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When your school doesn’t have a bus, and you live too far away to walk? How do you go to school?  “Let’s carpool! ”most US middle school students will get that cool idea. Carpooling 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.It might be the kids’ 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 resposibility.

Carpooling is coming into fashion everywhere now. You can find lots of informations of carpooling on the internet. Carpooling is cool! Why?
It’s good for the environment. In today’s culture of everyone needing to try their best to protect our environment, carpooling is one of the best ways. By taking 3 cars off the road, the pollution can be cut a little. Take that over a town, a city, a state, a country and think about how much less pollution is going to be in the air over the course of even one year.
Gas(汽油) now is much more expensive than it used to and if you need to watch the cents(美分), then it’s possible that carpooling could be the answer to your prayers. Even if you have to use your car once a week instead of two, that’s one round trip of gas you’re saving. So carpooling helps you save money.
Carpooling is a great way of getting to know people better. If you’re carpooling grade school kids, then you’ll find that slowly you’ll get to know your child’s peers(同龄人) and friends better. It"s a great opportunity to meet people while saving the environment and your money. 
小题1:The word “carpool” means         .
A. 合伙用车                B. 共同租车             C. 让人搭车
小题2:One of        drives the car in a carpool of middle school students.
A. their teachers              B. the students           C. their parents
小题3:If you carpool with two persons to work every day,      will be taken off the road every day.
A. no car                   B.one car               C. two cars
小题4:There are        advantages of carpooling mentioned in this passage.
A. three                    B. four                  C. five
小题5:We can know from the passage that carpooling          .
A. is much more convenient than taking the school bus.
B. can help you save the money because you use your car less.
C. isn’t a good means to understand people better.

答案

小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:C
小题4:B
小题5:B

解析

试题分析：本文介绍了美国流行的合伙用车的方式。这种方式可以培养孩子的责任感，帮助我们保护环境，省钱，还能创造机会认识新朋友。
小题1:细节理解题。根据原文Carpooling is a group of people sharing the responsibility of driving to school in the morning.可知Carpoolling是一群人平摊开车去上学的责任。所以叫合伙用车。故选A。
小题2:细节理解题。根据原文There are usually four or five kids in a carpool and their parents take turns driving the kids in their cars.四，五个孩子组成一组，让他们的父母轮流开车送孩子们去上学。故选C。
小题3:细节理解题。通过阅读可知，如果你载两个人一起用车，路上就会少两辆车。故选C。
小题4:细节理解题。根据原文It’s a great lesson in resposibility.及It"s a great opportunity to meet people while saving the environment and your money.可知Carpool有培养孩子责任感，保护环境，省钱以及有机会认识朋友的四个好处。 故选B。
小题5:细节理解题。根据原文So carpooling helps you save money.可知Carpooling可以让你少用车，帮助你省钱。故选B。