八、阅读短文，回答问题（10分）
Hello, my name is Alice. I'm a student of No. 2 Middle School. My school is in the centre（中心）of the town. It's easy for some students to get to school. They can take buses, ride bikes or walk to school, but Eric, Lily, Sara and I can't. We are in the same class and we all live in a small village（村子）. It is very far from our school so we're often late for school. School mornings are always very busy for us, so we start to take the carpool（拼车）.
There are usually four students in the carpool. The parents of these students take turns to drive these kids in their cars.
"We learn to share the responsibility（责任）and care about others' feelings in the carpool," Lily says.
We make a rule. All of us must get into the car at about 6:30 a.m. because it takes about an hour to get to school. All of us need to follow it because we all know teamwork is really important in the carpool. If someone is still at home at 7:00 a.m., it means all of us can't get to school on time.
每题答案不超过6个单词
1. Why are the four students often late for school?

2. Who are the drivers in the carpool?

3. When do the students usually get to school by car?

4. What does "it" refer to（指的是）?

5. What do you think of taking the carpool?

九、书面表达（15分）
你校校报的“校园生活”栏目正在面向初一新生征稿，主题是“New School, New Life”。假如你是王力，请根据下列纲要，写一篇70词左右（不含所给开头）的英文短文进行投稿。

Hello, I’m Wang Li from Grade 7. I’d like to tell you about me and my new school life.