A new plan for getting children to and from school is being started by a local government in Eastern England. This could end the worries of many parents fearful for their children’s safety on the roads.
Until now the local government has only been prepared to provide bus services for children living more than three miles from their school, or sometimes less if special reasons existed. Now it has been decided that if a group of parents ask for help in organizing transport they will be prepared to go ahead, as long as the arrangement will not lose money and children taking part will be attending their nearest school.
The new plan is to be tried out this term for children living at Milton who attend Impington School. The children live just within the three-mile limit and the local government said in the past that they would not undertake (agree) to provide free transport to the school. But now they have agreed to offer a sum of money for a bus service from Milton to Impington and back, a plan which has the support of the school’s headmaster.
Between 50 and 60 parents have said they would like their children to take part. Final calculations have still to be carried out, but a government official has said the cost to parents should be less than ￡20 a term. They have been able to arrange the service at a low cost because there is already an agreement with the bus company for a bus to take children who live further away to Impington. The same bus would now just make one more journey to pick up the Milton children. The official said they would get in touch with other groups of parents who in the past had asked if transport could be provided for their children, to see if they would like to take part in the new plan.
小題1:What is the aim of the plan?
A．To prevent the students’ road accidents.
B．To relieve the traffic pressure.
C．To save time for the parents and students.
D．To help the parents save money.
小題2:How can the local government arrange the new bus service at a low cost?
A．By letting the bus run in the morning only.
B．By limiting the number of the students.
C．By getting the support from the headmaster.
D．By linking the new bus service with the existing one.
小題3:Which of the following is possible if the plan is carried out?
A．The bus company will make much more money.
B．The children can choose whatever school they like.
C．The parents can get rid of their worries.
D．The students in Impington School can have free bus rides.
小題4:This passage is most probably____________.
A．a(chǎn) personal letterB．a(chǎn)n advertisement
C．a(chǎn) headmaster’s reportD．a(chǎn) newspaper article

小題1:A
小題2:D
小題3:C
小題4:D

試題分析：本文介紹了英國(guó)的地方政府幫助那些離學(xué)校較遠(yuǎn)的父母清楚對(duì)孩子上學(xué)的路上的安全方面的擔(dān)憂所采取的行動(dòng)。
小題1:A 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段最后一句This could end the worries of many parents fearful for their children's safety on the roads.說明這樣的做法是防止學(xué)生的交通事故，故A正確。
小題2:D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章最后一段的句子：They have been able to arrange the service at a low cost because there is already an agreement with the bus company for a bus to take children who live further away to Impington. The same bus would now just make one more journey to pick up the Milton children.說明政府通過將新的公共汽車服務(wù)和現(xiàn)存的結(jié)合起來節(jié)省錢。故D正確。
小題3:C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第一段A new plan for getting children to and from school is being started by a local government in Eastern England. This could end the worries of many parents fearful for their children's safety on the roads.說明這樣一來，家長(zhǎng)就不必再擔(dān)心孩子的安全問題了，故C正確。
小題4:D 推理題。本文應(yīng)該屬于新聞報(bào)告，因?yàn)樗榻B的是一個(gè)地方上的新聞事件，故D項(xiàng)正確。
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