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Until last spring, Nia Parker and the other kids in her neighborhood commuted to school on

Bus 59. But as fuel prices rose, the school district needed to find a way to cut its transportation costs. So the schools busing company redrew its route map, eliminating Nias bus altogether. Now Nia and her neighbors travel the half mile to school via a "walking school bus" —a group of kids, supervised by an adult or two, who make the walk together. Like the rest of us, school districts are feeling pinched by rising fuel costs—and finding new way to adapt. The price of diesel fuel has gone up 34 percent in the past two years. For the typical American school district, bus bills total 5 percent of the budget. As administrators look to trim, busing is an inviting target, since it doesnt affect classroom instruction (or test scores). More than one third of American school administrators have eliminated bus stops or routes in order to stay within budget. Many parents are delighted to see their kids walking to school, partly because many did so themselves: according to a 1969 survey, nearly half of school kids walked or biked to school, compared with only 16 percent in 2001. Modern parents have been unwilling to let kids walk to school for fear of traffic, crime or simple bullying, but with organized adult supervision, those concerns have diminished. Schools and busing companies are finding other ways to save. In rural areas where busing is a must, some schools have even chosen four-day school weeks. Busing companies instruct drivers to eliminate extra stops from routes and to turn off the engine while idling. They are also using computer software to determine the most fuel-efficient routes, which arent always the shortest ones. There could be downsides, however, to the busing cutbacks. If every formerly bused student begins walking to school, its an environmental win—but if too many of their parents decide to drive them instead, the overall carbon footprint can grow. Replacing buses with many more parent-driven cars can also increase safety risks. A 2002 report concluded students are 13 times safer on a school bus than in a passenger car, since buses have fewer accidents and withstand them better due to their size. And some students complain about the long morning hikes, particularly when the route contains a really big hill.

The "walking school bus" ______.

A.does not consume fuel

B.aims to keep children fit

C.seldom causes traffic jams

D.is popular with school kids

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To its member nations, the EU s plan means_____.

A.a fierce competition

B.an ideal goal

C.a good opportunity

D.a difficult task

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The new aircraft will be______to a test of temperatures of-65 °C and 120 °CA.suspendedB.su

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A.suspended

B.suppressed

C.subjected

D.summoned

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CAME TO WITH UNAWARE A. WHEN IT (56)______A VARIETY OF SKILLS B. THE PERPETRATOR IS BLIT

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B. THE PERPETRATOR IS BLITHELY (57)______OF THE PROBLEM

C. IT HAD LITTLE TO DO(58)______INNATE MODESTY KRUGER AND CO-AUTHOR DAVID DUNNING FOUND THAT (59)______-LOGICAL REASONING, GRAMMAR, EVEN SENSE OF HUMOR-PEOPLE WHO ESSENTIALLY WERE INEPT NEVER REALIZED IT, WHILE THOSE WHO HAD SOME ABILITY WERE SELF-CRITICAL. "(60)______," KRUGER SAID, "BUT RATHER WITH A CENTRAL PARADOX: INCOMPETENTS LACK THE BASIC SKILLS TO EVALUATE THEIR PERFORMANCE REALISTICALLY. ONCE THEY GET THOSE SKILLS, THEY KNOW WHERE THEY STAND, EVEN IF THAT IS AT THE BOTTO

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D. BUT EVEN IN SOME CASES IN WHICH THE FAILURE SHOULD SEEM OBVIOUS, (61)______.

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MANAGED BETWEEN AS A. E-MAIL SHOULD BE CAREFULLY (62)______TO AVOID UNCLEAR AND INAPPROPR

IATE COMMUNICATION

B. IS KNOWN (63)______SPAMMING

C. THIS TOPIC IS HOTLY DEBATED (64)______EXPERIENCED INTERNET USERS AND NEWCOMERS ELECTRONIC MAIL HAS BEEN IN WIDESPREAD USE FOR MORE THAN A DECADE, SIMPLIFYING THE FLOW OF IDEAS, CONNECTING PEOPLE FROM DISTANT OFFICES AND ELIMINATING THE NEED FOR MEETINGS , BUT (65)______. AS TIME GOES ON AND MORE PEOPLE SURF THE NET, THE AMOUNT OF UNSOLICITED E-MAIL GROWS. SOME FOLKS REASONABLY ASSUME THAT CYBERSPACE MIRRORS MANY ASPECTS OF OTHER FORMS OF COMMUNICATIONS. IT WOULD SEEM THAT SINCE TELEMARKETING AND DIRECT MAIL ARE SUCCESSFULLY USED AS MARKETING TECHNIQUES FOR MANY BUSINESSES, IT SHOULD FOLLOW THAT DIRECT E-MAIL OR UNSOLICITED E-MAIL SHOULD ALSO WOR

K. (66)______. UNLIKE RECEIVING PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS THROUGH THE MAIL OR OVER THE PHONE, E-MAIL DOES CARRY A COST TO THE RECIPIENT. "BANDWIDTH" IS USED EVERY TIME WHEN AN E-MAIL MESSAGE IS SENT AND PLACES A LOAD ON EXISTING RESOURCES. THE PROCESS OF SENDING UNSOLICITED E-MAIL TO LARGE, UNTARGETED LISTS, OR THROUGH MAILING LIST DISCUSSION GROUPS OR USENET NEWSGROUPS, (67)______. SPAMMING WASTES BANDWIDT

H. IMAGINE IF IT BECAME COMMON PRACTICE FOR BUSINESSES TO MARKET THIS WAY. NOT ONLY WOULD IT BE ANNOYING FOR MANY, THE LOAD ON THE SYSTEM WOULD TRANSLATE TO HIGHER ACCESS FEES. UNLIKE REGULAR MAIL WHERE THE SENDER PAYS THE COST OF DELIVERING THE MAIL, E-MAIL IS CHEAP TO SEND, AND IN SOME CASES, EXPENSIVE TO RECEIV

E.

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