Question

Weekday mornings are very busy for us middle school students．People are running into each other, shouting across the house，knocking on the bathroom door and always，always running late．When you＇re late for the carpool，though，you also make everyone else late．

When your school doesn’t have a bus，and you live too far away to walk，you need a carpoo1．A carpool is a group of people sharing the responsibility(责任)of driving to school in the morning．There are usually four or five kids in a carpool and their parents take turns driving the kids in their cars．

Someone’s car smells like wet dogs，some kids get to eat desserts for breakfast and  some parents shout so much that all you try to do is stay quiet and go unnoticed．When your mom or dad drives the carpool，your classmates get a close-up look at how strange your parents can be．It might be your first sociological(社会学的)study and your first experience with real teamwork．

Teamwork is really important in the carpool because nobody wants to make everyone else late．It’s a great lesson in responsibility(责任)．Imagine sitting in the car outside of a classmate’s house，watching the clock and tapping your toes．Then you start to understand how your carpool friends might feel when you are still inside the house at 7：48．You really begin to learn all your real life lessons just moments before the start of school in the carpoo1．

1.What is a carpool? www.szzx100.com

A．Kids go to school in their parents＇cars．

B．Parents take turns to drive their kids to schoo1．

C．Parents send kids to schools on their way to work．

D．Kids drive their own cars to schoo1．www.szzx100.com

2.How many kids are usually in a carpool?

A．Two or three．         B．Three or four．

C．four or five．         D．Five or six．

3.What can students learn from a carpool? www.szzx100.com

A．How to drive a car．

B．How to get along with others．

C．How to deal with parents．

D．Real teamwork．

4.Which of the following is TRUE? www.szzx100.com

A．If kids live far away from school，they are always late for schoo1．

B．US children enjoy carpooling rather than taking a school bus．

C．Kids often have enough time to study in a carpoo1．

D．Kids can learn real life lessons in a carpoo1．

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文告诉大家学生们在拼车中能够体会到团队合作的精神。

1.B细节理解题。根据短文中的句子“A carpool is a group of people sharing the responsibility(责任)of driving to school in the morning. There are usually four or five kids in a carpool and their parents take turns driving the kids in their cars．”可知，“拼车”就是父母们轮流开车带孩子们去上学。答案为B。

2.C 细节理解题。根据短文中的句子“There are usually four or five kids in a carpool and their parents take turns driving the kids in their cars．”可知，答案为C。

3.D细节理解题。根据短文中的句子“Teamwork is really important in the carpool because nobody wants to make everyone else late”可知，“拼车”使孩子们学会了团队合作精神。答案为D。

4.D细节判断题。A. If kids live far away from school, they are always late for school.如果孩子们住得离学校远，他们总是迟到；B. US children enjoy carpooling better than taking a school bus.跟乘坐校车比起来美国的孩子们更喜欢拼车；C. Kids often have enough time to study in a carpool.孩子们在拼车中经常有足够的时间学习；D. Kids can learn real life lessons in a carpool.孩子们在拼车中能学到真正的生活课。根据短文最后一句“You really begin to learn all your real life lessons just moments before the start of school in the carpoo1．” 和提干要求以及选项，可知答案为D。

考点：日常生活类短文阅读。