A school bus is one that is used to take children to and from school.
In the USA, about 450,000 school buses take more than 25 million children to and from school. The yellow school bus is a US icon (象征). Yellow became the color of school buses in the USA in 1939. Dr. Frank got the good idea. He said it was easy for people to see yellow buses and the black letters on them in early morning or late afternoon. That would make children safer.
There are not many school buses in Britain, and they are not yellow. They have trackers (追蹤器) on them, so kids are being tracked while they travel to and from school by bus. The trackers let parents know where the school bus is and whether their kids are on the bus.
Kindergarten (幼兒園) is a difficult time for some kids. It's the first time for them to go away from their parents. To make kids love their school, Japanese kindergartens and schools have colorful buses. The buses can easily make children want to take them--and then, go to school. Even some parents want to take them, too!
School buses are becoming more and more popular in China now.  It saves a lot of time for students to take a school bus. It's said that there will be 3,000 yellow school buses on the road by the end of this year in Chongqing.
小題1:According to Dr. Frank,           school buses are safer for the students.
A．yellowB．blackC．whiteD．colorful
小題2:Children in Japan may easily         by taking the school bus.
A．save timeB．love their school
C．play gamesD．do their homework
小題3:Chinese students will save a lot of time to         to school.
A．walkB．take a taxi
C．ride a bikeD．take a school bus
小題4:This passage is mainly about         .
A．school busesB．school life
C．popular colorsD．students' safety

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:D
小題4:A
本短文屬于說明文。對幾種典型校車做了介紹。
小題1:第二段，有答案。
小題2:從第四段，第三句中，可知。
小題3:最后一段的第二句，可知。
小題4:文章第一段談校車的作用，接著談美國校車的顏色、英語校車的trackers，日本校車的彩色，中國校車的發(fā)展。整篇文章都在圍繞校車這一主題展開。
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