about a store called Furniture 22 on New Jersey’s Route22.The mother called 911 and the father was saved in time.

　　　 “He just thought his dad needed help,” Dancy’s mother told the reporter. She also pointed out that her husband was a hero, too. “ It is surprising for him to get off the highway ( 高速路 ) and get himself and his child to safety even when he was so sick,” she said.

Shine, head of the kindergarten, felt proud of his pupil. “ Dancy’s spelling skills helped him seize the moment,” he said. “And that’s the real value (價(jià)值 ) of education.”

(　 )62. When the father became seriously ill, he and his son were ________.

　　　 A. on the highway　　　　　　　　　　　 B. at home

　　　 C. in a shopping center 　　　 D. in a hospital

(　 )63. Dancy called ________for help when his father couldn’t speak.

　　 A. his mother　　　　　　 B. 911　　 C. Shine D. the reporter

(　 )64. The Chinese meaning of the word “seize” in this passage is probably“________”.

　　　A. 成功　　　　　　 B.抓住　　　　　 C. 救援 D. 失去

(　 )65. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

　　　A. Dancy drove his father home.

　　　B. The reporter was really a hero.

　　　C. Shine sent Dancy’s father to hospital

　　　D. Dancy saved his father with his spelling skills.

    Long, long ago people made fires from lightening (閃電). But they had to keep the fire burning, for they couldn't start it again if there was no lightening. Later, they found out hitting two pieces of stone together could make a spark (火花). The spark could fire dry leaves. In this way they could make the fire again if it went out. Then people also learned to make a fire by rubbing (摩擦). They made a hole in a piece of wood and put a smaller stick into the hole. They turned the stick again and again. After a few minutes they got a fire.

    Years went by, people learned other ways to make a fire. Sometimes they used the heat from the sun. They held a piece of glasses in the right way and made a piece of paper on fire.

    About two centuries ago, people began to make matches. Matches brought people a quick and easy way to make fires. Today matches are still being used, but people have more new ways to make fire. One of them is to use an electric fire starter. Of course an electric fir starter is much more expensive than a box of matches. But it is very useful.

61. From the text we know that a spark can ________.

   A. fire any leaves     B. bum anything    C. bum dry leaves    D. keep fire bunting

62. We can also get a fire by ________.

   A. making a hole in a big piece of wood

   B. putting a smaller stick into the hole

   C. turning the stick hard for a while

   D. doing all the above in order

63. Matches have been used ________.

   A. for about two thousand years

   B. for about two hundred years

   C. since people began to use fire for cooking

   D. since people used the heat from the sun

64. From the passage, we know that ________.

   A. electric fire starters are widely used

   B. some forest fires happen from lightening

   C. today there are only two ways to make a fire

   D. people haven't used matches since they had electric fire starters

65. Which of the following is the fight order of the ways to make fires that people got to know?

   a. with a match    b. from the sun    c. from lightening    d. by rubbing

   e. with an electric fire starter     f. by hitting two pieces of stone

   A. b-a-c-d-e-f        B. b-c-a-e-d-f     C. c-f-d-b-a-c    D. c-d-a-f-b-e

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao promised that the country would take actions to improve school bus safety on Sunday, a day after China saw its second terrible school bus accident in November, 2011.

     “School buses should be safe mobile campuses(校園) for students,” the premier said at a national meeting on women and children, “Society(社會(huì)) should remember in mind that children should be the first to enjoy all kinds of social caring and the last ones to suffer from any disaster.”

School buses have become a hot topic in China since the deaths of 21 people, including 19 pre-school students, in a traffic accident between a truck and a school-owned minibus in Gansu province on Nov. 16, 2011. The nine-seat minibus was carrying 64 people at the time of the accident, according to the reports.

The second accident, in which a school bus in the northern province of Liaoning rolled over on Friday, left 35 people injured, according to China Daily.

     “In recent days, a series of big accidents involving school buses has led to great anger among the people. These accidents have also made me uncomfortable,” said Mr Wang, an old teacher from Jiangsu. And he also thought that school bus safety must become a serious problem for schools and the government.

Premier Wen has already asked the government to develop new safety standard (標(biāo)準(zhǔn)) for school buses and made sure to help local government with safe buses for school-age children.

1.How many seats did the minibus in Gansu province have before it was turned into a school bus?

A. 64           B. 21           C. 9            D. 19

2.What does “roll over” mean in Paragraph 4?

A. 倒車         B. 翻車         C. 撞車         D.飛車

3.How did Mr Wang feel when such accidents happened?

A. nervous      B. angry            C. stressed         D. tired

4.Which of the following sentences is Not True?

A. 21 pre-school students died in the school bus traffic accident in Gansu.

B. 35 people were hurt in the school bus accident in Liaoning.

C. Mr Wang thought school bus safety was a serious problem.

D. The government has been asked to develop new safety standard for school buses.

You may feel interested in students in other countries. Do they have so much homework? What do they do in their free time? People did a survey in China, Japan, South Korea and the US last year. This is the result.
Who studies the hardest?
Chinese students spend the most time in studying. About half of Chinese students spend more than two hours on their homework every day.
Who sleeps most often in class?
Japanese students fall asleep（睡著）in class more often. About 45% of them sometimes doze off in class. It’s 32% in South Korea, 21% in the US and 5% in China.
Who is the most distracted（分心的）?
American students are the most active in class, but also the most distracted. 64.2% of them chat with friends in class. 46.9% of them eat something in class, and 38.9 % of them send e-mails or read other books in class.
What do they do after school?
In their free time, most Chinese students study or surf the Internet. Most American students hang out with their friends. Most Japanese students do exercise. Most South Korean students watch TV.
【小題1】About ____ of Chinese students spend more than 2 hours doing their homework every day.