(C)

Qi Haoran, a Junior One student, was quite busy over the past winter vacation – and not just with homework. Qi, together with 10 other classmates made a volunteer group to call on people to join the Clean Your Plate Campaign (光盘行动).

The 11 students went to many restaurants and told people the importance of saving food.“Excuse me, do you know that 950 million people around the world still haven’t got enough to eat? Could you please not waste food?” They would say this kind of thing hundreds of times every day.

The Clean Your Plate Campaign began on the Internet in January. It calls on people to reduce food waste.

China in these years had serious problems with wasted food. CCTV reported in January that the food Chinese people waste every year is enough to feed 200 million people for a year.

Chinese people are well known for being hospitable (好客的) and generous. Many even feel that they lose face if their guests have eaten all their food.

Luckily the campaign has got the support of many. In a restaurant in Xinjiang, the owner gives the guests who have eaten up all that they ordered a sticker. People can enjoy a free meal when they have 10 stickers. More than 750 restaurants in Beijing have begun to offer smaller dishes and encourage their guests to take leftovers(吃剩的食物) home.

To reduce food waste is a big task, and it needs time. It’s important that everyone does their bit, just like Qi. Did you finish your meals today?

(    ) 38 . What did the 11 students do in the winter vacation?

A. They opened a restaurant together.

B. They volunteered for a campaign.

C. The helped each other with homework.

D. They collected money from c ustomers in restaurants.

(    ) 39. What does the underlined part “call on” mean in Chinese in the passage?

A. 打电话  B. 叫喊   C. 拜访   D. 号召

(    ) 40. What can we learn from Paragraph 4 and Paragraph 5?

A. Wasting food is a serious problem in China.

B. Chinese people waste the most food in the world.

C. Chinese people want to show off because they are rich.

D. Most Chinese people are afraid of losing face at the table.

(    ) 41. What did the restaurant in Beijing do to support the campaign?

A. It encouraged customers to take leftovers home.

B. It gave stickers to the guests who ordered small dishes.

C. The owner would have dinner with those who had eaten up their food.

D. It offered a free meal to the guests who had finished all their food ten times.

(D)

Every day in China, about 200 million children go to school. Many of them take school buses. What should we do to keep these students safe on the road?

On April 5, the State Council (国务院) published new rules about school bus safety. These new rules are stricter than the old ones.

Under the new rules, local governments must make sure that students go to nearby schools or boarding (寄宿的) schools to reduce traffic risks. Also, local governments must help kids in the countryside reach their school buses.

From now on, school buses have a speed limit (限制) of 80 km/h on highways and 60km/h on normal roads. While on the road, other cars must let school buses go first.

The new rules also say that school buses must never be overloaded (超载的).

There are many other rule s as well. A school bus must have more than seven seats. On each bus, there must be at least one adult to keep an eye on the kids. Each school bus must have a fire extinguisher (灭火器), a first aid kit (急救箱) and a GPS.

Last year, a series of school bus accidents happened in China. To stop such accidents, the Central Government decided to strengthen (加强) the rules for school buses.

The most serious accident happened in Gansu in November, when a nine-seat minibus crashed (碰撞). There were 62 children inside, and 21 of them died.

(    ) 42. What did the State Council publish on April 5?

A. New rules about school bus safety.

B. New rules about students’ safety.

C. New rules about students’ home.

D. New rules about class.

(    ) 43. Under the new rules, which of the following is NOT tru e?

A. School buses can go first when there are other cars.

B. School buses must drive 80 km/h or less on highways.

C. School buses must drive 50 km/h or less on normal roads.

D. School buses must have at least one adult to look after the kids.

(    ) 44. According to the new rules, a school bus must have the following EXCEPT _______.

A. a GPS

B. more than seven seats

C. a parents of one of the students

D. a fire extinguisher and a first aid kit

(    ) 45. According to the passage, the government made new rules because __________.

A. 21 students died in school bus accidents last year

B. school buses in China were not safe enough before

C. 200 million children in China go to school by bus every day

D. the government encourages all students to take school buses