My sister Alli and I always try to stop people dropping cigarette butts(烟蒂) everywhere. We have done this for seven years.

One day, we were walking in our hometown and saw hundreds of cigarette butts on the ground. They made the town look so dirty that we decided to start a group to make people stop dropping cigarette butts. We called it “No Butts About It”.

At first, we drew pictures with letters “The earth is not your ashtray(烟灰缸)” on them. We put up the pictures in our hometown—in parks, on walls, and along roads. We wanted to make people understand that dropping butts did harm to the earth.

Most smokers don't think that dropping butts harms the earth. But it does!All rubbish does. Later, we wrote to factories and offices and asked them for money to buy ashtrays and gave them to smokers. We wanted smokers to carry the ashtrays with them so they didn't have to drop butts.

Now we are trying to get cigarette companies to put an ashtray in each pack of cigarettes. Some companies would do it.

Many people have started to join our group since it began. Today there are 45 other groups of “No Butts About It” in America. And there are also groups in England, Australia and India!Many newspapers have written about my sister and I over the last seven years. And we have won many prizes for our good work.

But we are not interested in prizes. We just want to make the earth a better and cleaner place for animals, plants and people. One day it will be.

1.For seven years, the writer and the sister have tried to ________.

A.get people to stop smoking

B.win the prize for their work

C.get people to stop buying cigarettes

D.ask people not to drop cigarette butts everywhere

2.What does their group usually do?

A.They write to companies and offices to ask them not to make cigarettes.

B.They buy some cigarette packs for people to place the butts in them.

C.They carry the ashtrays with them so they don't have to drop butts.

D.They put up pictures around to tell people dropping butts will harm the earth.

3.________are joining them now.

A.More groups in some countries

B.Forty other groups

C.Forty?five groups

D.Few people

Monte Syrie is an English teacher from Washington. Meg is his student.

One day, in Syrie’s class, all students are writing compositions(作文), but Meg is not. She is sleeping. Syrie finds that, but he says nothing, and lets the girl sleep through the class. Syrie knows Meg is tired. She has a lot of farm work to do at home.

Syrie does an activity in his class called “Smile or a Frown (皱眉)”. He asks his students to share a good or bad thing in their lives every day. Syrie knows Meg very well from the activity.

Syrie says letting Meg sleep in his class is not an invitation (邀请) for his students to sleep in class. He says he just wants to show understanding (理解) to her.

Syrie puts the story on Twitter (推特). Some people say he does wrong and the school will fire him for that. But most people think he is right. Syrie says, “I share my story online, for I hope other teachers could learn something about it.”

1.What does Syrie do when he finds Meg sleeping in class?

A.He lets her sleep. B.He lets her stand up.

C.He says something bad to her. D.He does an activity in his class.

2.Why does Meg fall asleep in class?

A.She doesn’t like Syrie. B.She doesn’t like English.

C.She can’t write a composition. D.She is very tired.

3.Syrie ________ through (通过) the activity “Smile or a Frown”.

A.makes many friends B.helps many friends

C.knows about his students D.learns how to be a good teacher

4.The underlined word “fire” mean “________” in the passage.

A.to make a fire B.to let someone leave his job

C.to turn on something D.to give money to someone

5.Syire puts the story on Twitter because he wants to ________.

A.give Meg a lesson B.help Meg get more friends

C.be popular (受欢迎的) on the Internet D.let other teachers learn something

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