Recently, a new kind of bike called the shared bike has appeared in many cities in China. Shared bikes are easy and cheap to use. First, you download the app of a shared bike onto your smart phone. Then when you want to unlock and ride a bike, you just scan the two-dimensional code (二维码) on the bike with your smart phone. The GPS-supported app helps position the bikes no matter where they are parked. And they can be left in public places for the next users. If you need a bike, you can easily find the nearest one through the app. A 30-minute ride costs only 0.5 to 1 yuan.

Among different kinds of shared bikes, Ofo and Mobike are the most popular ones. It is said that in the first week of this year there were 585 million active users of Mobike and Ofo had 1.4 million users. Ofo, which got its name from the look of a bicycle (Ofo), was first used by students in Peking University and soon became popular out of the university.

“In places where the subway doesn’t get to, or places where it’s difficult to change from one kind of transportation to another, it’s easy to get where you want to go with a shared bike.” said Hu Hong, one of the users from Shanghai.

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If you go to Thailand, you will see a very interesting transportation. It is like a three-wheeled motorbike. There is a cabin(车厢) for the driver in the front and two passengers can sit at the back. When it starts, it will make the sound “tuk, tuk”. So we call it tuk-tuk.

In Thailand tuk-tuks are everywhere. They are very popular. Because they are fast and very cheap. We can also find tuk-tuks in China, Italy and some other places.

How can you have a nice trip by tuk-tuk? Here are some tips for you. First, tell the driver where you want to go, and ask for the price before you leave. If you don’t do that, the driver will ask you for too much money, because tuk-tuks don’t have the meters(计程表). Second, don’t put your feet on the rail(横杆) behind the driver’s head. It’s not so good to the driver.

假设你是张鹏，你有一位美国笔友叫Peter。现在是周六晚上8点，请根据以下表格内容给Peter写一封信，告诉他你们一家人现在的活动情况。

How is it going? It’s eight o’clock on Saturday evening now.

Yours,

Zhang Peng

Students in our school go to school in four ways. They go to school by bike, by bus, by car or on foot. We did a survey about students’ favorite kinds of transportation last week. From the result, we can know 36% students come to school by bike. Bikes are cheap and convenient. Buses are not popular for 89% students, because they think buses are dirty and there are too many people on buses. 34% students like cars because they are safe. Cars are also fast. However, not many people can afford (买得起) a car.

In the US, car pool (拼车) then becomes a popular way to school. Every morning, you run out of your home with your schoolbag, and jump into the waiting car. This is the daily car pool to school. Usually, four friends share a car. Parents may take turns to drive you all to school.

What do students do in the car? If you didn’t have time for breakfast at home, you can eat in the car, If you don’t finish your homework, this is your last chance to finish it before class. Some students just sleep a little more before classes begin.

If you can’t take the school bus, car pool is a green way of transportation. Parents don’t need to drive four cars to take four students to school each day. They can all get into one. More importantly, car pool teaches students important life lessons such as the responsibility (责任) of being on time. If you’re late, then all of your friends will be late, too.

请根据以下内容提示，写一篇英语短文，并将作文写在答题卡上指定得位置。

假如你是Tom，今天是星期六，现在你正在参观动物园，请根据下面的提示介绍你的动物园之行，并呼吁大家保护动物。要求语句通顺，条理清晰。

Hello! Everyone! I’m Tom. Today is Saturday and I’m free, so I’m visiting the zoo!