If you are cycling in foreign countries, you will need to know what these traffic signs and signals mean.
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A sign like this one means that there is a bike lane(车道). If there is such a sign，you are required to use the bike lane. If there is not such a sign, you should ride with traffic as far to the right side of the road as possible. |
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This signal means you can cross the street along with pedestrians(行人). It has a green picture of a oerson w alking instead of using the word“walk”. |
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This signal is the “don’t walk”sign. It is a picture of a red hand, meaning you should stop. You should wait to cross the street until the green picture of the person walking is showing. |
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Car drivers and bikers must come to a complete stop at“STOP” signs. |
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A“YIELD”sign means to slow down and be ready to stop. If there are pedestrians or vehicles in or near the crossroad, you must stop. If there is no traffic in or near the crossroad and it is safe, you may go through. |
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This signal means you are coming to a zebra crossing. Car drivers and bikers must stop to allow people in the zebra crossing to cross the street. |
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When people are working on the roads, parts of the road are often dug up or rough(不平整的). Be careful when yon are cycling. Rough roads could make you fall off your bike. If you must move into the road to go around a work area，you should stop and look carefully to be sure there is no traffic coming. |
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 A detour is a way of getting around a roadway that is closed. Roads are usually closed because of road work or dangerous conditions. If you must take a detour, be careful about the roads you aren’t used to. |
What are cyclists required to do when they see the sign?
| A．To ride against traffic. |
| B．To ride on the left side of the road. |
| C．To ride on the bike lane. |
| D．To ride on the right side of the road |
Which of the following signs has the same meaning as the sign?
What should cyclists do when they see the sign?
| A．They should be careful when they cycle on the rough road. |
| B．They should take the rough road and fall off their bikes. |
| C．They should move into the road to go around a work area. |
| D．They should take another route instead of the closed roadway. |
Earth Day is on April 22nd. People say thanks to the Earth and learn ways to keep the Earth safe and clean. But saving the Earth is not just for grow-ups. Kids are also taking an active part in it.
The American writer and filmmaker Lynne made a film called Young Voices for the Planet. It lists a lot of stories about different kids who help to keep our environment clean.
Team Marine, US A group of students at Santa Monica High School started an organization called Team Marine. They tell people why plastic bags are bad for sea animals and environment. In 2011, they successfully made lawmakers(立法者) in their city stop people using plastic bags.
Felix, 15 Germany In 2007, a 9-year-old boy, Felix, started a club. Plant for the Planet(行星). It encourages children around the world to plant trees in their own countries. Felix helped plant 25 million trees in Germany and 120 million trees worldwide.
Alec, 17, us When he was 12, Alec set up Kids VS Global(全球的) Warming. It teaches kids about weather change and ways to stop the world getting warmer and warmer. Alec travels widely to encourage people to help stop global warming. He has given more than 70 talks across the country.
Olivia, 13, US When Olivia was 11, she heard about the 2010 oil spill(漏油) in gulf(海湾) of Mexico. She painted 500 pictures of birds to raise money for the clean-up. She raised more than $200,000 to protect(保护) birds and other wild animals. Young Voices for the Planet made by Lynne is ________.
| A．a TV play | B．a film |
| C．a club | D．a book |
According to the passage, we know ________ doesn’t agree to use plastic bags.
| A．Felix | B．Alec |
| C．Team Marine | D．Olivia |
Alec travels widely to encourage people to ________.
| A．help stop global warming | B．raise money |
| C．plant trees | D．protect wild animals |
The passage is mainly talk about how ________.
| A．parents are planting trees |
| B．kids are saving the Earth |
| C．grow-ups are using plastics bags |
| D．students are raising money |
Kindergartens( 幼儿园 ) 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, took pride in his pupil. “ Dancy’s spelling skills helped him seize the moment,” he said. “And that’s the real value (价值 ) of education.” When the father became seriously ill, he and his son were ________.
| A．in a hospital |
| B．on the highway |
| C．at home |
| D．in a shopping center |
Dancy called ________for help when his father couldn’t speak.
| A．Shine | B．the reporter |
| C．his mother | D．911the reporter |
The Chinese meaning of the word “seize” in this passage is probably“________”.
| A．成功 | B．失去 | C．救援 | D．抓住 |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．Dancy saved his father with his spelling skills. |
| B．The reporter was really a hero. |
| C．Dancy drove his father home. |
| D．Shine sent Dancy’s father to hospital |
News Review
Head- on Train Crash On May 18, two trains had a head-on crash（相撞）near New York City. Over 250 people were on the trains then. About 60people were hurt, but no deaths were reported.
Travel Time Tourists came together to the Taishan Mountain, on May1. Over 180,000tourists visited the place of great interest from April 29 to May 1, during the three-day holiday.
Brave Volunteer Liao Zhi , a dance teacher from Chengdu who lost her 1-year-old daughter and her legs in the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, arrived in Ya’an 13 hours after the earthquake. The dancer said she had had a terrible time herself and knew what people needed most, so she decided to come and offer help.
Tomato Competition A tomato competition was held in Huainan, Anhui Province, on April 16. The best tomatoes were chosen according to their shape, color and taste. The competition hoped to encourage the farmers to grow better tomatoes.About ________ people were hurt in the head-on crash.
| A．18 | B．29 | C．250 | D．60 |
A lot of people visited the Taishan Mountain________.
| A．on April 16 |
| B．on May 18 |
| C．13 hours after the earthquake |
| D．during the May Day holiday |
Liao Zhi, the dance teacher from________, came to Ya’an to offer help.
| A．New York | B．Huainan |
| C．Taishan | D．Chengdu |
The tomato competition in Anhui Province was held to________.
| A．help grow better tomatoes |
| B．forget the terrible time |
| C．save the people on the trains |
| D．help the people in Ya‘an |
San Francisco has many museums. You can visit one and learn something new. We have art, science, history and other special museums. Some museums are open every day. Some are only open on certain days. Many museums are expensive, and others are free. But some of the expensive ones have free days . Many museums have websites. The websites usually have information about the things you can see in the museums.
On a museum’s website you can get information about ticket prices and free days. You can also know where the museum is and when it is open. Sometimes the information is on the first page, and it’s very easy for you to find. But sometimes you have to click（点击） on the words like Visit Information, or About to find the information. That will be hard work for you.San Francisco has many museums for you to visit and________.
| A．watch the movies | B．play computer games |
| C．learn something new | D．click on Information |
Some museums in San Francisco are open every day, but some are only open ________.
| A．on certain days | B．on holidays |
| C．on weekdays | D．on weekends. |
Many museums have________ with information about the things you can see in them.
| A．open hours | B．ticket prices |
| C．their websites | D．free days |
Halloween is a strange holiday． It started several centuries ago in Europe． It began as “Hallow Evening” meaning “holy night”． At that time November 1st was called “All Saints’ Day” and people honoured all the saints who did not have their own special day． People believed that all the spirits of dead people were active on the night of October 31st. So people would play all sorts of tricks on each other．
Black is one of the traditional Halloween colors, probably because Halloween festivals and traditions took place at night. Pumpkins are a symbol of Halloween, so orange has become the other traditional Halloween color. Making lanterns out of pumpkins is a Halloween custom.
Halloween is great fun for children. They dress up as ghosts（鬼），witches（女巫）, Small children go “Trick-or-Treating”. They wear costumes, knock on doors, and shout, “Trick or Treat!” People almost always choose to give them candies as a treat, instead of choosing to receive a trick from the children. Adults sometimes “trick or treat” their friends, too. Usually the “treat” is a glass of wine or some small gifts.Halloween is a holiday which started ________ of years ago in ________.
It was believed that the spirits of _______ people were active on the night ________ “All Saints’ Day”.
________ and ________ are both traditional Halloween colors.
People, especially________, have great fun playing “Trick or Treat” to ________Halloween.
According to the custom, people always treat the children with ________ instead of _______a trick from them.
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